Young people learn to manage their money and make enterprising decisions through fun and interactive programmes that always put them at their heart.

MyBnk also provide enterprise experiences using real money and train young people to run their own in-school online saving and lending independent banks.

We have developed a social franchise model whereby organisations across the UK and the globe can offer MyBnk programmes in their local area.

About

At we Edify believe that educating the poor is the greatest opportunity for Christian transformation in the developing world. A young person with book smarts and life skills can create a small business or find employment that will lift his or her family out of poverty; a young person grounded in the Christian faith will develop the moral foundation necessary to transform a culture and remake a society. With a dedication to serving the poor, Edify proposes to increase access to Christian education and improve the quality and relevancy of what's taught in Christian schools.

We direct our attention to the little-known, yet widespread phenomenon of "affordable private schools." In slums and rural hamlets across the world - from Accra, Ghana, to Hyderabad, India, to Lanzhou, China.

The education entrepreneurs, or "edupreneurs," who own these schools charge a very affordable $5 to $15 per month for tuition and provide a surprisingly robust education - often far superior to the government alternative, when one exists. Many of these tiny schools were started by Christians in the community, perhaps a retired schoolteacher or a local pastor.
No matter the differences in geography or context, these schools almost always share the same headaches: a lack of capital for expanding their classrooms and facilities, and a lack of academic and extracurricular resources to provide a strong Christian education for the 21st century.

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Edify's goal is to finance the education of 1 million impoverished children over the next seven years. To achieve this extraordinary outcome, we will need to raise $20 million to make loans to 4,000 schools averaging 250 students each.

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We aim to solve those challenges by providing loan capital and business training, so the edupreneur can borrow money to expand and run his school more effectively and efficiently. And we intend to help mold future generations of the poor with Biblical principles by working with schools to offer Christian curricula, after-school discipleship programs, entrepreneurship education, and teacher training sessions, among many possibilities.

Program Information

Edify, a non-profit organization registered in the U.S., is focused on delivering 3 key resources to help Christian edupreneurs lift their communities out of poverty:

• Capital to expand facilities at affordable private Christian schools, thereby increasing access to education for the poor.
• Curricula and other tools to strengthen schools' Christian message and training.
• Business and teacher training for proprietors and educators to improve education.

Our efforts are predicated on the fundamental notion that the poor are already finding ingenious ways to help themselves. And among the poor, there are followers of Christ who are blessed with an entrepreneurial spark, a vision for educating their communities, and a desire to share the Gospel with the young. We have the privilege and opportunity to come alongside these Christian edupreneurs and help them achieve spiritual transformation through affordable private education.

Edify depends on the financial generosity of individual donors and private foundations to finance its operations.

Relevant Links

Website: http://www.edify.org/

Annual Report 2010: http://www.edify.org/annual-report-2010

About

Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) brings together a number of development agencies, institutions, and programmes that work primarily in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa. AKDN is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam through institutional action. AKDN agencies conduct their programmes without regard to the faith, origin or gender. The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) focuses on health, education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development. It is dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or gender.

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The AKDN works in over 30 countries around the world. It employs approximately 80,000 people, the majority of whom are based in developing countries.

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AKES is committed to achieving excellence by continuous improvement of its programmes, services and processes. Offering a superior education to students is perhaps the most important factor in creating a successful future for generations that will have to cope with a rapidly changing environment. Considering the system as a whole, the leading characteristics of the work of the Aga Khan Education Services are:

• the continuing pursuit of excellence in educational practice and management in diverse and challenging settings;
• child-centred teaching methods;
• a special emphasis on female education; and school-based teacher training.

Currently, the major initiatives throughout the system include:

• the introduction of computers and distance learning to supplement teaching and improve learning methods;
• the improvement of physical infrastructure, particularly of community-based schools;
• advanced teacher training through the Institute for Educational Development at the Aga Khan University;
• an East African education initiative to facilitate coordination of programmes, identification of best practices and quality educational initiatives, advancement of policy dialogue on privatisation of schools, improvement in teacher training and retention, and acceleration of computer-assisted educational methods;
• development of English language and economics programmes at selected universities in Central Asia, through the Aga Khan Education Fund; and
• collaboration with a leading private school in the USA - Phillips Academy, Andover - to improve AKES programmes in science, mathematics, economics, English language and technology.

