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Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
ThinkImpact, an international non-profit that connects young Americans to villages in rural Africa to incubate social innovations, has been selected from 94 organizations to receive $37,000 from JP Morgan Chase in their Chase Community Giving program on Facebook.
ThinkImpact successfully collected enough votes in the first round to win $25,000 and to compete in the final round. As a finalist, the Advisory Board selected the organization to receive the prize based on its “Big Idea”: To revolutionize how young people engage in the world. Chase will make a total contribution of $62,000 to ThinkImpact.
The Advisory Board was comprised of internationally recognized leaders in sports, entertainment, media philanthropy and non-profit sectors including David Robinson, Eva Longoria, Nancy Lublin, Elliot Schrage, and Kim Davis.
“It is an honor to be an Advisory Board Pick,” said Saul Garlick, executive director of ThinkImpact. “The organization is at a pivotal moment and this contribution combined with the first round prize will help ThinkImpact work with thousands of community members in Africa and expand opportunities for students from across the United States.”
ThinkImpact is currently looking to scale its proven Global Development Program which has already affected thousands of lives. The program offers summer internships in rural Kenya and South Africa where the next generation of leaders to offer ideas, leadership, and capital to leverage local community resources. Outstanding interns develop social enterprises with community leaders and earn a year-long Global Development Fellowship.
“Our program is uniquely scalable,” Garlick noted. “The $62,000 gift goes four times as far because we have a sustainable model that provides unparalleled learning opportunities for US students and the development of social enterprises that tackle health and education in poor communities. This is an incredible day for ThinkImpact and the social entrepreneurship sector.”
Garlick, 26, founded the organization as a student in high school. Today the group has made an impact worldwide. ThinkImpact has connected American college students from 40 campuses with rural communities to alleviate poverty, built 56 latrines, provided scholarships to 4 South African students from middle school to college, built 3 schools, trained more than 2500 Africans on HIV prevention and touched the lives of 50,000 people in rural Africa.
There were 16 other groups that also received Advisory Board discretionary funds, including Atlas Service Corps, Seeds of Peace and Camfed USA.
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
OneWorld.net selected the inspiring work of community leader and great friend of SMRC as the subject of a story on early childhood education. Doris is a special woman because she has the ideas and persistence to turn difficult situations into powerful success stories. Read the story published by OneWorld here: http://www.euronews24.org/world/mother-to-a-community-oneworld-net/
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
Great new video about our Global Development Ambassadors trip in March. Take a look and click here to find out how you can join us on our next Ambassadors Trip from September 5-14. Thank you to Alissa Shapiro for her amazing efforts at making this and other films a reality for SMRC!
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
Whether you are in the United States or live in rural Ghana, one thing is for sure, public health is the key to living a healthy life. What does public health really mean? In an impressive new campaign, “Healthiest Nation in 1 Generation,” American’s have the opportunity to engage in the questions of how public health efforts can improve our lives here in the US. The campaign aims to get American’s working on improving our domestic health situation, but I think every nation should be part of this challenge. The most important measure of a society is whether its people are able to live a healthy, long life.
Watch the film: http://www.generationpublichealth.org/
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
I am delighted to report that SMRC is in good shape. We have an incredible group of fellows that have funded their projects (over $45,000 in commitments so far!) and we have an incredible group of students joining the organization in Kenya and South Africa for our Global Development Internship. The future of the organization has never looked better.
However, I confess that I am no public relations guru and we have a small budget for our outreach activities. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
Lily Muldoon, project director of SMRC, was featured in the National newspaper in Kenya for her outstanding work in Kayafungo and her commitment to the people in that location. The article can be seen here.
