Through GlobeMed's approach and the GROW internship, organizations gain a greater capacity to serve their community and a generation of young people are equipped to transform the world. The Rutgers and CSSD project will serve as an outreach program that will reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS infection among entertainment workers by promoting safe sexual practices. By being physically present and working directly with CSSD and the affected population in Phnom Penh, GlobeMed members gain valuable experience in grass-roots and non-profit work while CSSD will learn important managerial and operational skills. Both partners will gain a deeper understanding of global citizenship and solidarity.

This project is about connecting people throughout the United States. It's about design, but it's also about collaboration and community. I believe this project can help anyone who needs inspiration, students looking to find a field of design to study, professionals, and those seeking out design professionals for work. The Pinpoint Method highlights creatives in a number of communities across the states. This can help communities by making them more aware of the creative talent in their own city or state that can be used when outsourcing talent or by helping students in search of direction by letting them know what all is out there and showing that success can be achieved anywhere.

Philanthropic travel is booming, hence the existence of this grant. Recent estimates suggest that volunteering on vacation, or 'voluntourism', is growing at about the rate that cruising was in the 90's. It's hot; it's in vogue; it's what people want to do. But it's also under extreme scrutiny. Is this the best way to engage international development? Is this what community partners want? How do they see us? How are we affecting them? I want to step back and provide some perspective on our urge to do-good overseas by answering these questions for Canto Grande. In doing so, I hope to give voice to these Peruvians and to re-evaluate our position as well-intentioned westerns in the developing world.

I think it is important for people all around the world to learn to be open minded - not just limiting this idea to a few countries. These children will then go on with a basic knowledge of English, as well as an openminded perspective (not that they might have not already had this) on the world.

WAVES for Development (WAVES) is a non-governmental organization that is changing old paradigms of the surf tourism industry by giving locals the knowledge, money, and skill sets required to control their own resources. Local staff and community members work with volunteers from all over the world to offer children classes in English, swimming, surfing, photography, board repair, social entrepreneurship, and environmental education. They are also experimenting with micro-credit and entrepreneurship programs for adults to jumpstart businesses in the community, with the goal to build the capacity of the people in Lobitos to develop their community in whatever way they decide.

Sometimes, people take for granted what they already have. Through the eyes of a traveler, you can help local people notice and appreciate their city in a way they may not have thought. Capture something unexpected in the city and share it with any local you meet. The local communities will be able to see their cities in a new way through traveler’s perspectives. This campaign will spread amongst travelers to the city, one by one, letting other travelers, who see this campaign at a the information center, make a positive impact to the local communities as well.

Participants and people attending the events will have an opportunity to understand what living with a SCI is. The show will use positive images to shift attitudes and stereotypes of people with disabilities. By using an event as a social medium to educate people, BACKBONES will create a platform for people to interact, share stories and start conversations. * BACKBONES provides one-on-one support for people with spinal cord injury and their loved ones.

My idea impacts local communities by bringing them together. I'd like to start a movie night in local theaters that would showcase the stories and lives of members in the community. I'd like to get other photographers/videographers/journalists on board to help get this movement going. The fact that we are all human is what we have in common... despite race, looks, accent, clothes, wealth, education, career, etc... we are all the same.

Our idea is dual-natured in it's benefit for local communities. We contribute and support with day-to-day needs but at the same time, provide long term support in creating an online presence. This saves their immediate resources whilst expanding their ongoing outreach. By raising the profile of the places we visit, we strengthen a vital and positive example within the community and therefore, importantly, help to inspire a mindful change both locally and globally.

With the possibility of being heard comes a great deal of power. By teaching young women the basics of video making, they become empowered. By empowering these women they will gain better control of their rights and strengthen the local gender equality.

Peaks Foundation is a nonprofit that organizes inspirational trekking expeditions around the world for women. All of our climbs bridge adventure with activism by raising critical funds to support local projects that empower disadvantaged women and girls where the climbs take place. We support a number of organizations by providing funds for education, maternal healthcare, and community-led conservation.

Connecting Americans with another culture in a fun, safe, way Connecting with Mexicans in hopes of future small business Computers and Books for Kids: Enhancing educational opportunites for the future...giving children a chance to succeed and rise out of poverty Beginning sustainable small businesses. Creating products produced BY the local children, teens, and adults

This idea creates a positive impact on local communities not only in Cambodia, but in Hawaii and the US because it reminds us to be healthy ourselves. You need to practice what you preach! To fully help them, we need to first help ourselves. We need to know whats healthy and to appreciate that we have access to all the resources we do, and make the best of it.

Since our inaugural Relief Ride in 2004, RRI has performed 15 Relief missions, developed 5 humanitarian/medical programs, and treated over 20,000 people of which 15,200 were children. Most our work has been focused on rural communities in Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. These communities are some of the poorest in the world, where most people are living below the International Poverty Line of $1.25 a day. Access to basic medical and dental care is non-existent for them and schools are intensely underserved. Over the 8 years that we have been offering our Relief Rides, we have provided free medical, dental and eye care, sustainable food aid, HIV AIDS awareness programs, and playgrounds free to these communities.

People respond to people. Coming back and just asking for money doesn't have the same impact as bringing back hand painted pictures (and photos - with stories of the children who painted them). If you make this an annual event, get a local school involved and take paintings back and forth to help educate others about needs in other parts of the world.

We will provide sustainable animal husbandry training and resources to impoverished families. AMAR Haiti provides families in this community with goat production training and resources, empowering them to take on the role of skilled animal and public health community leaders. Eventually, they will cooperatively own and manage the goat business and train subsequent families, propagating the program and ensuring its sustainability. The project will support financial independence, provide a sustainable source of nutrition, improve Haitian goat genetics, and eventually become a novel training opportunity for veterinary students - their participation will inspire and equip them to seed additional AMAR projects throughout Haiti and beyond.

The locals and visitors could have a better appreciation of Hawaii's beauty. http://www.goseawarriors.com/news/2012/9/25/SB_0925122353.aspx

My one action will be and is one of many personal actions that are and will make the world a truly good, fair, kind, equal, free place for all. ***I am at a public computer. I will upload a picture of my dog in her service dog vest when possible. Thanks. Also, if I/my idea wins the 1000 dollars I am going to give it to an international service dog organization in the USA and/or work on a project putting together detailed information about traveling with a service dog (because in my almost exhaustive research, no such thing exists). Thanks.

Feeding the bottled water industry has taken a toll on wells from homes in rural communities by draining aquifers, lowered lake levels, and hurt wetlands. It takes three times as much water than is produced. In addition, globally 2.7 million tons of water bottle plastic is used annually, the vast majority of which ends up as littler or in a landfill. Local communities cannot handle this trash.

In Brazil, ChildFund has a mobile reading program to give children the joy of reading and to promote literacy. The Cantinho dos Sonhos program in Brazil is not only helping children in rural communities learn to read, it’s also helping them discover their dreams. Reading is a great way for children and adolescents to develop good concentration skills, critical thinking, and to learn about the world around them. A mobile reading programs will greatly benefit children living in rural communities who may not have access to the libraries in towns.