How it works
Make global citizens. And art.
Our Unique Model
Holistic learning. For an hour, a semester, or a year.
Art as a catalyst for immediate and long-term change.
When students make art for others, they’re fully engaged—mind, body, and spirit. Art equals action; it's a universal language everyone, everywhere can embrace.
Designed for busy teachers.
Students Rebuild projects can be scaled from a single lesson to a full year. We provide the free resources to help you teach within whatever time and space you have.
Touching lives globally.
Funds generated through Students Rebuild support on-the-ground programs by trusted NGOs like CARE, Save the Children, The Nature Conservancy, charity: water, and others.
Past Challenges
Each student's contribution adds up to impact.
2024: Extraordinary Earth Project
Our earth is extraordinary. Let's protect it.
Together, we raised $1.5 million to support organizations working to mitigate the effects of environmental issues.
5,121 teams of students created 164,297 pieces of art out of recycled materials to help Choose Love/Choose Earth, Little Amal, National Wildlife Federation, Eden Reforestation Projects and the Solgaard Nyx Foundation. Students learned about repurposing waste, deforestation, clean air and ecosystems.
2023: Welcoming Refugees Project
We're all connected.
Together, we raised more than $1.7 million to support organizations tackling some of the world's greatest needs.
2,790 teams of students created 201,503 postcards to raise over $1,700,000 to help UNICEF USA, Choose Love, Welcoming America, World Savvy and Little Amal inspire change through the Welcoming Refugees Project. Students learned about the refugee crises, how to make our communities more welcoming and open, and how small actions can make a big difference.
2022: World Needs Challenge
Sparking global change through art-ivism
Together, we raised $2,500,000 to support organizations tackling some of the world's greatest needs.
1,921 teams of students created more pieces of art than ever before —more than 250,000 posters!— to raise 2,500,000 to help The Nature Conservancy’s efforts to address rising ocean climate; No Kid Hungry’s global hunger relief work; International Rescue Committee’s human rights work serving refugees; CARE USA and The King Center’s education efforts towards peacemaking and anti-racism; and Creative Reaction Lab’s programs to put art into action.
2021: Changemaker Challenge
Honoring everyday heroes
Students faced a number of issues during this Challenge: a global pandemic, socially distant learning, racial injustice, the environment, and much more. That’s why we invited students to make awards for changemakers in their own backyard. Their awards also helped support changemakers around the world! Learn more below.
2020: Hunger Challenge
Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition
Tens of millions of children around the world go to bed hungry or malnourished each night—but students from around the world changed that. Through the Hunger Challenge, students were able to mobilize $2.3 million for programs fighting hunger. Learn more below.
2019: Ocean Challenge
Ocean conservation
The world’s ocean and the people who live closest to it face urgent environmental challenges—but the actions of young people made a collective wave of support. Students made over 250,000 sea creatures which were each matched with a donation from the Bezos Family Foundation. In total, $500,000 was donated to ocean conservation and programs training coastal youth in ocean conservation.