Glasswing International

Glasswing International

Glasswing International is an innovative non-profit organization that empowers youth and communities to address the root causes of poverty, violence, and migration through education, health, and community resilience programs. We work with youth facing poverty and extreme violence in some of the most Where We Work dangerous countries in the world. Many of these children, lacking a sense of safety and stability, flee their homes or face other life-threatening situations. U.S. HEADQUARTERS Despite these challenges, and by harnessing the power of community, we New York provide them with opportunities to thrive and they become part of the solution. LATIN AMERICA HERAQUARTERS Our Approach El Salvador Glasswing’s work is rooted in community REGIONAL OFFICES engagement. Our cross-sector approach forges Colombia Honduras partnerships with international and local Costa Rica Mexico governments, corporations, non-profits, and Dominican Republic Nicaragua Guatemala Panama Education civil society to strengthen and mobilize existing resources and deliver high impact, sustainable COUNTRY OFFICES solutions. Barbados Jamaica Ecuador Trinidad and Tobago 398,000+ Our Work participants Guayana Venezuela Working closely with communities, and the support of thousands of volunteers, we: Annual Investment in Programs • Build students’ core life skills and resilience through weekly, year-round, extra-curricular initiatives $14,000,000 • Provide youth with economic opportunities through leadership, entrepreneurship, and $12,000,000 employability training $10,000,000 • Empower girls by building their social, Health educational, and financial capabilities $8,000,000 • Train health professionals, law enforcement, $6,000,000 276,000+ and first responders in emergency first participants reponse $4,000,000 • Provide training in trauma-informed care and restorative practices to communities and $2,000,000 government services 7 6 8 • Help returning migrants reintegrate through 9 011 008 009 010 012 013 014 015 01 01 01 01 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 education and vocational opportunities, as 2 well as trauma support • Transform public spaces - such as schools and parks - through community-led volunteer Awards and Recognitions projects Community • Ashoka • Obama Foundation Empowerment Our Impact • Aspen Institute • Points of Light Since 2007, Glasswing International has: • Clinton Global Initiative • Tällberg Foundation • Impacted 1 million+ lives • Forbes Magazine, Latin • United Nations • Grown from three to 300 employees America 108,700+ • World Economic volunteers • Directed more than $60 million dollars • Inter-American Forum mobilized towards programming with less than 5% Development Bank going to overhead Glasswing International is a registered 501c3 non-profit. www.glasswing.org.

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