The Youth Initiative for Human Rights

"We can have no future until we deal with the human rights atrocities of the past," explained Andrej Nosov, president, The Youth Initiative for Human Rights. "There have been no answers to those who have lost somebody and we, as the next generation, are taking responsibility to move toward a future of peace and justice." 

Theater ODA

Training and Resources in Early Education

Sixty-nine percent of South Africa's six million children under the age of six are affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty, and 84 percent of young children do not have access to programs that can support them in their early years. Fortunately, organizations such as Training and Resources in Early Education are developing innovative models that use early childhood development centers as resources of care and support for vulnerable children. 

United Nations Association of the United States of America, Inc.

Across 12,000 miles and two continents, the plight of South African school children affected by HIV/AIDS has touched and mobilized the lives of their peers in the U.S.

University of Cape Town

In South Africa, where the AIDS epidemic has led to growing numbers of orphaned children, there exists a dearth of research and a plethora of assumptions about the nature of residential care. Internationally, orphanages are posited as the "last resort" for children because of their negative effects on the children they serve and disproportional costs, and government policy often favors care for children in a "home" environment. But the situation is much more complex than is commonly understood, according to researchers at the Children's Institute of the University of Cape Town.

WNET.ORG

One of the nation's leading public media organizations, WNET.ORG is a cultural, educational, and public-service institution whose mission is to bring intelligence, integrity, inspiration, and innovation to American media.

WNYC Radio

More than one million people tune in for the breaking news, classical music, and interviews broadcast from WNYC's lower Manhattan studios, making WNYC 93.9 and AM 820 the country's most-listened to public radio stations.

Women's Environment and Development Organization WEDO

While women disproportionately bear the negative consequences of global warming, Women's Environment and Development Organization WEDO also believes they have an important role to play in finding climate change solutions. 

Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice

Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice focuses on strengthening youth leadership and community development in the Bronx River, Bruckner and Soundview communities.  As a faith-based organization, it seeks to improve environmental conditions in the South Bronx through youth organizing and activism.  

Yunnan Health and Development Research Association

Like many other Chinese public health specialists, Dr. Zhang Kaining, director of the Yunnan Health and Development Research Association, had not devoted much of his professional attention to environmental issues until fairly recently.  Yet the participatory approach this organization has employed in the public health field is now proving useful in building collaboration across environmental and health disciplines and professions.