At the time I was spending about a third of my year in Kenya and working with local communities, I noticed the lack of opportunity for teenagers.
1000 Education & Training
Jacqueline Abrams: Yessay– Helping Students Write Amazing Application Essays
Writing is an essential skill that has as much to do with our capacity for thought as it does with our ability to communicate with one another.
Paulette Mpouma: The Africa Memory Game– Educating Her Kids About Their Heritage
Educating my own children about the continent of Africa, and letting them know about their cultural heritage.
Jamellia Blythe: High Flyer Tutoring Service — Supporting Alternative Educational Systems in Jamaica
I saw the need for supplementary education and an opportunity for the myriad of unemployed teachers to have a meaningful career as a Professional Tutor.
Aikaterini Ioannou– KatrineMusik Soundlicious Learning-Presents Kindermusik
The reason that I started kindermusik business is because I love children and music.
Edna Adan Ismail: Edna Adan Hospital and Edna Adan University– Reconstructing Somaliland After Civil War
After I retired from a long career with the World Health Organization, I just could not turn my back on my people who had suffered much destruction becuse of the civil war.
Clara Freeman: Authentic Woman Networks– Helping Women Find Their Voices
From the time I was an 11 year-old young southern girl, growing up in the flatlands of Mississippi, I knew that there had to be a better life for people of color.
Velma Crawford: Veez Ties That Bind– Creating Apron Art
Creating and designing aprons were initially only meant to be a hobby used as a means of healing and remaining focused during a time of a serious illnesses.
Roya Mahboob: Afghan Citadel Software– Providing Women With Opportunities in Afghanistan
To create jobs for recent graduates from schools and universities and to empower women through education and social media.
Brit Fitzpatrick: Mentor Me– Technology To Facilitate Mentorship
I founded Mentor Me to provide a better way of matching and managing mentoring relationships. Mentor Me is technology built to help mentoring programs build great futures.
Trina Byrd: T. Byrd Computers– Educating Youth and Elders in Technical Fields
Provide technology educational opportunities to the underserved, which will result in entry level careers in any industry that utilizes technology.
Babita Patel: View Finder Workshop– Creating Opportunities For Children In The Slums Of Haiti
While photographing the slums of Haiti, I encountered children living under extreme conditions with no clean drinking water, education or much in the way of material goods.
Simone Bernstein: volunTEENnation.org–Connecting Pre-Teens and Teens to Volunteer Opportunities
At the young age of 12, I was unable to find volunteer opportunities for youth under the age of 18.
Olusola Bankole: Bankys Private School– A School For The Children In Nigeria
To offer a cutting-edge, top of the range, quality education to the Nigerian child even at a time when standards are falling.
Surekha Waldia: ELNA– A New Model For Learning
Deep inside me I had always wanted to be independent and be free of restrictions, but at the same time do such work that would help change the lives of the people I worked with.