La Soledad embraces buildOn
After traveling over 2200 miles, our team of students from Detroit arrive at the end of the road… literally. The winding dirt road that we followed up into the mountains of Nicaragua diminished and...
View ArticleFirst impressions
Below is a brief photo journal of our first few days in La Soledad. Scroll through to see what we saw as we immersed in the culture and synced up with the rhythm of the community. [svgallery...
View ArticleOn my way to Haiti
Today I am headed down to Haiti to immerse myself in our work and gain a first hand understanding of the devastation and long-term impact that the quake has had on the people of Haiti. From the...
View ArticleWelcome to Mali!
We are completely off the grid in the remote village of Ntiola in Mali, West Africa. The video you are about to see was edited in the field and uploaded from the nearest internet access point—nearly...
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British Airways Donates Tickets, Volunteer Hours to buildOn
As buildOn’s new Global Airline Sponsor, British Airways is donating 50 round-trip airline tickets to Malawi to buildOn’s after-school service program. A group of students left from Chicago, IL for...
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buildOn Students Help Hire their New Program Coordinator
It’s crucial that the students have a voice in this. When Joanna Branch, buildOn Program Director in Pennsylvania, needs to hire a new youth service coordinator for her region, she whittles down...
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British Airways School Building Trip Scrapbook
buildOn is both fortunate and proud to have the support of British Airways. Recently, a group of BA staffers took it upon themselves to fundraise for buildOn’s international programs and have the...
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They buildOn: San Francisco Advisor Sarah Brand Brings the Keys to Youth...
By: Clarisa Ramirez, buildOn Communications Intern Sarah is really well known in her district for taking an idea and making it even better. Behind every enthusiastic buildOn youth service program is an...
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Prescription for Summer Doldrums? Volunteering!
We approached Dr. Marilyn Price-Mitchell about writing a guest blog for us after discovering links to her fun and enlightening blog entries in Roots of Action and Psychology Today being shared in...
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Groupon + buildOn Build School With The Amazing Race Winners!
Nepalese students stand in front of their completed school with buildOn student members and staff. Groupon Getaways, Groupon Grassroots and buildOn are inviting Groupon subscribers to the experience...
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Thank You, You’re Welcome in Malawi
by buildOn’s Ryan Nishimoto, Program & Service Coordinator Nishimoto recently took a group of buildOn students from Connecticut to Malawi to build a school. Here are his reflections. One of my...
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Beyond Asana Brings Yoga, Service Together to Build a School in Nepal
(From left) Brittany Policastro and Maura Manzo, yoga instructors in Philadelphia, co-founded Beyond Asana Teacher Training in 2011. Maura Manzo and Brittany Policastro are co-founders of the Beyond...
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12 Activities You Can Do For International Literacy Day, Sept. 8
By Anna Nelson, buildOn’s Curriculum Specialist A buildOn Bay Area member reads to a child at the Museum of Children's Art. Since 1967, UNESCO has promoted the importance of education and literacy by...
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They buildOn: buildOn Helped Tierra Coleman Overcome Personal Loss
One of buildOn’s inspirational alumns, Tierra Coleman, is going to be featured on American Graduate Day this Saturday, September 22. Coleman, 21, was our buildOn Dinner speaker in Stamford, Conn. in...
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They buildOn: Katie Gummeson Raises Money Through Her eBay Business To Build...
Katie Gummeson, 17-year-old New Canaan, Conn. resident, raised $35,000 to build a school with buildOn in Vilou, Haiti. Most teenagers can’t say they spent their high school years raising $35,000 to...
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Help New York Respond to Hurricane Sandy
Information by buildOn’s Stephanie Gilman, New York Regional Manager. A photo of the flooding in the New York subway station. Service is currently suspended. Photo taken by buildOn's Tauren Deas. This...
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They buildOn: Tacolicious Supports Education Through Mmmm Mondays
Some of Tacolicious' employees from left to right: Joe Hargrave, Owner; Mike Barrow, General Manager; Antelmo "Telmo" Faria, Executive Chef; and Kory Cogdill, Sales and Marketing Manager. Tacolicious...
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They buildOn: Ronald Lyons Jr. Sees the ‘Good’ in Detroit After Joining buildOn
Ronald Lyons Jr. sorting food donations at Detroit's Focus:Hope. Before joining buildOn at Detroit’s Western International High School, Ronald Lyons Jr. didn’t know the good that was coming out of the...
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From Mali to Guinea: Alumna’s Life of Responsible Volunteerism With buildOn,...
This week we are spotlighting buildOn alumni who are changing their lives, their communities and the world as part of our Breaking the Cycle campaign. buildOn asked Sean Cochrane, a former buildOn...
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5 Ways buildOn Alumni Can Help Break the Cycle
After 21 years of doing afterschool programming across the United States, we consider ourselves a movement. Several of our alumni have accomplished incredible things, such as Haben Girma, who didn’t...
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