Search Results For Region: Latin America and Caribbean
African Presence in Mexico
This program is a visual arts exhibition that explores the African contributions to Mexican culture over the past nearly 500 years. Exhibition will travel throughout the U.S. and Mexico for 5 years. This will be the 6th exhibition that the Museum h ... Read More
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Alliance of Hope Adoption Programs
Adoption-Link is now working with Children’s Hope International (CHI), of St. Louis Missouri, to provide additional adoption opportunities to our prospective adoptive families. Children's Hope Internatioanl currently has adoption programs in Ethiop ... Read More
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Anthropological Research
Through anthropology we seek to understand what makes us human, our place in nature, and our common concerns. We teach others what we learn through our exhibits, programs, and world class collections. Join us and make a difference in our scientific ... Read More
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Bolivia: Project Ninos
The Center for Global Initiatives collaborated with the Flying Doctors of America in a pioneering and critical project. We were the first non-Bolivian group to be granted access to three Bolivian prisons. Hundreds of children live with their parent(s ... Read More
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Business Development Centers and Business Incubator
One of COPRODELI's primary objectives is to strengthen the economic activity in Peru by promoting and supporting micro-entrepreneurs and enterprises. The COPRODELI Business Development Centers and Business Incubator provide financial support, subject ... Read More
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Castillo-Orta Family
Artisan family from Mexico comes to the Museum during the Day of the Dead exhibition and demonstrates how to make a tree of like and what this tradition means in Mexico Read More
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Causes for Change Programs
Through outreach and education, Causes for Change International seeks to build strong communities by providing the tools for self-sufficiency. We supply medical assistance and training in health and economics to areas in need. We focus on children, w ... Read More
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Chances by Choice
Chances by Choice specializes in providing domestic and internationally born HIV exposed children, and the families who support them, the resources to thrive. Chances by Choice takes a multi-dimensional approach to providing life enhancing services f ... Read More
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Changing Communities
Play for Peace is all about change—changing the way people relate to each other.
Our objectives:
- To promote positive relationships among the people of societies in conflict.
- To foster leaders for peace around the world.< ... Read More
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Chiapas Media Project
The Chiapas Media Project (CMP)/Promedios is an award winning, bi-national partnership that provides video equipment, computers and training enabling marginalized indigenous communities in Southern Mexico to create their own media. Read More
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Children and Education
Coprodeli offers first level outreach prevention to children and teenagers who live in abusive or otherwise detrimental environments. The cornerstone of this effort is the NAR/Children at High Risk preventive health program. NAR consists of 2 residen ... Read More
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Chronic Disease Management
Diabetes and hypertension are serious, chronic diseases that need constant maintenance. Poorly managed diabetes can lead to strokes, blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, foot amputations and nerve damage. Untreated hypertension puts patients at ... Read More
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Conservation Strategy Development
The Environmental and Conservation Programs (ECP) branch of the Field Museum is dedicated to translating science into action that creates and supports lasting conservation. Through our partnerships in local communities and with over 150 organization ... Read More
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Day of the Dead Exhibition
The 20th annual Day of the Dead exhibition, the oldest and largest in the U.S. will bring back at least 10 artists from Mexico and the U.S. A special multimedia curriculum packet will also be created for teachers. Read More
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Developing Country Honorary Membership Program
ISPCAN invites applications and nominations for Honorary Memberships Awards given to child abuse and neglect prevention professionals working in developing countries. Awardees will receive all ISPCAN benefits for two years, including subscriptions to ... Read More
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Ecology and Conservation of Bahamian Rock Iguanas
The Shedd Aquarium is committed to the conservation of endangered species. There are fewer than 30 Grand Cayman blue iguanas left in the world, and we are one of the few facilities to house these lizards. With your help and contributions we can con ... Read More
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Education Mission
The Education Mission is a partnership in Cochabamba, Bolivia with teachers and student teachers who teach English to the poor. Our missioners provide seminars, team teach and sharpen their Spanish skills while delving into Latin American culture. Th ... Read More
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Engineers for a Sustainable World
The Northwestern chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW-NU) is an interdisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate students focused on meeting the global challenges of poverty and long-term sustainable development. ESW is a national n ... Read More
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Enlaces America
Enlaces America has been an adviser, facilitator, and support center for transnational Latino and Caribbean immigrant organizations committed to building healthy communities both in the United States and in their countries of origin. In fulfilling th ... Read More
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Enterprise Mission/Solidarity Clothing
