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2014-2015

Listed below are the 2014-15 academic year projects supported by the Alternative Break Program (ABP). For more information on each project, please click on the project title to access the project's ABP page. 

AlterNATIVE Education

AlterNATIVE works in Native American communities to educate youth about the impact of genocide on native populations in the U.S. The group also provides information about college and its importance to high school students within Native American communities.

Caribbean Students Association

CSA began their work with communities in the Caribbean in 2010. During academic year 2014-15 they will travel to the Bahamas to implement a self-esteem evoking curriculum that encourages a sense of personal engagement in the futures of the island's youth.

Dar al-Yasmin

DAY specializes in working with international groups to implement programs on the ground in the Zaatari Refugee Camp. They organize many different types of programs including school rehabilitation and children’s events.

Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders will return to Ghana (for the tenth year!) in academic year 2014-15 to provide continued support to communities building out their local infrastructure. This year's project will focus on water issues and sustainability.

Ethio-Eritrean Student Association 

During academic year 2014-15, Ethio-Eritrean Student Association will work with CTP, an educational program in Addis Ababa, to aid Ethiopian students with the U.S. college admission process and SAT exam preparation.

Global Youth Mentorship Initiative

Global Youth Mentorship Initiative (GYMI) seeks to provide youth-led mentorship to enhance and supplement traditional education curricula with unconventional educational sessions relating to technology and the arts.

GlobeMed

GlobeMed 2014-15 ABP project will work with Gulu Women’s Economic Development and Globalization, a non-governmental organization promoting human rights in Northern Uganda, to work to combat the stigmatization of HIV/AIDS in the local community. 
 

Habitat For Humanity

Habitat For Humanity's 2014-15 ABP project will involve working with community members in Lafayette, Louisiana to continue their rebuilding efforts, nearly a decade after hurricane Katrina devastated the area.

Symposium

Symposium is a non-profit educational project that is dedicated to bringing humanities seminars to high school and college students in East Asia. 

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