ACIAR

The Asociacion para la Integracion y Accion Regional (ACIAR), is a non governmental and non profit organization, dedicated to creating and implementing development projects in areas of Costa Rica where there are low social and human development rates.

(Associacion para la Integracion y Accion Regional)
Moravia, Bariro La Guaria de la entrada
principal 150 metros al este y 100 metros al sur Moravia,
San Jose, COSTA RICA
Tel: 506-240-7670
Fax: 506-235-8506
E-mail: associar@sol.racsa.co.cr
Project Director: Guillermo Rosabal Ramirez
 

The Association Montessori Internationale was founded in 1929 by Dr. Maria Montessori to maintain the integrity of her lifes work, and to ensure that it would be perpetuated after her death. The objectives of the Association are to maintain, propagate and further the ideas and principles of Dr. Maria Montessori for the full development of the human being. The Association aims to establish these objectives by all lawful means and in particular by:

Koninginneweg 161
1075 CN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: (31) (20) 679-8932
Fax: (31) (20) 676-7341
E-mail:secretariat@ami.edu

Branch Office AMI/USA
410 Alexander Street
Rochester, NY
Tel: (716) 461-5920
Fax: (716) 461-0075
E-mail:amiusa@ami.edu
URL: www.ami.edu/
 

The Challenge of the 21st Century is to Understand Conflict in Relationship. "An Atrium is a place for learning about the conditioned mind, which has brought us to the state of unparalleled conflict and devastation that we experience in the world today. An Atrium is a place with an atmosphere of affection where people can explore together, without judgment, the conditioned attitudes and preconceived ideas which bring about conflict." Jean Webster-Doyle is the Founder and President of the Atrium Society. She has been educated in the United States and Europe, and was cofounder and Director of the Atrium School and the Rainy Mountain School in Ojai, California. A world traveler and linguist, Jean Webster-Doyle has lectured internationally on the conditioned mind and Atrium - Education for the 21st Century.

The Atrium Society
PO Box 816
MIddlebury, VT 05753
(800) 848-6021
E-mail:atrium@sover.net
URL: http://www.atriumsoc.org/
 

While a baby is in its most helpless stage, unable to sit up or crawl around or stand and walk, the brain cells are being produced at a phenomenal rate. So rapid is this process that the brain grows to half of its adult size by the age of six months! During this growth, the treatment and experience provided (deliberately or incidentally) is extremely important to the baby's later learning ablility. This rapid brain growth occurs only once in a lifetime. Patterns for much of all future learning are established during this period.

 
CATALYST  

The Catalyst Youth Network for Sustainable Community is the educational component of Pole to Pole 2000, a global trek of 15 young people throughout 1999 promoting environmental awareness and spreading a message of hope for the next millennium. Catalyst will conduct activist workshops at all stops and will build a Millennium Trail, a walk-through labyrinth which displays young people's ideas for sustainable community building. Catalyst is committed to mobilizing youth to mark the turn of the millennium by leading their communities' transition to a sustainable future.

The Catalyst Youth Network for Sustainable Community
11426 Rockville Pike,
Suite 100 Rockville, MD 20852
Tel: 301-231-6006
Fax: 301-468-9612
E-mail: catalyst@igc.apc.org
URL: www.millenniumfirst.com
Royce Bernstein & Chris Murray, Co-Directors
 

Children of the Earth,
Inc. PO Box 217 Newfane, VT 05345
Tel: 802-365-7616
Fax: 802-365-7798
E-mail: coevt@aol.com
Dr. Nina Meyerhof, Director
 

 
CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND

The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown.

Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
E-mail: cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org
URL: http://www.childrensdefense.org
 

Founded by Laurie Meadoff in 1985, The CityKids Foundation was created to provide youth from all racial and socio-economic backgrounds with a "safe space" to talk, share ideas, and create an agenda to lead them into the next century. The organization achieves its objectives through the operation of 1) the CityKids Coalition where youth meet to brainstorm and plan active grassroots organizing; 2) CityKids Repertory, where youth create and tour poetry, music, and drama; 3) CityKids Speak Teams, which provides peer-ro-peer education; and 4) CK Speak Productions, which creates youth-produced video, film, and books for the mass media.

DO SOMETHING

Do Something is a national nonprofit organization that inspires young people to believe that change is possible, and trains, funds and mobilizes them to be leaders who measurably strengthen their communities. We Believe young people have the power to change the world, that change starts with ourselves when we take personal action to benefit others and that every young person can lead.

Do Something
423 West 55th Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10019
E-mail: mail@dosomething.org
URL: http://www.dosomething.org/
 

East Harlem Tutorial Program (EHTP) provides education, literacy, training and employment programs for East Harlem's African-American and Latino children, teenagers and parents. 

2050 Second Avenue New York, 
NY 10029 
Tel: 212-831-0650 
Fax: 212-289-7967 
Director: Carmen Vega-Rivera
 

Global Elementary Model United Nations is what the name implies -- elementary (and middle school) students role-playing the assemblies of the United Nations! This enriching, exciting opportunity is available in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. GEMUN is an excellent hands-on approach to learning in a global context. By role-playing delegates to the United Nations, young people from varied backgrounds learn about other countries, cultures and international relationships, while developing a global perspective on real issues confronting the world community today, and acquiring many transferable skills.

561 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212-226-0130
Fax: 212-226-0137
E-mail: globalkids@igc.apc.org
URL: www.globalkidsinc.org
Carole Artigiani Nichols, Executive Director
 

Global YouthConnect is an organization led by and for young people which supports, activates and encourages youth leadership for human rights and social transformation. They are dedicated to the principles of activism, community building, reconciliation and non-violence. They value acts of courage which embody these principles. They believe in addressing human rights violations as well as their root causes in order to build a world-wide community of compassion and justice.

Dot Maver at:
Phone and FAX - 802/485-4140
RR1 Box 3250,
Northfield, Vermont, 05663
 

 
KIDS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

Kids Can Make A Difference® (KIDS), an educational program for middle- and high school students, focuses on the root causes of hunger and poverty, the people most affected, solutions, and how students can help. The major goal is to stimulate the students to take some definite follow-up actions as they begin to realize that one person can make a difference.

Larry Levine/Jane Finn Levine, Ed.D.
P.O. Box 54
Kittery Point, ME 03905
(207) 439-9588
(207) 439-4917 FAX
E-mail: kids@kids.maine.org
URL: http://www.kids.maine.org
 

"Where solving conflicts is an adventure" Why Peace Education? In a word - PREVENTION. Peace Education encompasses critical skills that generally are not taught at home or as a part of other subject areas. Peace Education also addresses "after-the-fact" solutions to conflict such as peer mediation and dispute resolution. These techniques are generally taught to a selected group of students in a school and do little to reduce the number of conflicts that occur or escalate to violence.

Legacy International develops strategies for organizations to effectively address local needs. We work with multi-disciplinary teams to design and support vibrant learning communities for the 21st century. We build alliances and partnering initiatives which develop skills, extend networks, increase services, and multiply effectiveness.

 
THE MILAGRO FOUNDATION

The Milagro Foundation partners with the nonprofit community to serve the needs of children and youth. Started in 1998 by Carlos and Deborah Santana, the foundation supports educational efforts to help children and youth live healthy lives, literate lives and culturally enriched lives. Milagro assists the most at-risk and vulnerable populations so they can acquire the skills needed to succeed in life. Milagro especially wishes to strengthen arts education to enhance the quality of young lives. The foundation makes grants to community-based, grass-roots federal tax-exempt 501c(3) organizations that work with children and youth. Milagro does not make grants to individuals.

For more information:
P.O. Box 9125,
San Rafael, CA 94912
E-mail: milagro@santana.com
URL: http://www.santana.com/milagro/
 

ONE DAY was founded in January 1994 by a group of committed high school students. These students set out to create a project that would have global impact, empower and give hope to young people. First designed as an educational tool to teach these students how to express their passion, the result was far more inspirational than expected. From this work, the ONE DAY Foundation was created.

The first Robert Muller School was started in Arlington, Texas, USA, in 1979, to implement Robert Muller's World Core Curriculum and make the results available to educators around the world. This school is now the International Coordinating Center for the Robert Muller Schools and other groups around the world implementing the World Core Curriculum.

The University for the Study of Human Goodness offers three programs: 1) SOUL-CENTERED EDUCATION FOR A LIFETIME, a program of practical spirituality taking the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom and putting them into daily practice. Students of all ages and backgrounds from the USA and many foreign countries are welcome.  Full scholarships for room, board and tuition are given to accepted students who commit to immerse themselves in an intense program of personal and spiritual development.   2) ON PURPOSE EDUCATION NOW (OPEN):  This UfHG program is designed to meet the needs of young adults and college-age students who desire to learn the secret to a successful, service-filled life of meaning and purpose.  Accepted students are given full scholarships. 3) PARENTING Initiative:  The Parenting Initiative offers series of one- to six-hour presentations that assist parents in learning and developing skills necessary to raise responsible, capable and soul-filled children, and in assisting children and teens in learning to be positive, responsible, productive family members and citizens. Seminars and workshops are offered throughout the United States at no cost.

UNIVERSITY FOR THE STUDY OF HUMAN GOODNESS
3983 Old Greensboro Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101 USA
Phone: (336) 761-8745
Fax: (336) 722-7882
E-mail: inquiry@ufhg.org or tg@ufhg.org
URL: www.ufhg.org

 
YES! Youth for Environmental Sanity

YES! is a youth-run non-profit organization that gives young people support and skills to work cooperatively and effectively for positive change. More than half a million high school students have participated in YES! programs. YES! Action camps bring together diverse youth and give them an experience that can change their life - and help them to change the world. The World Youth Activist JAM will take place in the summer of 1999, bringing together 40 of the world's leading youth activists from 22 countries.

420 Bronco Road Soquel, CA 95073-9510
Tel: 831-465-1091 Fax: 831-462-9790
E-mail: camps@yesworld.org
URL: www.yesworld.org
Ocean Robbins, Founder & President
 

 
YOUTH CAUCUS SCHOLARSHIP PROJECT

The World Federalist Association is working towards the establishment of an effective and just system of world governance, based on individual dignity and national responsibility to peace. The WFA Youth Caucus has been quite successful in involving college students and other young professionals towards this end and involvement in conflict-resolution programs. WFA has been a leading proponent of the Hague Appeal for Peace as a major launching for a global movement. Young people were involved in preparations leading up to the Hague Appeal and were vital participants in the conference's forums and programs. The WFA Youth Caucus was given a grant so that scholarships could be awarded for representatives of the WFA Youth Caucus to travel to and participate at the Hague.

Youth Caucus Scholarship for the
HAGUE APPEAL FOR PEACE World Federalist Association
418 7th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003-2796
Tel: 202-546-3950 (800) WFA-0123
Fax: 202-546-3749
E-mail: wfa@wfa.org
URL: www.wfa.org
Supriya Baily, WFA-HAP Project Coordinator
 

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