March 2011
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CBOB's First Ever Zumbathon: Location Change
Greetings Supporters and Zumba enthusiast. The location for Sunday’s Zumbathon has changed! It will now be held at The Vault in downtown Gainesville. Be sure to Zumba your way there. Doors open at 11!
-CBOB
Creating Opportunities: "I AM CBOB" Scholarship...
Our supporters and volunteers make it possible for Children Beyond Our Borders to do what we love- empowering and educating children and youth. We recently launched a successful on-line fundraising campaign through MyEdu. This educational on-line community provides services for students heading or attending college and their parents. They also work closely with non-profit organizations, by...
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One World
As more devastating news about the natural disaster that hit Japan reaches us, we here at CBOB are reminded of the importance of seeing the world’s population as one global community. In our line of work, we often come in contact with people who ask us “Why should we help people globally when there are problems here in our own country?”
On days like today, when we are...
January 2011
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Happy Martin Luther King Day/National Day of...
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
-Martin Luther King
Here at CBOB we look to Dr. King as a role model on how to serve our fellow man. He didn’t make his choices based on what was easy. He based his choices on what was right, and selfless committed himself to fighting injustice and equality. His passion for justice inspires us everyday, and we hope he’d see the...
December 2010
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UN climate talks low on expectation
By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News
29 November 2010 Last updated at 02:50 ET
This year’s UN climate summit has opened in Mexico, with expectations of significant progress generally low.
In contrast to last year’s summit in Copenhagen, there is a general belief that no new global deal will emerge.
The basic divisions are as stark as ever, and some nations and...
November 2010
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October 2010
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We Share the Same Moon...
From our former Country Manager Afiyah Thomas! Check out the rest of her blog at http://mswannabeworldtraveler.blogspot.com/2010/10/we-share-same-moon.html
Tonight, the moon looks spectacular in the foggy evening sky. It glows softly, but beautifully, its subtle light perfectly framed by tree branches that seem to reach up to the clouds above. What is so amazing about this scene, apart from...
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There are no borders with Children Beyond Our...
In October, Angelica Suarez (founder of Children Beyond Our Borders) recently visited learning disabled students at one of Gainesville’s local charter schools, Einstein Montessori. Einstein Montessori ranges from 2nd-8th grade classes, and as this month was Hispanic Heritage Month the students were learning more about culture, diversity, and philanthropy within the local community and...
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Join us today and let us help you explore the...
An hour-long information session on October 20, 2010 that outlines the trips we have planned for next year’s Spring and Summer breaks will be held on the University of Florida campus at Rinker Hall (on Newell Road) room 106 at 7:30.
Come and learn where you will be going, trip pricing, and have us answer any questions you have regarding the application process!
We look forward to seeing...
“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”
– Mahatma Gandhi (via joshuastarlight)
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Crossing Borders Story 1
Of all the possessions in my room, one of the ones I value most is a little plastic rose on my bookshelf. A fake flower means more to me than my clothes, books and TV. It means so much to me because it was given to me by a beautiful little girl named Maria on the 2010 Cartagena Crossing Borders Trip.
She was a bit shy, but I don’t really speak Spanish anyways, so we made a pretty good...
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10 reasons why you should go to Colombia- as if... →
#10 and #9 seem pretty familiar! Oh yea, we go there http://chbob.org/index.php?id=crossingborders
Nuevos Horizontes Starts Today!!
Today is a very exciting day here at Children Beyond Our Borders. We are launching our new pilot program Nuevos Horizontes! It is a dual program providing vocational education and mentoring to young adults in Colombia.
We want to awaken the potential of the mentees to succeed by paying attention to their unique needs and interests. The program is the first of its kind that offers a system that...
Peace Corps to Return to Colombia After 3 Decades
This article is courtesy of the Latin American Herald Tribune.
WASHINGTON – Colombia’s foreign minister on Tuesday signed an accord allowing the return of the Peace Corps to the Andean nation after an absence of almost three decades. Jaime Bermudez signed the pact with the director of the Peace Corps, Aaron S. Williams, at a ceremony at the Colombian Embassy in Washington. The accord...
September 2010
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Want to go abroad ?
We are seeking caring and passionate individuals to attend our Crossing Borders Service trips to Colombia this upcoming year! SPRING BREAK 2011 TRIPS: March 5th- 12th Cartagena Medellin
SUMMER 2011 TRIPS: Cartagena, May 3rd - 17th Cali, July 10th- 24th Medellin, August 7th-21st For more information please attend our information session September 30, 2010 at 7:20 in RINKER 210 or send us an...
And...it begins!
Children Beyond Our Borders is proud to announce the start of our pilot program in October! It will be located in Medellin and include 17 young adults aged 16 to 17.
Colombian: a displaced mother who lost 2 sons:...
The following article is courtesy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Millions of people have been displaced over decades of armed conflict in Colombia, and tens of thousands are missing. Cruz del Carmen faces a triple tragedy: her husband was killed, two of her children are missing, and she was displaced from her farm twelve years ago.
