Organizations dedicated to synergistic globalization

Central Asia Institute – working to fight terrorism through building schools and respectful two-way relationships in Afghanistan and Pakistan: www.ikat.org or www.threecupsoftea.com

Curriki - curriculum wikis for teachers: http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome

Educating for Humanity & The World We Want: online & distance courses, workshops, etc. for teachers dedicated to creating a better world

Facing History and Ourselves - helps students to analyze history through the lens of moral choices

Free the Children – Founded by the youth winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, this organization is by youth for youth, striving to ensure a quality education and the end of child labor for all of the world’s children: www.freethechildren.org

Free Rice and Free Poverty: quiz yourself and earn rice and water for needy world citizens

iEarn - linking students globally through digital projects: www.iearn.org

Kiva – links up individuals with entrepreneurs in developing nations. An idea whose time has come: www.kiva.org

Microfinancing lesson plans and links: microfiance is a powerful way to work to eradicate poverty through empowering entrepreneurs globally: http://www.english-to-go.com/

Oxfam, the well-known human rights organizaiton, has a webpage dedicated to educators and curriculum

Pennies for Peace - students raising money, a penny at a time, to further the education of the world's youth: www.penniesforpeace.org/

PlanUSA.org - in 60 countries helping youth through education, sponsorships, and health initiatives: www.planusa.org

Radical Math - a site for exploring integrating issues of social justice into math instruction

Taking it global: founded by young people - connecting youth globally, giving ideas and projects for young people to make a positive difference in the world: http://takingitglobal.org

Teachers Without Borders - dedicated to enhancing the practice and availability of education primarily, although not exclusively, in the developing world, through solutions both in cyberspace and on the ground: www.teacherswithoutborders.org

Village Earth- co-founded by the original founder of the Peace Corps, this organization assists communities throughout the world in community-based sustainable development: www.villageearth.org

WiserEarth: a compendium of groups, events, people etc. dedicated to transforming the world

Youth for a New World – working to build relationships between US and African youth through fundraising, correspondence, trips, and more: www.youthnewworld.org