The Enterprise Mission is our Fair Trade project. As our mission evolved, we recognized the need to not only heal the sick, but to go to the root of the problem of poverty. To answer this call we began the Enterprise Mission and its current project, ... Read More
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Global Initiatives in Management, Kellogg School of Management
The GIM program is an intensive global business leadership course designed by students. Teams of classmates plan and facilitate a challenging 10-week curriculum with a faculty advisor, and coordinate a two-week international field experience. By part ... Read More
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Global Leverage Fund
With the help of the Global Leverage Fund, Opportunity International's vision to mobilize $1 billion to reach 100 million people with microfinance loan, savings and insurance products will be realized. To reach this aggressive goal, the organization ... Read More
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Global Partnerships
Woodstock Institute provides technical assistance internationally to organizations seeking to bring mainstream financial resources to underserved communities effectively and affordably. Likewise, Woodstock Institute’s international research seeks to ... Read More
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Haiti Adoption Program
We work with a wonderful organization in Haiti called Foundation de L'Enfant Jesus. There are two beautiful facilities located near Kenskoff and Lamardelle, Haiti that are home to healthy children and HIV+ children. Since the earthquake, all of the c ... Read More
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Health Partnerships
Our Health Partnerships enable students to improve global health by mobilizing the resources of their university campuses to support partner grassroots health organizations throughout the world. Read More
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Housing, Community, and Earthquake Reconstruction
Many residents in the shantytown of Pachacutec live in flimsy homes, often without roofs, built of woven reeds that offer little protection from the elements. Electricity and running water are scarce.
With the goal of contributing to a so ... Read More
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Human Rights Law - Americas
The Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Program for Human Rights in the Americas began in 1992 with the first of a series of generous grants provided by the Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Foundation. The Sullivan Program coordinates an array of human rights ... Read More
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Insurance
As the world leader in providing micro insurance, Opportunity International is poised to bring significant change to the world of microfinance and sustainable development. Opportunity began providing micro insurance to clients in Africa beginning in ... Read More
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International Scholarship Program for Developing Country Professionals
ISPCAN sponsors numerous scholarships for leading professionals from developing nations to learn about child abuse and neglect and how to become leaders in their countries. Attendance at ISPCAN conferences and training events is valuable for learnin ... Read More
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LEAD Campaign (Leadership, Empowerment, Access and Development)
As the microfinance sector commercializes and rapidly expands, experienced banking and finance leaders are in short supply. The microfinance community is waking up to the pressing need for leaders with these skills. Tomorrow’s leaders must be identif ... Read More
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Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)
Hansen's Disease, historically called leprosy, is one of the world's most feared and misunderstood diseases. While it is rare in developed countries such as the United States, it is very much present in impoverished areas of Asia, Africa, and South ... Read More
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Medical Mission
The Medical Mission is a partnership between U.S. and Bolivian medical personnel, primarily surgical, who serve the poor in their critical health needs. On each mission trip, we provide roughly $60,000 worth of medical supplies, medicines and equipme ... Read More
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Mondragon Family (Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls)
This artisan family from Mexico visits the Museum every year during the Day of the Dead exhibition, and performs demonstrations of Sugar Skulls. Sugar skulls are a tradition of the holiday that dates back to Ancient times. Read More
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National Immigrant Justice Center's Counter-Trafficking Initiative
The Counter-Trafficking Initiative has helped more than 70 trafficking victims in their recovery by providing legal and case management services, assisting clients in finding counseling, housing, emergency care, employment assistance, and access to ... Read More
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Nicaragua-Direct
We need almost anything that can be shipped or taken along to Nicaragua. More specifically: Basic, over the counter, Medicine - Bandages - Tooth Brushes and Paste - Wheel Chairs - Walkers and Canes. School Supplies: Pencils - Erasers - Rulers - ... Read More
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North American Network on the Solidarity Economy
NANSE brings together grassroots and locally established organizations from Canada, the USA, and the Caribbean to explore building a sustainable alternative to the current neo-liberal development model. This program seeks to serve as a catalyst for e ... Read More
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Outreach Education and Trainings Program
IFYC provides a variety of in-depth trainings around the world to equip young leaders, faith leaders, civic organizers and others to organize their own interfaith youth service projects. The program also seeks to educate the wider public on the impo ... Read More
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Partnering with Families
Education - Tuition support for deaf children and their siblings; school transportation costs.
