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CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, inclusion, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, CARE Honduras will expand its work with youth facing the intersecting challenges of migration, reintegration, and violence. This year, CARE will engage young people—especially young women—in group activities designed to strengthen solidarity, build self-worth, and increase the respect they feel and receive from their communities. By addressing their unique needs and creating safe spaces for expression and connection, CARE aims to foster unity and unlock better opportunities for their futures.

Choose Love does whatever it takes to provide refugees and displaced people with everything from lifesaving search and rescue boats to food and legal advice. We elevate the voices and visibility of refugees and galvanise public support for agile community organisations providing vital support to refugees along migration routes globally.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Choose Love will expand their work with the Dobrodiy Club in Ukraine, Refocus Media Labs in Greece, and Free Movement Skateboarding in Greece. These programs provide vital support for conflict-affected youth, fostering a safe environment for displaced young people to learn, process experiences, and create art away from the daily trauma of war. 

Green Horizon Ventures is supporting peacebuilding initiatives in Rwanda that empower youth through creative arts. The program engages 1,000 youth, including refugees, with peace-focused curricula, provides grants to youth-led organizations, and integrates peace projects into schools to foster talent development, dialogue, and community cohesion.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Green Horizon Ventures will expand their work engaging youth throughout Rwanda in Students Rebuild programming and collaborating with universities and other institutions to make materials more readily available. By partnering with schools, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Youth and Arts, local government, Youth Centers, and independent artists, Green Horizon Ventures aims to reach thousands of youth and create a sustainable impact.

Homeboy Industries challenges systems of oppression by centering life experiences and cultural knowledge of impacted communities to inspire transformation and reclaim self-agency.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Homeboy Art Academy will expand its 12-month youth reentry program. Through healing-centered art classes and workshops, youth explore their unique perspectives, reinterpreting traumas and triumphs through poetry, painting, music, design, and other disciplines. By inviting participants to explore their identities through arts classes and workshops, Homeboy Industries aims to reconnect young people with their culture and community.

Kids for Peace is building a global community of kind, compassionate, and empowered young people who are uplifting the world through love and action.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Kids for Peace will implement Project UNITE, a comprehensive program of workshops and events designed to help youth explore their uniqueness while building connections across differences. By leveraging its extensive global network to support the initiative, Kids for Peace will foster inclusion and support underrepresented community members like refugees, special needs students, and LGBTQI+ youth.

Narrative 4 is equipping young people to harness the power of stories to drive change in their communities. We believe that inhabiting someone else’s story – even for a moment – we are better able to understand each other and better equipped to change the world, student by student, school by school, story by story.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Narrative 4 will integrate the Students Rebuild’s Unique & United project within its Cities School Challenge, reaching 40 schools in Kenya. The program aims to enhance students’ leadership skills through storytelling and mentorship, enabling them to become creative changemakers who can identify local challenges and propose effective solutions. By seamlessly integrating with the Students Rebuild framework, Narrative 4 will work with young people to explore their identities, celebrate their differences, and use creative expression to share their vision of a more united world.

Open Roads provides educational enrichment and personal growth programs for high school and college-age youth from low-income backgrounds, with a focus on reaching youth who show leadership potential.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Open Roads will train program alumni to become vocal leaders of discussions around the value of our individuality, the power of unity, and the importance of time spent in nature. By helping young adults discover the benefits of nature and connection to others, Open Roads aims to equip them with the skills necessary to become leaders of unity and social change.

Ripples of Hope organizes and facilitates local and global service journeys for families and engages in projects that empower local communities. The goal is for families to experience life in a community different from their own and to partner with families from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. We build bridges between families and communities and service becomes the common ground for mutual understanding.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Ripples of Hope will expand its International Fellowship, supporting South Africa-based fellows in using creative activities, such as dance and spoken word, to promote cultural exchange and strengthen community bonds

Search for Common Ground works to transform the way people deal with conflict, building healthy, safe, and just societies around the world. We do this through building trust and creating collaboration opportunities for adversaries, ultimately leading to breakthroughs for peace.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Search for Common Ground will develop a pilot of the Common Ground Leadership Academy, a program that equips a new generation of changemakers with the skills and insights necessary to bridge divides and transform conflicts. By supporting leaders with tools to identify and manage conflicts in non-adversarial ways, Search for Common Ground aims to foster unity.

