Developing global citizens through education abroad experiences is a core component of Athena’s mission. In 2005, Athena developed S.O.S. to ensure that charity is incorporated at the heart of our programs, students, and organization.
Developing global citizens through education abroad experiences is a core component of Athena’s mission. In 2005, Athena developed S.O.S. to ensure that charity is incorporated at the heart of our programs, students, and organization.
S.O.S. has four important components: scholarship funds reserved for charity minded students, frequent Athena staff community service, student-selected donations various world charities, and sponsorship of charitable events and projects.
Compassion Without Borders is an all volunteer, grassroots non-profit that works to bring about reform for the animals of Mexico through spay and neuter, humane education, rescue efforts, and humane euthanasia programs.
FINCA's mission is to provide financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their lives. At the root of their poverty is lack of opportunity, not lack of desire to work.
The GoAbroad Foundation primarily supports projects related to education, nutrition, child welfare, and community development, while advocating and raising awareness about the needs of communities in the developing world.
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Each year, during Athena’s Global Give Fundraiser at NAFSA, and in partnership with the GoAbroad Foundation, we are able to collect and donate enough contributions to award a scholarship which supports a student in the Philippines to go to school for an entire academic year. This fundraiser has been so popular among NAFSAns since its inception, that ...
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