Vocational Training - Capital investment in shoe repair business; tuition for one year of beauty school. Read More
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Preventative Healthcare
Coprodeli provides preventative healthcare and humanitarian aid to the most impoverished families in Peru. Doctors, dentists, lab technicians, and pharmacists from the United States, Europe, and Peru volunteer their time to improve and, in many cases ... Read More
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Project Latina
This program will support the creation of a Spanish-language version of "voicesandfaces.org," one that features the stories of Latina Women from Mexico, Central America and South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. We will also inc ... Read More
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Prosthetic and Orthotic Lab
A simple prosthetic device can mean so much to someone disabled and living in poverty. Range of Motion Project has built and runs a fully functioning prosthetic and orthotic lab in Zacapa, Guatemala. The lab has already helped countless disabled fro ... Read More
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Prosthetic and Orthotic Volunteers
A prosthetic or orthotic device is a critical component in a disabled person's rehabilitation, enabling independence, mobility and involvement in the community. Rehabilitation has the power to increase visibility of the disabled; awareness can teach ... Read More
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Radio Campesina, Comayagua, Honduras
Radio Campesina began in the spring of 2002, when RaPo provided Chicago-based solidarity group La Voz de Los Abajo with equipment to set up a radio station for the CNTC, in Honduras. The CNTC is the National Center for Rural Workers, an organization ... Read More
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Radio Culturarte, Juchitán, Mexico
Culturarte use traditional music, dance, poetry and art to celebrate and promote Zapotec culture. They also work to increase awareness about issues affecting local people such as indigenous people’s rights, land reform law, women’s rights and health. ... Read More
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Radio Revolución!, Mulukukú, Nicaragua
In March of 2004, RaPo set up a radio station in Mulukukú, a rural municipality located on the border of the North and South Atlantic Autonomous Regions of Nicaragua. The station is being managed by the Maria Luisa Ortiz Cooperative and Women's Healt ... Read More
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Share Your Soles
Shoe collection, cleaning, processing, shipping and distriubtion - donate shoes, funds, or help organize the shipment. Read More
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Solar Panel Project
One of Centro Medico's founding principles is to protect the environment and operate in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Centro Medico is now looking into installing solar panels. In fall 2007, an alternative energy consultant, Derek S ... Read More
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Sor Juana Festival
The annual Sor Juana Festival honors Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz--one of Mexico’s greatest writers--and celebrates and the rich artistic accomplishments of Mexican women from Mexico and the United States. The Festival also recognizes Mexican women lea ... Read More
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Surgical Brigades
Centro Medico makes sure that its patients are taken care of. As a result, Centro Medico frequently arranges and pays for patient surgeries performed in the city of Santa Cruz. We're now hoping to take care of patients through surgical brigades from ... Read More
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The Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
Bolivia has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world. Centro Medico is working toward implementing a cervical cancer prevention program. Ultimately, the program would coordinate and provide regular cervical cancer screenings and ot ... Read More
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The Chagas Project
Chagas is a disease of poverty and most often afflicts populations like the one served by Centro Medico. Chagas is a chronic disease that commonly causes heart and gastrointestinal problems which are often further complicated by other health conditio ... Read More
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The Exploration Institute
The Exploration Institute is intended to celebrate human potential,create participation and inclusion. This one-of-a-kind facility will be specifically designed to serve children and youth with varying and differing abilities; and when complete, it s ... Read More
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The International Network of Child Policy Research Centers
Make an investment in the future of children. The well being of children is a concern that crosses national boundaries. The International Network of Child Policy Research Centers facilitates the sharing of ideas and information among child policy re ... Read More
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The Pediatric Anti-Parasite Program
Gretchen Myers, our US volunteer nurse, with some help from a local hospital and health education center, is in the process of implementing a prevention program aiming to curb the number of kids with parasites. Gretchen is going to local schools to e ... Read More
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Training and Capacity Building Program for Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Effective Child Protection requires a multidisciplinary approach among professionals working in every community world-wide. ISPCAN’s unique network of local and diverse professionals creates a global force to protect children in need. The need to pro ... Read More
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Training for Plant Conservation Professionals
The International Training Program commenced internal exchanges between the USA and Australia in 2006. The Australian partner in this effort is the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). Five representatives from our national Conservation ... Read More
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Trust Banks
Trust Banks serve women in the lowest levels of poverty who have no assets and no access to a guarantor. A Trust Group is an innovative lending methodology that provides microloans, thereby creating jobs and economic empowerment in poor communities. ... Read More
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Working Bikes Cooperative
A bicycle worth $20 in Chicago can be worth the equivalent of $1,000 in Africa. Your donation can possibly mean the difference between work and unemployment to someone in need. The bicycle is the primary means of transportation for the majority of t ... Read More