‘The Danger of Not Knowing Crap’: inside the world of youth global engagement and service projects

The Center for Global Engagement I run at Northwestern tries to ensure that all students graduate knowing how best they can contribute to global social change throughout their lives, whether its as development professionals or responsible corporate citizens, or something else entirely. We believe that the foundational learning experience for anyone who wants to create [...]

Kristoff column on micro-giving

CX Chua, one of the students from the Northwestern University ENGAGE Uganda Program 2007, celebrates with his Global Youth Partnership for Africa soccer/peer mentor team after finishing a 5-week after school program in the Namuwongo slum of Kampala, Uganda.
Nick Kristoff’s column today, “The Luckiest Girl,” tells the story of Beatrice, a bright girl from Uganda [...]

Thank you from Assetmap.org/Uganda

From the Assetmap.org/Uganda team,
Thanks EVERYONE who supported the Assetmap.org/Uganda project. It was inspiring for us to see the number of people who were excited about tools that would let them support community-led development efforts in this remarkable region. With your support, we were among the top 20 vote getters and will head to California to [...]