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Archive for May, 2009

GLA in the NY Times

We were excited to see that Global Leadership Adventures was mentioned in this New York Times article.

As the article mentioned, many students are fundraising to pay the tuition or working extra jobs. We have seen an increase in the number of students who have been able to do fundraising to pay their entire program fee. In addition, we have increased the amount of financial aid that we award. We have given out a record amount of financial aid this year!

We hope that this economic recession will herald in a new era of students working to raise money for their tuition and an increase in the number of organizations who follow our lead in expanding scholarship and financial aid opportunities.

Although the economy may be tanking, there’s never been a more crucial time in history to be a global citizen.

Social Entrepreneurs Can Change the World

I really liked this video that captures the spirit of entrepreneurship.  In fact, this captures the very reason I believe in Global Leadership Adventures — the message of entrepreneurship empowers young people to know they can change the world.  Whether its in business, or more related to the mission of GLA, as social entrepreneurs creating innovative solutions to global issues – never forget that your vision is acheivable.

In fact, on all of our programs we try to expose students to cutting edge social entrepreneurs.  Whether its an organization in Brazil that teaches street kids hip hop dance or a rural women’s microfinance group in India – our students see first hand grassroots leaders innovating to address social issues.

Watch this great video for a dose of inspiration: