LEARNSERVE INTERNATIONAL Overview
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Target demographics: High School students in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.
Geographic areas served: DC, MD, and VA
Programs: LearnServe Fellows - social entrepreneurship training: students design and launch their own social ventures.
LearnServe Abroad - hands-on service-learning in Zambia, Paraguay, and Jamaica.
Mission:
LearnServe International sparks high school students' passion to make a difference, and equips them with the knowledge, tools, and relationships to effectively drive solutions to pressing global challenges.
Results:
Since 2004 LearnServe has: a) helped launch more than 250 emerging social entrepreneurs; b) led more than 400 students and teachers to serve communities in Zambia, Paraguay, Jamaica, Japan, China, and Ethiopia; and c) directly engaged more than 2,500 young people in social innovation.
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Marty Kalin
12/11/12
LearnServe International is truly an amazing organization. I've witnessed first hand its tremendous impact. LearnServe is an enabling and mentoring organization that provides the tools and confidence to teenagers to be social entrepreneurs and "changemakers." It's impressive to see what young ...
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Celia R
11/30/12
I was a LearnServe Fellow from 2011- 2012, and I am now a LearnServe Ambassador. When I applied for the Fellows program, I had no idea how much it would impact my life. The program taught me how to turn an idea into an active social venture project, from the starting a needs assessment to running a ...
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Brianna3
11/30/12
I was a LSI Fellow last year and loved the program so much that I came back as an Alumni Ambassador to help out this year! I can't praise Learnserve enough; it gives high schools students the tools and skills to do something amazing for their communities and encourages global awareness and ...
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