Every 26 seconds in the U.S.
a student drops out of school.
Worldwide, nearly 900 million
people cannot read or write.
* Urban U.S. students are faced with hunger, violence and drugs in their communities and on their way to and from school.
* In developing countries, students have to walk miles to a school in a neighboring village. 57 million children of primary school age have no classroom access at all.
* U.S. students attend crowded and crumbling schools with over-burdened teachers and non-existent enrichment programs.
* Students in the developing world are squeezed into dark and crumbling mud huts, or are taught under trees only when the weather permits.
buildOn’s service learning programs mobilize students in challenging urban areas to lift up their communities through intensive local service. We run service programs at 50 high schools in seven US regions: Chicago, Detroit, New York, the Bay Area, Philadelphia, Boston and Connecticut.
Learn morebuildOn works in some of the poorest countries on the planet to build schools in villages that have historically had no adequate school structure.
To date we have built more than 780 schools in seven countries: Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali, Malawi, Nepal, Nicaragua and Senegal.
buildOn increases student engagement by creating safe environments where students are comfortable learning.
By improving their communities through service, students learn how to create change in their own lives.
buildOn helps students identify and address the needs of their communities and take control of their own lives.
buildOn programs give students hope that they can create a better future for themselves and their neighbors.
buildOn students learn to respect themselves and others while gaining leadership and communication skills.
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