OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Global Care’s service-learning initiatives involve both education/advocacy and community service.  Below is a list of the highlights of our past and present initiatives.

ETHIOPIAN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVE
(2007-present)

• Education/Advocacy –
• Keynote address by CNN Top Ten Hero and Ethiopian literacy activist, Yohannes Gebregeorgis
• Numerous educational/fundraising events
• Club presentations at numerous settings in Tenafly and beyond
• Service – Raised $80,000 to sponsor construction of the first 12 rooms of a Pre-K-12 school in Awassa, Ethiopia:  “The Ethio-American Friendship School.”

CAMBODIAN HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE (Fall 2004-2006)

• Education/Advocacy –
• “Global Care Youth Leadership Conference:  Eye on Cambodia”
• Youth Ambassador trip to Cambodia
• Club presentations at numerous settings in Tenafly and beyond
• Service – Raised $10,000 to sponsor classes in cultural renewal and education for needy Cambodian children.

SYMPOSIUM ON CAMBODIA AND LANDMINES (Spring 2004)

• Education/Advocacy –
• Keynote address by award-winning human rights activist and survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, Arn Chorn-Pond
• Club presentations at numerous settings in Tenafly and beyond
• Service – Raised $11,000 for the rehabilitation of Cambodian landmine survivors.

THE LANDMINE REMOVAL INITIATIVE (2000-2002)

• Education/Advocacy –
• “Global Care Coalition for Mine Action Conference” youth conference
• “Demining With Partners” event to celebrate demining of Podzvizd, Bosnia
• Club presentations at numerous settings in Tenafly and beyond
• Formed Public/Private Partnership with U.S. Department of State
• Service – Raised $40,000 to sponsor demining of two Bosnian villages.

Click here to learn more about these initiatives:  LEARN ABOUT (Our Initiatives)