Learning for Well-being Foundation

Amsterdam,
Netherlands.

We are a private Dutch operating foundation, with Public Benefit status, founded in 2004. We run activities in Europe, Middle East, the United States, and Latin America. Our team is spread around the world and works remotely but closely. We are guided by our values of courage, love, and integrity.

We envision a world where every child and adult realises their unique potential throughout their life, in supportive and inclusive societies. Our work focuses on combining human and social development by cultivating the capacities of children—and adults who support them—so that together they contribute to a fairer and sustainable world while realising their unique potential.

We act as a catalyst through mutually reinforcing partnerships aimed at bringing the voice and actions of children more fully into creating well-being for themselves and their communities. We create and share knowledge about learning, well-being and participation, so we can use the evidence to advocate for systemic change, and build the capacities of children, adults and child-serving organisations in learning for well-being.

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Bloom.pm

Beirut,
Lebanon.

Bloom is a social enterprise accelerator based in the Middle East that brings together personal and professional development. We build social and digital technologies to help impact entrepreneurs make a positive difference on their social and environmental issues while building the communities and wellbeing skills that help us thrive during challenging times.

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Hil-Foundation

Vienna,
Austria.

“Privilege is invisible to those who have it” – Inspired by Michael Kimmel, Hil-Foundation supports disadvantaged population groups in leading a self-determined life. Focusing on the German-speaking region, Hil-Foundation co-creates and supports projects together with non-profit organizations.

The projects promote equal opportunities, particularly for children and youth, all genders, sexual minorities, and people that are mentally strained or ill.

Since 2018, Hil-Foundation has been raising awareness for the crucial role of resilience, wellbeing, and self-care among changemakers within the Austrian social entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Institute for Social Banking

Berlin, Amsterdam,Germany, The Netherlands.

The Institute for Social Banking is an education and research institute for socially responsible banking and finance. Since it was founded in 2006, it has grown into an active membership organisation, comprising 17 institutions linked closely to socially responsible banking and finance and a large international network. The Institute offers Education, Network, and Research for a responsible banking and finance sector, promoting concepts of finance and banking that specifically orients itself towards the development of both people and the planet.

EDUCATION: The ISB is engaged in developing and implementing its own unique training formats in socially responsible banking and finance to be offered to individuals and organisations. Our educational concepts and methods aim to develop competencies for interdisciplinary approaches and forward thinking that support participants to act in a reflective way in decision-making processes in the context of societal challenges. The development of the changemaker capacities at the forefront of the financial sector is at the heart of our offer.

RESEARCH: The research activities of the ISB are building on the practitioners’ knowledge that lives in our member base. We foster research that examines both practical problems and best practices of socially oriented banks. Together with our members and partner institutions, we keep an overview of relevant publications (both academic and other). We take a position as a knowledge broker, offering the gained insights to our member base. The research also ensures a high standard in our training activities.

NETWORK: In the last decade, ISB has built an international community of practitioners, academics, researchers, lecturers, associates, senior advisors, partners, and interested people around the topic of socially responsible banking and finance. We see ourselves as eco-system builders, aiming at facilitating the exchange of knowledge and best practices to allow for change and development in the field of sustainable finance.

The main goals of the Institute are:

  • Fostering awareness, commitment, and constructive reflection amongst (social) bankers,
  • Increasing knowledge, competencies, and skills in Social Banking,
  • Bringing forward the ideas, inspiration & spirit of Social Banking,
  • Supporting forefront thinking and innovative action – encouraging development initiatives in the field of Social Banking.

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Glasswing International

San Salvador,
El Salvador.

Glasswing International develops and implements diverse programming in Latin America, and the Caribbean, putting mental health at the center of solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. Our goal is to build trauma-informed mental health ecosystems in partnership with educators, public health providers, law enforcement, and government and migration officials in order to increase access to critical mental health support.

Glasswing operates in ten countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and works with migrant youth in New York City.

Throughout Latin America, where millions are born into cycles of poverty and violence, Glasswing harnesses the power of community to create a safer and more prosperous future for us all. High-risk communities are transformed into secure centers of community and resilience. Through ongoing programs and projects that promote health and wellbeing, community members enhance core life skills, build supportive relationships, reduce their risk factors, allowing them to thrive despite adversity and rebuild social fabric from the ground up.