Program Summary

The AKDN's education programmes cover a wide spectrum of activities ranging from early childhood care and education through to degrees in medicine. The Aga Khan Education Services, the Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Khan University, the Aga Khan Academies and the University of Central Asia are the lead organisations in education, but all institutions are involved in some form of training or education, whether it is through curriculum reform, exhibitions of Islamic art or literacy programmes for employees of economic project companies.

Relevant Links

http://www.akdn.org/education.asp

About

IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development.

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Founded in 1968, IREX has an annual portfolio of $50 million and a staff of over 500 professionals worldwide. IREX and its partner IREX Europe deliver cross-cutting programs and consulting expertise in more than 50 countries.
civil society development.

Program Information

Education supports economic development, social reform, and civic participation within a society and provides the foundation for tomorrow's leaders. IREX works with individuals, institutions, and governments to expand access to and improve the quality of education worldwide.

IREX designs programs and provides consulting to support lifelong learning starting at the primary and secondary levels, continuing through higher education, and including continuing professional training. Program areas include:

• Educational Institution Development
• Pre- and In-Service Teacher and Faculty Training
• Journalism Training and Education
• Curriculum Development
• Media Strategy and Management
• International Research and Professional Fellowships
• Business Development and Advertising
• Undergraduate and Graduate Study Abroad

Program Summary

IREX designs programs and provides consulting to support lifelong learning starting at the primary and secondary levels, continuing through higher education, and including continuing professional training.

Relevant Links

www.irex.org

About

Freedom from Hunger (established in 1946) is recognized for fighting hunger with innovative self-help programs. An international development organization working in seventeen countries across the globe, Freedom from Hunger is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, nonsectarian organization.

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AIM Youth will develop new microfinance and financial education services to help 37,000 young people in Ecuador and Mali learn to manage their money and assets for the future.

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AIM Youth was created in response to needs voiced by young people in the countries where we work. It helps young people who otherwise are left unprepared to manage a household with little money. By documenting the lessons learned from this initiative, Freedom from Hunger and its partners will extend the impacts of this value-added microfinance service to the "next generation" of microfinance clients while deepening impact within the families of current clients.

Program Summary
AIM Youth is testing how integrated microfinance services and financial education can be effectively designed and delivered to poor youth in Mali and Ecuador before extending successful practices to more countries. The approach responds to the needs of young people who are expected to contribute to
the family's income and needs before they have the skills, knowledge or resources to adequately respond.
Freedom from Hunger has deep expertise in combining education with microfinance. The AIM Youth initiative extends our knowledge to help young people overcome barriers they face in saving money, making informed financial decisions and preparing for their own futures. We are partnered in this endeavor with The MasterCard Foundation as well as several local microfinance institutions (MFIs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Relevant Links
http://www.freedomfromhunger.org/pdfs/AIM_Youth_Newsletter_Aug2011_Eng.pdf

About

Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.
Plan aims to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of deprived children in developing countries, through a process that unites people across cultures and adds meaning and value to their lives, by:

• enabling deprived children, their families and their communities to meet their basic needs and to increase their ability to participate in and benefit from their societies
• building relationships to increase understanding and unity among peoples of different cultures and countries
• promoting the rights and interests of the world's children.

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Plan works with nearly 38,000 communities each year, covering a population of 28,200,000 children.

Curriculum Information

We work to ensure free and equal access to quality education at all times, including in emergencies, as well as access to learning for young people so they can reach their full potential. Our education strategy focuses on:

• promoting inclusive, safe, healthy, child-friendly learning environments
• improving the skills of teachers
• creating culturally relevant, gender-sensitive lessons and offering essential life-skills training.

Program Summary

Plan's free development education materials include lesson plans, activities, publications and games. Some of Plan's fundraising organisations also offer school linking programmes, which directly connect schools in developed countries to those in developing countries. Students get to share lesson activities and exchange thoughts and experiences with each other.

