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buildOn has been uniting people through service and education to ignite a more equitable future since 1991.

We mobilize communities in low-income countries to build schools. Our American youth transform their own neighborhoods through service and change the world by helping build these schools.

We Build Lasting Change

2.6Million

HOURS SERVED BY BUILDON STUDENTS

12,139

STUDENTS ACTIVE IN BUILDON PROGRAMS

98%

BUILDON STUDENT GRADUATION RATE

We are buildOn.

buildOn provides U.S. high school students from historically marginalized communities the opportunity to transform their neighborhoods—and themselves—through the power of service. Globally, we partner with people in economically developing countries to build schools and provide access to education for children and adults.

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Our U.S. Work

buildOn’s service learning programs engage students from 36 underserved high schools in five cities throughout the United States.

Bronx

buildOn in the Bronx students are tackling gang violence, homelessness, and food insecurity in neighborhoods where nearly half of all residents live below the poverty line.

The Facts

6,830

Students currently engaged

740,984

Service hours to date

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Trejah Brown, buildOn in the Bronx Student

buildOn means the world to me because I get the opportunity to meet an abundance of people and do something that I am extremely passionate about, which is community service.

Trejah Brown / buildOn in the Bronx Student

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Jon Mucciolo
Development Director, CT/NY

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