TREEAMS (Together Revitalizing Environments and Elevating Awareness by Mobilizing Society) empowers students across Los Angeles to lead ecological and emotional renewal of their communities after the devastating January 2025 fires.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, TREEAMS will expand their work empowering Los Angeles students to come together across the city to plant trees, restore optimism, and reimagine Los Angeles as a greener, more resilient city for generations to come. By equipping students with tools and resources, TREEAMS aims to instill healing, hope, and action in young people across Los Angeles.

Welcoming America supports communities in building a welcoming society where every person, including immigrants, can fully contribute and shape our shared prosperity.

Through the grant from Creative Visions, Welcoming America will expand their work supporting rural leaders across the US, increasing confidence and advancing inclusion in their communities. By connecting leaders and providing tested methods and approaches for inclusive and welcoming places, Welcoming America helps communities create policies, reinforce welcoming principles, and communicate the benefits of inclusion.

Alfajiri Arts aims to reach and empower street children and vulnerable families in Kenya through art creation and community engagement, discovering our common humanity.

Alfajiri Arts will engage youth ages 8–22 from Mathare slum and Pangani in Kenya in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project. Through weekly art and empowerment workshops integrated into existing programs, participants will creatively explore the Unique & United theme through activities that nurture artistic skills, build confidence, and foster connection through healing and creativity.

Amatsiko Preparatory School provides hope for children in Uganda who otherwise would not be able to afford an education.

Amatsiko will engage children and youth ages 6–16 in Kabale District, Uganda, including orphans, vulnerable children, and those from low-income families in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project. The program will be integrated into classroom learning, after-school clubs, and community workshops, fostering creative expression and global connection among marginalized youth.

BODYTRAFFIC draws on the creative spirit of its Los Angeles home to deliver performances that inspire a love of dance worldwide.

BODYTRAFFIC will engage youth ages 13–22 from Los Angeles and across the U.S. in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project, including under-resourced students and pre-professional dancers. Through studio and classroom residencies, as well as Winter and Summer intensive programs, participants will create expressive choreographic submissions that reflect both their individuality and collective interpretation of the Unique & United themes, using movement as a powerful medium to explore identity, connection, and what unites us across diverse experiences.

Dance and Dialogue provides high-quality dance classes that are accessible to all – primarily those in the overlooked regions of Los Angeles. By bringing vetted, well-established professionals to these areas, participants can apply what they learn in the programs and bring their own creative input back to their communities.

Dance and Dialogue will integrate Students Rebuild into its youth leadership and creative expression programs in Los Angeles. Through workshops and school-based residencies, the organization will engage students in using dance, storytelling, and dialogue to explore identity, empathy, and unity. Youth will collaborate to create performance pieces that reflect their lived experiences while connecting with global peers through the program.

Flying Kites helps girls live healthy, self-determined lives. By partnering with teachers in rural Kenya, Flying Kites aims to transform primary schools so that girls can thrive.

Flying Kites will integrate the Students Rebuild Unique & United campaign into four school clubs—Performing Arts, Visual Arts, STEM/Robotics, and Gaming—at Flying Kites Academy in Kenya. Club meetings will combine discussions and creative expression projects, engaging students ages 4–14 through weekly activities aligned to the project theme.

Ghetto Classics is a music program in one of Kenya’s largest slums that offers young people the opportunity to study music and play in an orchestra.

Ghetto Classics will engage students ages 6–24 from Nairobi’s Korogocho and Mukuru informal settlements in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project. Through integrated music and dance workshops, students will create a collaborative performance that reflects the unity and diversity of the Ghetto Classics community. Additional music collectives and creatives will join to broaden impact, amplifying youth voices across the city while celebrating both individuality and collective strength through the power of the arts.