Relevant Links

http://plan-international.org/

Education material: http://plan-international.org/about-plan/resources/schools

1. Right to the resources for a sustainable livelihood. People must have access to indispensable resources like land and water. Unfair trade rules must abolished.
2. Right to basic social services. Everybody has the right to quality education and healthcare. The spread of HIV and AIDS must be halted.
3. Right to life and security. People hit by natural disasters, climate change or conflicts have a right to aid. The arms trade must be controlled.
4. Right to social and political participation. People must know their rights and be able to communicate their voice. Everybody's involvement is needed for a just world.
5. Right to an identity. Nobody should be excluded on the basis of her or his identity. Women, indigenous people, gay men and lesbians, and the disabled have the same rights as anybody else.

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While funding for our core work comes mainly from the Dutch government and Dutch general public, often we see opportunities to leverage our and our partners' expertise in new ways to create additional impact. Our "special projects" are developed with seed funding from Oxfam Novib and scaled up with the support of institutional donors including Danida, SIDA, the Ford Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the European Union, IFAD and others. Due to recent budget cuts across the Dutch government, a number of projects which had previously been earmarked for support from Oxfam Novib's core funding are now open for external support.

Program Summary
Popular expectations about the right to education are no longer satisfied by increasing access to schooling. The public demands education that truly educates, and that requires quality educators. Every good teacher benefits an entire class, year after year, and whenthose better-educated pupils become parents they will likely demand a good education for their children.

In the two countries chosen for piloting this project, Uganda and Mali, numbers of children enrolled in primary school have rapidly increased. But learning outcomes lag behind - only around half of children successfully complete primary school, and many girls are still out of school - in part because of difficulties those countries face in recruiting and retaining good quality educators, in particular female educators who attract more girls to school for longer periods of time.

In Mali, more qualified teachers are needed - more than half of all primary school teachers have had no teacher training at all, and nearly 90% did not complete secondary school. In Uganda, the problem is more of internal regional distribution, with few qualified teachers wanting to locate in the north of the country, where a legacy of conflict and displacement affects both teachers and students.
Led by Oxfam Novib in conjunction with Education International, an umbrella body of education workers organized into unions, the Quality-ED project is designed to span both non-formal and formal education. It aims achieve systemic quality improvements in public services without leaving behind the hard-to-reach populations that NGOs generally serve.

The main country partners have been selected with this aim in mind: in Mali, the coalition of civil society groups working in education, COSC-EPT, and the teachers union SNEC; and in Uganda the Forum for African Women Educationalists, the trade union UNATU, and LABE - Literacy and Adult Basic Education. - whose strength is in the North of the country.

Relevant Links
Annual Report (2009): http://www.oxfamnovib.nl/Redactie/Downloads/Jaarverslagen/Engels/JVSL_09-Eng-web-nw.pdf
Projects: http://www.oxfamnovib.nl/co-fundable-projects.html

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Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the global dimension in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources here support Education for Global Citizenship - education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference in it.

Program Summary

Relevant Links
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/

About

CRIN is building a global network for children's rights. We press for rights, not charity, and advocate for a genuine systemic shift in how governments and societies view children.

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More than 2,100 organisations in 150 countries rely on CRIN's publications, research and information.

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Our inspiration is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which we use to bring children's rights to the top of the international agenda. We launch advocacy campaigns, lead international children's rights coalitions, and strive to make existing human rights enforcement mechanisms accessible for all.

Program Summary
Transparency campaign: We launched a campaign to scrutinise how key positions within children's rights are filled, starting with a petition to introduce transparency into the appointment process for the Executive Director of UNICEF.

Our campaign on children and violent sentencing will seek to prohibit and eliminate all violent and inhuman forms of sentencing of children in penal systems around the world, including the death penalty, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

Complaints Mechanism for Children: We have heavily lobbying the UN to introduce a complaints mechanism for children under the CRC, the only treaty without such a procedure. This has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council and is awaiting adoption by the UN General Assembly.

Relevant links

http://www.crin.org/about/index.asp
http://www.crin.org/petitions/petition.asp?petID=1014
http://www.crin.org/violence/campaigns/sentencing
http://www.crin.org/law/CRC_complaints

About
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of disease, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.

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In fiscal year 2010, CARE worked in 87 countries around the world, supporting 905 poverty-fighting projects to reach more than 82 million people, over half of whom are women.