With our flexible and localized organizational structure, we are able to respond the needs of the communities we serve with varied and innovative initiatives. Everything we do is based on a deep belief in human dignity, agency, and potential.

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Teach For All

New York, New York – United States of America

Education, Youth, Inner city

Teach For All is a global network of 60 independent, locally led, and governed partner organizations and a global organization that works to accelerate the progress of the network. Each network partner recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by supporting the development of new organizations; fostering network connectivity and learning; providing coaching and consulting; and enabling access to global resources for the benefit of the network.

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sp(i)eel arts therapies collective

Rural Communities in South Africa.

We are a collective of art therapists, applied and community arts practitioners, and art activists who work with the shared goal of addressing intergenerational and complex trauma in South Africa. Our mission is to develop an arts-based community model of mental health care that is reflective of indigenous knowledge systems and culturally responsive to the groups it serves. It is a movement away from the individualistic practices of the dominant Western model of mental health care and an effort to emphasize inherent strengths and protective factors that can serve a person’s wellbeing in relation to their community. Our ultimate goal is to develop collective resilience that can affect social change..

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Sitting at the Feet of Elders – April 4, 2023 Sitting at the Feet of Elders – April 4, 2023

Reggie Hubbard will be joined by guest host, Mirabai Bush. They will talk to Sharon Salzberg about “REAL LIFE – The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom”

Guest: Sharon Salzberg – Author of “REAL LIFE – The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom”

Host: Reggie Hubbard & guest host, Mirabai Bush

Tuesday, April4, 2023

11am ET / 5pm CET

About Real Life, The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom

No one is immune to the different seasons of life. Yet we are often ill-prepared to navigate these natural ups and downs without undue pain and suffering. In her twelfth book, Real Life, NY Times bestselling author Sharon Salzberg contemplates the skills needed to traverse the larger cycles of life, drawing from forty-plus years of experience in the Buddhist tradition. Applying contemplative tools, we can learn to live more fearlessly―moving from constriction and isolation to a more spacious place of possibility, creativity, connection, and joy.

In Real Life, Sharon sets a path out for us, merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own teachings to:

  • Uncover a deeper sense of ourselves
  • Expand our vision of what’s possible for ourselves
  • Align our words, hearts, and actions with our core values
  • Navigate loss without getting stuck in bitterness or disconnect
  • Carry a sense of community with us, even in stormy times
  • Recover from the emotional effects of crisis
  • Learn the art of letting go and beginning again
  • Build emotional intelligence to face times of difficulty without fear
  • Seek out joy in everyday life, even when things don’t go our way
  • Befriend ourselves on the journey of being human

Embark on the journey to embody a life of curiosity, authenticity, and freedom. Set for release in hardcover, e-book, and audio-book formats in April 2022 from Flatiron Books. To pre-order visit the book’s website here.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

11am ET / 5pm CET

Join us for the fourth episode of “Bringing it Home.” In this thought-provoking installment, we dive deep into the valuable insights gained from our enlightening conversation with Chris Underhill. Discover the significance of diversity and eldership as we explore the transformative power of embracing our interconnectedness rather than perpetuating division.

We explore how diversity enriches our lives, fosters empathy, and creates a vibrant tapestry of interconnectedness. Moreover, we delve into the importance of eldership, recognizing the wisdom and guidance that older individuals bring to our lives. Through heartfelt discussions and personal anecdotes, we reflect on the notion that we all need each other, dismantling the barriers that hinder true connection.

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

11am ET / 5pm CET

Join us for the fourth episode of “Bringing it Home.” In this thought-provoking installment, we dive deep into the valuable insights gained from our enlightening conversation with Chris Underhill. Discover the significance of diversity and eldership as we explore the transformative power of embracing our interconnectedness rather than perpetuating division.

We explore how diversity enriches our lives, fosters empathy, and creates a vibrant tapestry of interconnectedness. Moreover, we delve into the importance of eldership, recognizing the wisdom and guidance that older individuals bring to our lives. Through heartfelt discussions and personal anecdotes, we reflect on the notion that we all need each other, dismantling the barriers that hinder true connection.

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