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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.
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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: $35,341
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $14,659
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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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
1133 19th Street NW
9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
United States
202-669-4497
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Atlas Service Corps, Inc.
1133 19th Street NW 9th Floor
Washington,
DC
20036
United States
202-736-5714
http://www.atlascorps.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
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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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 26, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Atlas Corps in the Washington Post and Global Expansion
By Scott Beale - Founder, May 15, 2009 02:13 PM
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