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Causes: Children & Youth, International, International Development, Youth Development - Citizenship
Mission: At home or abroad, buildOn’s is working to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education.
Results: Our students have contributed over 1 million hours of service in the U.S., and have helped build more than 500 schools around the world.
Programs: In the U.S., buildOn empowers urban youth to transform their neighborhoods through intensive community service and to change the world by building schools in some of the economically poorest countries in the world. Internationally, buildOn is breaking ground on a new school every five days in Haiti, Nicaragua, Nepal, Senegal, Malawi, and Mali.