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Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility. We facilitate lasting change by:

• Strengthening capacity for self-help
• Providing economic opportunity
• Delivering relief in emergencies
• Influencing policy decisions at all levels
• Addressing discrimination in all its forms

Guided by the aspirations of local communities, we pursue our mission with both excellence and compassion because the people whom we serve deserve nothing less.

Program Summary
CARE tackles underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient. Recognizing that women and children suffer disproportionately from poverty, CARE places special emphasis on working with women to create permanent social change. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.

Relevant Links
http://www.care.org
http://www.care.org/careswork/whatwedo/index.asp

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Our sponsorship program currently benefits more than 340,000 impoverished children and their families in 11 countries throughout the world.

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Sponsorship helps poor children and their families, and offers security and sense of dignity that is all too rare when you live in poverty. Children International programs lift children and families up, filling them with hope and making change possible.

Program Summary
Monthly sponsorship contributions make sure their most basic needs are met, such as:

health care and medicine
family assistance
nutritional assistance
educational support

Relevant Links
http://www.children.org
http://www.children.org/education.asp?sid=48E1BCB-1503-42D8-8B22-9324563D605C1
http://www.children.org/youth.asp?sid=48E1BCB-1503-42D8-8B22-9324563D605C1

About

The Bernard van Leer Foundation is an international grantmaking foundation based in The Hague. Our mission is to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances. We see this both as a valuable end in itself and as a long-term means to promoting more cohesive, considerate and creative societies with equal opportunities and rights for all.

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Through our grantmaking programmes we pioneer innovative ways to improve opportunities for disadvantaged young children. Through our free publications we share what we learn with practitioners and policy-makers and shape the debate about early childhood.

Program Summary

Our grantmaking pursues three goals:

• Taking quality early learning to scale
• Reducing violence in young children's lives
• Improving young children's health by changing the conditions in which they live

Relevant Links

http://www.bernardvanleer.org/English/Home.html

http://www.bernardvanleer.org/English/Home/Our-programmes.html

About

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We are motivated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ to cherish, preserve and uphold the sacredness and dignity of all human life, foster charity and justice, and embody Catholic social and moral teaching as we act to:

• Promote human development by responding to major emergencies, fighting disease and poverty, and nurturing peaceful and just societies; and,
• Serve Catholics in the United States as they live their faith in solidarity with their brothers and sisters around the world.
• As part of the universal mission of the Catholic Church, we work with local, national and international Catholic institutions and structures, as well as other organizations, to assist people on the basis of need, not creed, race or nationality.

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Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic Church in the United States. In fiscal year 2010 CRS touched the lives of more than 100 million poor and vulnerable people in nearly 100 countries around the world.

Curriculum Information
Our work is about more than helping people survive for the day. Catholic Relief Services approaches emergency relief and long-term development holistically, ensuring that all people, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, are able to participate in the very fullness of life - to have access to basic necessities, health care and education - all within peaceful, just communities. To achieve this, we focus on six key areas of service:

• Emergencies
• Hunger
• Education
• Health 
• Peace
• Helping at Home

Program Summary
Lasting improvement in the lives of the poor cannot be achieved without education. Access to education for all, particularly girls and women, as well as improved quality of education are key components of CRS' work around the world. Equally important is community involvement in education, without which long-term, positive change is elusive.

Relevant Links
http://www.crs.org/
http://www.crs.org/education/index.cfm

About

The Children's Rights Alliance is a coalition of over 90 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working to secure the rights and needs of children in Ireland, by campaigning for the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It aims to improve the lives of all children under 18, through securing the necessary changes in Ireland's laws (strengthening children's rights in the Constitution), policies and services.

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Our three key strategic aims are:

• Bringing about a shared vision that will realise and protect children's rights in Ireland;
• Securing legislative and policy changes to give meaningful effect to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and
• Securing the effective implementation of Government policies relating to children.

Program Summary

We engage in a broad range of activities in order to help deliver change for children living in Ireland. We deliver comprehensive policy proposals in key areas affecting children; we pride ourselves on our advocacy work, particularly in holding the Government to account over its existing and/or future commitments relating to the rights and needs of children living in Ireland; and we use our voice in innovative ways to raise awareness about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

We monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Government policies, legislation and practices on the lives of children in Ireland and prepare submissions, reports and briefing papers outlining our findings and recommendations.These form the cornerstone of our advocacy work.

