Invest in International Development Leaders

See all photos

Summary

Atlas Corps promotes international cooperation through an innovative and sustainable fellowship for citizen sector leaders from the global south (such as India, Colombia and Ecuador) to US. progress reportread updates from the field

How You Can Help  question mark

Make a donation
 
or give as a gift in honor/in memory of someone

Received $35,211 from 1759 donations from people like:

lcollier22
juanap
Neal
Dede Donovan

+
YOU!
Give now to become donor #1760!

Actions

Printer Friendly
Add to Favorite Projects
Add to Registry
Add to Fundraiser
Subscribe to Updates
Subscribe to RSS Feed

Share & Save this Project

Spread the Word
Tell a Friend
Tag on del.icio.us
Share on Facebook

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Atlas Corps identifies rising nonprofit leaders who are addressing the UN Millennium Goals, such as health & human rights, to volunteer in the US for 1 year. In 2007, the Fellows will be NGO leaders from India & Colombia and will be placed at US host nonprofit organizations in DC. Both the US & developing nation NGOs will benefit from the exchange of best practices and increased global understanding. Ultimately, this will create a global citizen sector where ideas & solutions transcend borders.

Activities

Atlas Corps is building the capacity of the global nonprofit sector through our premiere nonprofit management development fellowship program for overseas NGO leaders.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $35,211
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $14,789
Total Funding Goal: $50,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

During our initial year, Atlas Corps will train 7 rising nonprofit leaders from India and Colombia in nonprofit management skills that will help them build the capacity of the nonprofit sector in the US and overseas.

Project Message

Atlas Corps is making great strides in unifying the gobal south and the global north. Through your support, these Fellows will create monumental change in their home country and the US.
- Amanda Chehrezad, Colombia volunteer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Scott Beale,
Founder
3217 Connecticut Avenue, NW
#36
Washington, DC 20008
United States
202-669-4497
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Atlas Service Corps, Inc.
1133 19th Street NW
9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-736-5714
http://www.atlascorps.org

Learn more about Atlas Service Corps, Inc. and the project team.


Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Education.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 29, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 26, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Help Atlas Corps Win $20,000

By Atlas Service Corps - , December 29, 2008 11:01 PM



Read 2 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update

Subscribe to "Updates from the Field" by E-Mail

How Else You Can Help

Share and Save

Tell a Friend
Tag on del.icio.us
Share on Facebook
Digg It!
Add to Google Bookmarks
Add to Yahoo! Bookmarks
Reddit

Spread the Word on your Profile, Blog, or Website

Put a widget for this project on your profile, blog or website to turn your friends into givers. Using our widget, it's quick and easy to add this widget to your profile or blog!