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.
Since the spring, Glasswing has been working with students at International High School at Union Square (IHS-US), a New York City public school for migrant youth. Almost half of the students at this school, are from Latin America and the Caribbean, ages 16 to 22, and are English language learners who have been in the U.S. four years or less and live in single-parent homes. Currently, we implement a youth-led curriculum that directly responds to students’ personal, academic and professional interests and priorities. Our students receive hands-on experience in social skills development, literacy, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.
“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.
Glasswing co-founders Ken, Celina, and Diego with independent journalist and producer Maria Elena Salinas, Glasswing Community School student beneficiary Ana, and Glasswing ambassador Fernando Palomo.
Mauricio grew up with his great-grandparents in Las Palmas, San Salvador. His mother left when he was two years old, only to come back eight years later and then leave again. Although he lived with his father and his great-grandparents, throughout many points during his life, he felt alone. A history of alcoholism, violence, and […]