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Colombian Named 'world's shortest man' (from...
(CNN) — A Colombian has officially been declared the world’s shortest man by Guinness World Records officials — but his reign looks set to be short-lived.
Edward Nino Hernandez, who stands just 70.21 centimeters (2 ft 3.46 in) tall, inherits a title previously held by Chinese man He Pingping who died earlier this year.
But Hernandez is actually several centimeters shorter...
We're Back
Hello fellow CBOBers!
The office is once again up and running, ready for another productive semester! Our main focus is on the NH pilot program, whose funding will be through our “Pledge To Make a Difference” tutoring campaign. That being said, we still need over a dozen tutors to reach our goal of $15,000. Please contact Taryn at taryn-lea@chbob.org for more information regarding...
August 2010
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Summer Break for CBOB Staff
After a summer of blood, sweat, and tears, the CBOB staff is taking a well-deserved break from the office and will come back Fall semester pumped and ready to get working! We have several events in the works as well as a weekly tutoring program to keep up with and we can’t wait to start!
In unrelated, but equally important news—“Bon voyage” to the volunteers heading to...
July 2010
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Children Beyond Our Borders is seeking volunteers...
Contact: Angelica Suarez, Executive Director 352-301-3513 angelica.suarez@chbob.org
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” -Jim Rohn
We have good news! After “The Faces of CBOB” event on Saturday, our generous, landlord offered us a deal: he will donate $15,000 to our pilot program, Nuevos Horizontes, if we find 30 volunteers who are...
Children Beyond Our Borders Presents: The Faces of...
You are cordially invited to The Faces of CBOB this Saturday, July 24th, 2010. Come see where we work, what we do, and experience a classroom from our Nuevos Horizontes program! Doors open at 5:00 pm.
Address:
Children Beyond Our Borders House
607 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL
Join CBOB's “Pledge to Make a Difference”...
Peace is a culture that we create by putting it in the curriculum for young people, through creating this next generation where young people get a chance to- learn about opportunities for helping others- It’s investing in peace and tolerance training” — Craig Kielburger
Would you like to empower Internally Displaced Youth across borders so that they may seek their own unique...
The Most Expensive Cookie
Malvina, our Crossing Borders Intern, shared with us an amazing story yesterday!
She was out tabling with a group of people from the student chapter of Children Beyond Our Borders out at the Plaza of the Americas at the University of Florida. They had baked goods and were asking for donations. A few people had donated throughout the day but not as many as they had hoped. Near the end of...
Major Annoucement
CBOB presents: Our “Pledge to Make a Difference” Campaign for our all-new Ambassador Program!
Children Beyond Our Border’s presents the new Ambassador Program to be started this month! Do you have a passion for nonprofit work and/or providing a better future to youth around the world? Become an ambassador for CBOB and make a REAL impact in the lives of the world’s ...
June 2010
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Did You Know?
This past Monday was World Refugee Day! Events were planned around the world in honor of this day. In Washington, D.C. the UNHCR commemorated the event with numerous partners on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium stage. Marta Gomez from Colombia performed a free event on the stage while former Secretary of State Madeline Albright held a historic refugee discussion. In New York,...
Number of forcibly displaced rises to 43.3 million...
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) released an article Tuesday discussing the current numbers of forcibly-displaced peoples globally. The figures indicate a marginal increase at the end of 2009. It is believed that 43.3 million people were uprooted from their homes last year, a number that hasn’t been topped since the mid-1990s. Conflict and persecution are the main...
Love 4 Education
Our Love 4 Education campaign is slotted to begin soon! It is a simple, wallet-friendly way of helping make change in the lives of so many children!
By donating $4 per month YOU can bring CHANGE to the world one child at a time. Plus, you will receive a token of membership that you won’t want to pass up!
Check out the “Love 4 Education” Campaign page above for more...
World Cup Awareness
Sooo, everyone is excited for the “holy grail” of soccer in a few weeks, right? Well, maybe you aren’t as enthusiastic about the games as 99.9% of the world population is…but you should be!
As we speak, millions are being reached to help support the 1Goal campaign…a campaign that is fighting for a child’s right to education no matter their background,...
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Pilot Program in detail
Here is the pilot program in detail! Tell us what you think!
The purpose of the pilot program is to measure the effectiveness of the Nuevos Horizontes vocational education and mentoring program. The pilot will run for 3 months (a total of 12 weeks) from June 15th to September 3rd. 15-20 students will attend both the vocational education program and the mentoring program.
The students will...
May 2010
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Pilot Program Update
For those who haven’t heard we’ve been working on a pilot program which will be launched this summer in Colombia. It will consist of 15-20 students who will be taught a vocational skill over the course of 3 months. Also, the students will be paired with a mentor so that they can not only develop a practical skill, but have an outlet to vent any frustrations, discuss accomplishments,...
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the...”
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Margaret Mead
