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Seeds of Change: Glasswing receives a Starbucks Foundation Origin Grant to empower 1,000 girls and women in Costa Rica

Seeds of Change: Glasswing receives a Starbucks Foundation Origin Grant to empower 1,000 girls and women in Costa Rica

Glasswing has been awarded a 2024 Origin Grant from the Starbucks Foundation! With this grant, Glasswing will be able to increase our efforts to uplift women and girls in Costa Rica through our “Seeds of Change” program. We will provide 1,000 girls and women with spaces for personal development. In the process, we will help […]

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Celebrating the local organizations that drive community-led change

Celebrating the local organizations that drive community-led change

“If you live and breathe it, then you know what the problem is. And you can come up with local solutions.” – Dr. Asha de Vos, founder of Oceanswell Dr. de Vos is a marine biologist in Sri Lanka who researches blue whales in the Northern Indian Ocean. When she discovered an unusual phenomenon involving […]

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Avanzando el Futuro: Mental Health Care in Colombia

Avanzando el Futuro: Mental Health Care in Colombia

Brillith, a mother of three, lives in Valledupar, Colombia, a city of nearly half a million people near the border between Colombia and Venezuela. Valledupar, like other areas in the border region, is a host community for migrant and refugee populations from Venezuela. At least 2.9 million Venezuelans live in Colombia, of more than 7.7 […]

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Women Who Inspire

Women Who Inspire

A Conversation with Magda Sofia Pérez Caballero, Glasswing’s Country Director for Honduras Magda Sofia Pérez Caballero knew from an early age that she was going to get an education. Her plans to study weren’t just a result of her curiosity and love of learning, although those certainly motivated her too. The main reason she pursued […]

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Promoting self-care and well-being through SanaMente during Mental Health Month

Promoting self-care and well-being through SanaMente during Mental Health Month

October was World Mental Health Month, an opportunity to spotlight our conviction that “Mental health is global health, a universal right.” Throughout the month, we focused on expanding knowledge around mental health and encouraging actions to promote and safeguard mental health as a universal human right. Through our SanaMente program, we conducted mental-health workshops in […]

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Youth Impact Leaders celebrate International Youth Day

Youth Impact Leaders celebrate International Youth Day

The Glasswing Youth Impact Leaders for Central America Youth Festival 2023 took place from August 22 to 25 in Guatemala and Honduras. Themed “Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World,” the event brought together over 1,400 young individuals from both countries to commemorate International Youth Day. The festival provided a platform for young people […]

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Glasswing Robotics Club students participate in the International World Robot Olympiad

Glasswing Robotics Club students participate in the International World Robot Olympiad

Congratulations to the Glasswing Robotics Club of El Salvador! Members of the team won first place in the “Future Innovators – Elementary” category at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) competition, held in August in El Salvador. The WRO honors exceptional robotics teams from around the world. The triumphant trio were Karen (12 years old), Uriel […]

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Nurturing empathy and inclusion in Guatemala through our programs

Nurturing empathy and inclusion in Guatemala through our programs

Bullied as a child, Mariana learned that empathy and compassion are the highest virtues we can cultivate as a society. Now 27 and an educator with the Central American Service Corps (CASC), she has a clear vision for how she wants to make an impact on her community. Mariana’s participation in CASC began after she […]

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Senior staff participate in the Chemonics Local Partners Summit

Senior staff participate in the Chemonics Local Partners Summit

In October, Glasswing’s Regional Program Director Florencia Garcia and Louis Alexander, Director of Strategic Partnerships, attended the Chemonics Local Partners Summit “Meeting the Moment: Local Changemakers Lead in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States,” in Washington, D.C. The event explored and promoted locally led approaches to conflict-aware development and peacebuilding. During the two-day session, Florencia spoke on […]

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Glasswing at the 2023 Central America Donors Forum in Costa Rica

Glasswing at the 2023 Central America Donors Forum in Costa Rica

During the 2023 gathering of the Central American Donors Forum, held in September in Costa Rica, Glasswing Regional Program Director Florencia Garcia participated in the panel “Addressing the Root Causes of Migration and Fragility in Central America.”  The Central America Donors Forum (CADF) is a gathering place for civil society, philanthropy, government, and the business […]

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