On May 4th, over 5,000 young people from Central America came together for the Fourth Annual Generation Now Festival in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Glasswing and Televicentro, in partnership with Istmo Music, planned the event to celebrate and empower youth throughout the region by creating a safe space where they were able to enjoy performances by Colombian artists Mike Bahía, Alkilados, and other artists from the region, as well as learn how they could get involved and become agents of change in their communities.

This year, Glasswing celebrated its Fifth Annual Benefit Gala honoring John Moore, Head of Latin America at Morgan Stanley, at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. It was our most successful Gala ever with over 400 of our supporters who came out to help us raise $1.1 million for children and youth in Latin America, the Caribbean, and New York City. Our co-chairs included Carmen Busquets & John Skipper, Jana Pasquel de Shapiro, Franck Petitgas, and Olivier Sarkozy. Welcoming remarks were given by special guest, Raúl de Molina from Univision’s top-rated show El Gordo y La Flaca. Other VIP guests included the US Ambassador to El Salvador Jean Manes, fashion designer Donna Karan, actress Mary-Kate Olsen, Elle magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia, and more.

We are happy to announce that we have expanded our presence in Mexico by opening our first office. In early 2017, Glasswing hosted its first volunteer project in Mexico with the revitalization of the Francisco Villa Childcare Center in Iztapalapa alongside our partner

We are thrilled to announce that John Moore and John Skipper have joined the Glasswing board! John Moore is Head of Latin America and Chairman of Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley. His work in Latin America began in 1987 with the Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development, a non-profit founded in El Salvador during the country’s civil war.

Glasswing hosted a volunteer day with Morgan Stanley at the International High School at Union Square in New York City. Twenty employees volunteered with over twenty students in small group mentoring activities. IHS-US is a public high school that serves 100% recently arrived immigrant students who are English language learners. Our mission is to empower […]

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presented Glasswing International with the Juscelino Kubitschek Visionaries Award, which recognizes the contributions of top non-governmental organizations that develop transformative projects in Latin America and the Caribbean on October 9th. Celina de Sola, Co-Founder and Vice President of Glasswing, received the honor and a check for $25,000 from Carmiña Moreno, […]

More than 8,000 young people from 65 public schools in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras participated in Glasswing’s third annual Generation Now Festival in October, bringing the 2018 academic year to a close. The purpose of the event was to inspire and empower youth to become agents of change within their communities. By working together […]

Karen, Kevin, and Carlos are enrolled in the Glasswing Robotics Club at Jutta Steiner de Toruño Public School, located in Ciudad Arce, one of the municipalities of San Salvador, El Salvador with the highest index of violence. Earlier this year, the school became a Glasswing Community School. Seven extracurricular clubs were introduced, including the Robotics […]

“Six or seven people started beating me. I felt scared, overwhelmed… I couldn’t do anything,” said 21-year-old Jaime, a survivor of violence who sought medical care at Nejapa’s Health Clinic, where Glasswing implements the Sanando Heridas (Healing Wounds) program in partnership with USAID, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Government of Japan. The program’s objective is to break the cycle of violence addressing victims with trauma from a holistic perspective.

“From my participation in the clubs, I realized that there are many children who need attention who have their own problems. As a volunteer, I can help to improve the life of someone else,” he said. This way of thinking has made Abdías not only get involved in the Homework Club, but also support the office one or two hours per week managing volunteer databases, assembling kits of materials, and supporting during youth entrepreneurship fairs.