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Causes: International, International Relief, Leadership Development
Mission: To prepare emerging leaders to initiate,develop and sustain christian-based youth development organizations and to seed their new ministries as they serve vulnerable children and teens in our world's most under-resourced communities.
Target demographics: emerging leaders to initiate, develop and sustain non profit programs which serve vulnerable children and youth in under resourced communities
Geographic areas served: North America, Latin America, and Africa
Programs: Urbanpromise international continued to support 6 ministries in malawi, africa, one in uganda, africa, one in liberia, africa, one in honduras, central america, one in the dominican republic, central america, two in canada, north america and 6 in the usa, north america. Visas were obtained for students to come to the united states from these foreign sites to further their education and training and to be able to both assist the ongoing programs established and to start new programs on their return to their countries. Urbanpromise international also established a partnership with eastern university so international leaders could supplement their fellowship with a masters in nonprofit leadership.
upi fellowship partnered with our ministries in malawi and uganda to train approximately 25 students, learning the programmatic model of urbanpromise and how the program works. Urbanpromise international worked with young professionals in charlotte, birmingham and trenton for continued oversight and guidance.