Partners

The Buffelshoek Trust | The Cambodia Project | Carnegie Council: Global Policy Innovations |
The Global Youth Village | Idealist.org | The Nelson Mandela Foundation | Nourish International |
The National Conference for Community and Justice | RX For Child Survival |Ubuntu Education Fund |
The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) |
The Africa Policy Journal | SAIS Review of International Affairs

The Buffelshoek Trust, www.buffelshoektrust.co.za

The Buffelshoek Trust was formed in 2001 mainly as a way of assisting and developing the basic standards of living of people in the Bohlabela area bordering the Sabi Sands Wildtuin, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. To date, the Buffelshoek Trust together with our partners have spent in excess of R20 million in the community. We have achieved, amongst other things the following:

• Constructed 3 crèches;
• Refurbished 5 primary and 2 secondary schools including constructing ablutions and administration blocks;
• Built approximately 40 classrooms;
• Instituted agricultural projects adjacent to the schools;
• Provided the schools with electricity;
• Built 7 computer centres; and
• Provided water to 2 villages.

The Cambodia Project, www.thecambodiaproject.org

The Cambodia Project, founded in 2005 under the auspices of Columbia University, aims to provide educational opportunities for indigent children in rural Cambodia. The Project plans to construct secondary schools, facilitate an elementary school pilot program, introduce a more rigorous curriculum, and, in the interest of long-term sustainability, to establish fruitful relationships with businesses and universities both in Cambodia and abroad. As a means of benefiting the entire community, the schools will include an after-hours adult education program, employing members of the village and neighboring communities to foster economic and education development.

Carnegie Council: Global Policy Innovations, www.policyinnovations.org

Global Policy Innovations aims to build greater momentum behind a range of pragmatic, positive economic and governance alternatives. Rather than generating new research, the project will leverage and catalyze existing innovative research by more proactively connecting it to real-time policy debates. The project aims to enhance and inform public debate on the existence of positive development alternatives by creating a centralized hub to serve two primary purposes: an online magazine format to feature the work of partners associated with the project, and from the fairer globalization community more broadly and a database of papers, organizations, and specialists that links the websites and databases of project partners.

The Global Youth Village, www.globalyouthvillage.org

The Global Youth Village (GYV) is a summer training program for teenagers from around the world. Located in Virginia, GYV is a hands-on experience in global citizenship offering 3-4 week programs focusing on global issues, global music, dialogue, diplomacy, and leadership. Teens discover how to make a difference both locally and globally while they participate in an array of enjoyable recreational and cultural activities and events. Check out our website at www.globalyouthvillage.org. Dates July 16-August 5 with an additional program in Washington DC offered as an option. Contact Innocentia Carr at iacarr@legacyintl.org  or call (540) 297-9081 for more information. There is never a dull day at the Village, so come join us for an exciting summer!

Idealist.org, www.idealist.org

Action Without Borders connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives. With the help of people from all over the world, Idealist has become one of the most popular communities of nonprofit and volunteering resources on the web, with information provided by over 54,000 organizations in 165 countries, and thousands of users every day. Organizations can post job openings, volunteer opportunities, events, internships, campaigns, and resources.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation, www.nelsonmandela.org 

The most significant achievement on the part of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in 2002 was being able to bring the Foundation in line with Mr Mandela’s two major concerns: making a difference on the HIV/AIDS issue and improving the situation of children in rural schools. The Foundation also reached 15 schools as part of a larger initiative to help improve the quality of education in poor communities. In essence the work of the Nelson Mandela Foundation is making a difference to the lives of people, mainly rural people, who live in poverty. It is about breaking through conventional ways of viewing the world and placing the best capacities behind the social challenges that we face.

Nourish International, www.nourishinternational.org

Nourish International (NI) bridges the gap between college students and impoverished communities. NI provides the infrastructure and support for college students to think critically and implement long-term solutions to eradicate poverty worldwide. NI believes that many communities constrained by the cycle of poverty are highly entrepreneurial, dedicated, and determined but last the resources and opportunity to substantially improve their conditions. NI harnesses the power of socially driven students to deliver funding, resources, and talent that helps those trapped in poverty to create a real change in the their lives.

The National Conference for Community and Justice, www.nccjgnyr.org

The National Conference for Community and Justice, founded in 1927 as The National Conference of Christians and Jews, is a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America. NCCJ promotes understanding among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution and education.

RX for Child Survival, pbs.org/rxforsurvival

Recognizing the impact of both the slow down in medical advances and the speeding up of new and stronger diseases, the award-winning documentary team of WGBH's NOVA Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc., has co-produced a groundbreaking multimedia project to address what makes us sick, what keeps us healthy and what it would take to give good health the upper hand. The ultimate objective of the project is to translate awareness into action. Rx for Child Survival encourages each of us to get involved to ensure that these basic needs are delivered to children locally and globally by speaking out, volunteering time and energy, and donating to programs that are already making a difference. Many organizations are providing aid around the world.

Ubuntu Education Fund, www.ubuntufund.org

Today Ubuntu is reaching over 40,000 children with life-saving health and educational resources and services. We are proud of the numbers, but most of all we are proud of our staff and the children who are taking advantage of being the first generation of free South Africans. The Ubuntu Education Fund is founded on the philosophy of ubuntu, a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity. We have used this philosophy to create the Ubuntu Model – a community-based strategy that ensures ownership and sustainability of our health and education initiatives. The Ubuntu Model depends upon a close relationship between the organization and the communities it serves, allowing Ubuntu to design initiatives in close collaboration with parents, teachers, students and community leaders.

The World Assocation of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO), www.wango.org

The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) is an international organization uniting NGOs worldwide in the cause of advancing peace and global well being. WANGO helps to provide the mechanism and support needed for NGOs to connect, partner, share, inspire, and multiply their contributions to solve humanity’s basic problems. Initiated in 2000 by a handful of international NGOs and prominent visionaries, WANGO has quickly become one of the premier international bodies for non-governmental organizations that are committed to the ideals of universal peace, justice, and well being for all humanity.


Journals

The Africa Policy Journal, www.ksg.harvard.edu/kssgorg/apj

The Africa Policy Journal is a non-partisan review at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, whose mission is to promote a rigorous, informed and influential policy dialogue relevant to African development. The inaugural volume featured an interview with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai and commentaries from a leading African business figure, and a Harvard professor. The Journal seeks to publish thought-provoking content providing fresh insight into the most significant opportunities and challenges facing African countries today. Over 20 dedicated graduate students from both Harvard University and Tufts Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy manage the Journal. Its board members include Harvard’s Professor Calestous Juma and former Ghanaian Finance Minister Kwesi Botchwey. 

SAIS Review of International Affairs, www.saisreview.org

The SAIS Review of International Affairs is dedicated to advancing the debate on leading contemporary issues of world affairs. Seeking to bring a fresh and policy-relevant perspective to global political, economic, and security questions, the SAIS Review publishes essays that straddle the boundary between scholarly inquiry and practical experience. The SAIS Review is published biannually for the Foreign Policy Institute located in Washington, DC by the Johns Hopkins University Press and is part of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Affairs, The Johns Hopkins University.