We are best known for our work in producing a shadow report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which is examined in tandem with the Irish State's report. The shadow report is a critical review of the progress made by the Irish Government in implementing the UNCRC, and is informed by the Alliance's member organizations and a variety of independent experts in the field of children's rights.

Keeping a close eye on the Government's priorities and breaking news, we draw attention to inadequacies or progress in relation to the UNCRC through media work. We also engage in constructive dialogue with statutory and non-statutory agencies, both nationally and internationally, and we also organise education and training sessions, conferences and seminars to raise awareness and understanding about children's rights, specifically among member organizations.

Relevant Links

http://www.childrensrights.ie/index.php
http://www.childrensrights.ie/index.php?q=about-us/what-we-do

About

The Development Alternatives Group is a premier research organisation, with a deep understanding of the rural market and a strong presence in the Indian heartland. Its existence has been a credible and visible one - nationally and internationally in addressing poverty challenges in a climate sensitive environment.

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In India DA has empowered over 6.6 million poor people in about 20,000 villages in six states by enabling the creation of 27,500 Self-Help Groups and 13,450 Community Based Organisations (CBOs) through Poorest Area Civil Society (PACS), a network of 650 NGOs. By raising awareness through information and education, DA has reached out to over 40 million people.

We have spearheaded nearly 48,000 environmental conservation initiatives through a network of 1.25 million schoolchildren and their communities. DA has set up 126 small dams and regenerated over 6000 hectares of land, benefiting about a quarter of a million people. Through our highly innovative adult literacy programme TARA Akshar, DA has made around 60,000 women literate in Hindi till date and an additional 350 women are being made literate every month.

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TARA, DA's training and capacity building service vehicle is run by Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA), a pioneer in Technologies for Sustainable Development. For the last 25 years, TARA has been transforming the landscape of rural India by creating new opportunities to build village economies.

Program Summary

The TARA Livelihood Academy is a special delivery vehicle for providing jobs through skill development and enterprise support services. It has been created with the purpose of consolidating knowledge, gathered by the Development Alternatives Group and developing a series of capacity building training programs on the "Three E's" concept, i.e. Employability Skills, Entrepreneurship Development and Executive Know how.

Relevant Links

http://www.devalt.org/training-TARA.aspx

http://tara.in/tara/websitepages/TARADefault.aspx?catalogid=133

About

Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organisation that has been promoting and protecting children's rights on a global, regional, national and local level for 30 years.

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At the global level, the DCI movement is united in its commitment to working for children's rights in juvenile justice. DCI works to protect, defend and advocate for the rights of children and young people in conflict with the law.
DCI national sections develop and implement programmes in response to the needs of children in their countries. In addition to juvenile justice, some of these include:

• Child labour
• Violence against children
• Children in Armed Conflict
• Sexual abuse and exploitation
• Child trafficking
• Access to education
• Migration
• Child participation

Program Summary

DCI uses the following strategies to promote and protect child rights:

Direct Intervention
DCI provides direct assistance and support to children in need. Many DCI national sections run socio-legal defence centres which represent children in conflict with the law and take on cases where children are being imprisoned without cause. Other DCI sections provide support and rehabilitation services to child workers and victims of trafficking.

Advocacy and lobby
DCI advocates at national and international level for the development of policies and practices which are in the best interests of the child. This involves lobbying States to adopt national policies which reflect the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and urging the Human Rights Council and other UN bodies to take action against gross violations of children's rights.

Research and monitoring
DCI researches and monitors the practical application of children's rights according to international standards and reports on abuses and violations. DCI also researches pressing concerns in children's rights, offering recommendations and mobilising resources for further action.

Training and capacity building
DCI provides training to members of the community on the UN Convention on the Rights of the child, including strategies for promoting children's human rights. DCI also works with police officers, judges and other professionals to train them in guaranteeing the rights of children in juvenile justice systems. In the area of child labour, some DCI national sections train employers and teachers on methods for ensuring that child workers have access to a quality education.

