The microcredit organization, Esperanza International, has been successfully operating in the Dominican Republic and Haiti for the past 15 years to provide hope or in Spanish ‘esperanza’ to the rural poor by the dissemination of micro-finance loans. Esperanza is dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor and to date Read more…
Teach For America has long been lauded as a competitive program for bright college graduates to hone their chops in an intensive learning environment, while educating children at some of the nation’s lowest performing schools. TFA historically has a less than 10% acceptance rate, bringing in applicants from the best Read more…
Since an early age, Claire Fischer knew that she wanted to help save the world. In her junior high and high school years alone, she helped fundraise over $ 28,000 USD with her 30-hour famine approach for World Vision. Impressed by her fundraising achievements, Claire was chosen as a youth Read more…