Education

Investing in the future

AIRLINE AMBASSADORS delivered $574,671 in programs on education in 2005, and supported schools in 19 countries.

We built and furnished La Escuela de Milagros, the School of Miracles, to
provide an education for children in rural GUATEMALA. We also worked to support schools in Phuket, THAILAND, after the Tsunami and in Slidell and Chalmette, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, even
receiving an award for our efforts.

We were able to provide school desks for children in INDIA and computers and supplies to schools in EL SALVADOR, PERU, MEXICO and VIETNAM. We also coordinated a drive in support of Operation Iraqi Children, and collected over 500 school kits for children in IRAQ.

On virtually every one of our missions we deliver school kits containing notebooks, pencils, sharpeners, scissors, etc. Restricted funds also provide funding for teachers salaries and school
building projects.

Additionally each year, AIRLINE AMBASSADORS co-sponsors an International School Competition on a global issue. The competition gives young people the chance to focus their creative energy on solutions to global problems that effect us all.

The 2005 Competition – A World Without Violence, challenged students and teachers to consider the roots of violence and how to shift the focus to peace and tolerance. Posters describing the competition were printed in five UN languages and distributed through the UN Information Center’s around the world as well as by AAI mission leaders.20,000 children from 31 countries participated in the competition. Cuala Sigo, 16 from Romania was awarded the grand prize of two round trip tickets provided by AAI.

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