Relevant Links

http://www.defenceforchildren.org/
http://www.defenceforchildren.org/about-us.html

About

The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) is a regional organization based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AGFUND was established in 1980 upon the initiative of His Royal Highness, Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud with the support of leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, State of Qatar, Sultanate of Oman and the State of Kuwait.

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Since its foundation, AGFUND has contributed to supporting and financing of 1,268 projects in 133 developing countries. Until now, 952 projects have already been completed and 316 projects are under construction and implementation.

Curriculum Information

Through the implementation of its programs, Agfund provides support to needy groups to help facilitate their full access to basic and fundamental social requirements, such as education and health care, under the umbrella of fair national and international legislations towards the prevailing of security and peace. Agfund's initiated effort to contribute without any discrimination to projects of human development, is done through the support of its Partners and is implemented, by the United Nations Development Organizations, by international and regional organizations, by governmental and NGO's bodies all over the developing world.

Program Summary

AGFUND seeks to achieve its development mission through the following:

1.Financing of development projects proposed by its partners.
2.Launching development initiatives.
3.Encouraging creativity and innovation through AGFUND International Prize.

AGFUND approves financing of development projects proposed by its partners after having them presented and studied by its Board of Directors. In the light of its mission and goals, AGFUND has adopted specific criteria that it applies for selecting projects, identifying funding priorities, monitoring its implementation and circulating them when completed.

Relevant Links

http://www.agfund.org/en/Pages/default.aspx

About

Junior Achievement or JA or JA Worldwide is a non-profit youth organization that was founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and senator Winthrop M. Crane. JA focuses on educating kids in K-12 about the free enterprise system. Junior Achievement originally began as a collection of small, after-school business clubs for students on the East Coast of the United States, but has since grown to become known as the world's largest organization dedicated to teaching students about entrepreneurism, workforce readiness and financial literacy.

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Ourselves

JA students learn how to start and grow a business, how to successfully contribute in the workplace, and how to effectively manage the money they earn. Junior Achievement programs also help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities.

Program summary

Ourselves uses compelling stories read aloud by the volunteer, along with hands-on activities, to demonstrate helping, working, earning, and saving. Five required, volunteer-led activities. The key learning objectives listed beside each activity state the skills and knowledge students will gain.

Relevant links

Organization website: www.ja.org

About

Operation HOPE (HOPE) improves the economic quality of life for individuals, families and communities through programs that create stakeholders: converting check cashing customers into banking customers, renters into homeowners, small business dreamers into small business owners, and minimum wage workers into living wage workers.

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62,854 students

2,967 educators

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Banking on Our Future

Banking on Our Future, South Africa was founded in 2007 with Citigroup and International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. It is customized to apply specifically to the conditions, culture, and language relevant to local South African communities—with a special focus on entrepreneurship. The program has been approved by the national and provincial departments of education.

Banking on Our Future, College Edition (BOOF CE) is our newest delievery method. Launched in January 2009, BOOF CE focuses on helping students develop positive and healthy attitudes and beliefs about money, and learn how to handle many of the social pressures associated with spending.

Banking on Our Future Haiti was created as a response to the devasting earthquake of 2010, as a way  to assist in the long-term economic recovery.

Program summary

BankingOnOurFuture.org is a free, interactive online financial literacy program for all ages.

Relevant links

Organization website: www.operationhope.org

Link to the program: bankingonyourfuture.org

About

Ashoka is and INGO that supports the field of social entrepreneurship.

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Youth Venture

Youth Venture plays a critical role in actualizing Ashoka’s vision of Everyone a Changemaker. By giving young people the means to know that they have the ability to change the environment around them, Ashoka believes that youth will gain the skills and innate understanding that they can be powerful long into their adult future. Through this experience, young people will grow up practicing applied empathy, teamwork, and leadership — the underlying skills needed to make change.

Program summary

Youth Venture empowers children by the following concepts:

• The youth participant, through the enabling experience of starting a social venture

• The youth team, as they learn important life skills and realize that they can create change

• The community, as growing numbers of Youth Venture teams “tip” the local culture toward greater youth leadership

• Society at large, by fundamentally redefining the role of young people as leaders of social change

Relevant links

Organization website: www.ashoka.org

Link to the program: www.genv.net