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On May 3rd, a massive fire destroyed the Haiti Communitere workshop, a Future Generations Haiti partner formerly known as Grassroots United. The community used this space to come together and learn different skills, share ideas, and study sustainability. Now, the community and Haiti Communitere are working to expand on their successes to build back better than before.

In 2007, Kuresoi was the site of major post-electoral violence in Kenya.  As we look towards national elections in 2013, a new institution is springing up on the landscape, one determined to beat the violence by building peace. 

Future Generations is pleased to announce a new 500,000 challenge grant from Kathryn W. Davis. Donations made to Future Generations global programs will be matched from April 1st, 2012- December 31, 2012. Make a donation to a project listed here and see your contribution doubled.

You might be surprised to know that Cite Soleil, Haiti’s most notorious slum, is home to a troop of cyborgs who have tirelessly break danced against violence for the past eight years. This all-male group of ten ‘breakers’ by the name of Cyborg Dance came together in 2004, in the epicenter of the crisis resulting from the crumbling of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s government, his kidnapping and forced exile by U.S. Marines.

Dr. Laura Altobelli, Future Generations Peru Country Director, concludes a series of blog updates on a project that empowers rural women to promote maternal health in Cusco, Peru.

Read the final blog post.

Robillard “Robi” Louino, a key community mobilizer in Haiti and an MA candidate with the Future Generations Graduate School, speaks about the social change movement known as Konbit Soley Leve.

>See his insightful interview with photojournalist, Felipe Jacome.

Seven Guyanese students enrolled in the Class of the 2011 were recently featured in the Guyana Cultural Association's February newsletter. Open the document below to see their profiles and read the article authored by Tangerine Clark.

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) highlighted the Future Generations Graduate School's MA program in its recent newsletter. Pending upcoming authorization, the Future Generations Graduate School is offering a Master's Degree in Applied Community Change with a concentration in peacebuilding in collaboration with USIP.

In 2011, Future Generations, the international civil society organization (CSO), experienced a structural realignment. The CSO now acts as an incubator of breakthrough ideas by:

When Dan'l Taylor, Executive Director of Future Generations and Future Generations Graduate School, saw this full screen panorama from the top of Mount Everest—he was deeply moved, saying:  "For 270 degrees of view in this photo, to as far as the eye can see, it was such a privilege to be the lead person in creating the two major national parks in two countries that protected the Mount Everest ecosystem.