Girl Scouts of Greater New York aims to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

Girl Scouts of Greater New York will engage Girl Scouts ages 5–18 across New York City in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project, with a focus on troops from low-income communities where schools often lack enrichment programming and resources for creative expression. Participants will explore the Unique & United theme through troop activities and creative projects, celebrating both individual identity and collective unity. To recognize their participation, GSGNY will design a customized Unique & United Girl Scout patch, awarded to all participants who share their completed expressions on the Students Rebuild website.

Learn and Serve Tampa bridges the gap between classroom learning and real-world impact, helping schools and educators in Florida integrate service as a powerful tool for academic and personal growth.

Learn and Serve Tampa will engage K–12 students, primarily middle schoolers ages 12–15, from low-income communities across 10 Tampa schools in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project. The campaign will be integrated into the MLK Day of Service through lessons on food insecurity, art projects, food drives, and service at local food banks. Students will explore themes of unity and collective action while connecting their creative work to real-world social impact, celebrating diversity and strengthening community bonds through meaningful service.

MUSÉ is building bridges across cultural divides by bringing people and ideas together and celebrating our shared humanity, through the power of music, art, and storytelling.

MUSÉ will engage indigenous youth ages 11–20 from the Arhuaco, Kogui, Wiwa, and Kankwamo communities in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project. Through workshops, media training, and intergenerational activities, youth will document traditional musical practices and create audiovisual archives that celebrate both the distinct identities of each community and the shared cultural threads that unite them, preserving ancestral knowledge while amplifying indigenous youth voices.

The NYC Public Schools’ library program aims to support and provoke the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students by providing a safe environment, effective learn strategies, and integration of the program throughout every student’s education.

The GWYNN W BEST initiative will engage K–12 students from 10–15 NYC public schools, primarily from groups underrepresented in STEM, in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project. Through library-based workshops led by coordinators and certified librarians, students will explore the Unique & United theme by combining creative expression with STEM learning, fostering equity, connection, and community across diverse school environments.

Slum Film Festival uses film as a tool for social change. By providing platforms and resources for authentic storytelling, the festival empowers marginalised communities in Nairobi and other urban areas.

Slum Film Festival will integrate Students Rebuild into its youth mentorship and media training programs in Nairobi, Kenya, engaging participants ages 10–24 through structured workshops, afterschool programs, and holiday sessions. Youth will develop skills in photography, filmmaking, and storytelling while creating expressions that highlight their unique identities and community voices.

St. Christopher’s International Schools are transforming the future by holistically equipping their students in Kenya to embrace their purpose.

St. Christopher will engage students ages 7–15 in Nairobi and Nanyuki Town through workshops, classroom lessons, and after-school programs. Youth will creatively express their uniqueness while contributing to collective projects that highlight unity and inclusion.

The Leo Project envisions a world where equitable access to education and healthcare are recognized and realized as human rights. In pursuit of that vision, they design, deliver, and sustain education and healthcare programs that drive social change across Kenya.

The Leo Project will engage students ages 8–12 from rural villages in Laikipia County, Kenya, where most families are farming or pastoralist and have limited access to technology. Through its Mind & Machine and Art Therapy programs, The Leo Project will integrate the Students Rebuild Unique and United campaign into mental health and creative learning activities. Students will explore individuality, empathy, and collective strength through robotics, coding, and art, building both technical and social-emotional skills while celebrating diversity and fostering unity.

The Youth Participation Program, led by high schooler Brianna Rizzo, will engage teens in NYC high schools to implement Unique & United.

Led by teen Brianna Rizzo, the Youth Participation Program will engage at least 60 youth across NYC high schools in the Students Rebuild Unique & United project, with potential to reach over 100 through school and community partnerships. Youth leaders will integrate the campaign into STEM programs, school media and leadership clubs, arts and dance groups, LGBTQ+ youth spaces, athletics within Title I schools, and community service networks, bringing Unique & United into academic, artistic, social, and athletic spaces across New York City.