Build a School
Form a team of friends and family, fundraise, and travel to a developing country to build a school with a community in need.
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In the U.S., 890,000 high school students drop out before graduating.
That’s a student dropping out of high school every 35 seconds.
Worldwide, nearly 750 million people are unable to read or write.
Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. We empower urban youth to transform their neighborhoods through intensive community service and to change the world by building schools in some of the economically poorest countries on the planet.
5,181
Students engaged in buildOn programs each month
97%
Of buildOn students graduate high school
2.2 million
Volunteer service hours contributed by students
1,449
Schools built in developing countries
197,354
Children and adults attend buildOn schools every day
2.5 million
Volunteer work days contributed by community members
Form a team of friends and family, fundraise, and travel to a developing country to build a school with a community in need.
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