Our Partners

SHARE is keen on collaborating with other nonprofits to improve the lives of African girls. Meet some of SHARE's partners:

Girl Up Campaign, United Nations Foundation

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SHARE is happy to be working with the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campagin.  SHARE founder, Shannon McNamara was invited to serve on the Girl Up Teen Advisory Board to help address the needs of some of the world's hardest-to-reach adolescent girls by channeling the energy and compassion of American Girls as a purposeful force for change.  Please visit the Girl Up website and join the campaign: www.girlup.org

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Shannon speaks about serving as a Teen Advisor

Women's Global Connection, San Antonio, Texas

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Tere Dresner-Salinas, Executive Director of Women's Global Connection, and Sr. Dorothy Ettling, WGC Founder, initially met with SHARE Board members in February 2010, and again in May in San Antonio, Texas, to share information about working with women in Bukoba, Tanzania, and to pursue potential collaboration.  The mission of Women’s Global Connection, http://wgc.womensglobalconnection.org, is to promote the learning and leadership capacity of women locally and globally, particularly in the least advantaged regions and countries. 

Click "read more" to learn about the exciting WGC / SHARE partnership benefiting the Hekima Girls School.....

Global Literacy Project, Inc., New Brunswick, New Jersey

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SHARE is happy to be partnering with The Global Literacy Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization that fosters community-based learning initiatives throughout the world by bringing together individuals, institutions, and communities to share educational materials and global knowledge and by providing service learning opportunities for students in the USA and abroad.  SHARE has contributed 17,000 children's books to equip 4 school libraries in South Africa, impacting 4000 students!

Ministry of Hope and The Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church

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SHARE has partnered with The Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church (http://www.libertycorner.org) and Ministry of Hope (http://www.ministryofhope.org) in equipping feeding centers in Malawi with children's books for newly-created libraries.  In May 2010 SHARE donated hundreds of books, which will be shipped to two feeding centers in Malawi. 

For more information check out their blog: http://mana4malawi.blogspot.com/
 

U.S. - Africa Children's Fellowship, Brooklyn, New York

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Mark Grashow and Sheri Saltzberg, founders of U.S. - Africa Children’s Fellowship, have been mentoring SHARE about transporting books to Africa.  Four times over the past year we have met in both New York and New Jersey to share information and support each other.  The U.S. - Africa Children’s Fellowship, www.childrensfellowship.org, is dedicated to expanding and enhancing the education of children.

Girl Scouts of the USA

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Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth.  Girl Scout Gold Award

The Star Ledger, "Basking Ridge Girl Scout named 'Young Woman of Distinction,'" March 19, 2010

Youth Service America

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YOUTH SERVICE AMERICA (YSA) improves communities by increasing the number and the diversity of young people, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles.  Founded in 1986, YSA supports a global culture of engaged youth committed to a lifetime of service, learning, leadership, and achievement.  The impact of YSA’s work through service and service-learning is measured in student achievement, workplace readiness, and healthy communities.  SHARE appreciates the support of YSA and was honored when they named SHARE's founder an "Everyday Hero".

Books For Africa, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Books For Africa, www.booksforafrica.org, is a nonprofit organization that collects, sorts, ships, and distributes books to children in Africa. In March 2009 Books For Africa shipped 10,000+ children’s books to the SHARE program in Bukoba, Tanzania.

United Initiatives for Peace, Newark, New Jersey

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United Initiatives for Peace (www.unitedinitiatives.org) partnered with SHARE in Tanzania in March 2009. Diesa Seidel, founder of UIP, spent one week introducing basketball to the SHARE girls at the Kiteyagwa Primary School. SHARE built the school's first basketball court, and UIP donated balls, hoops, nets, and school supplies. UIP's vision is to promote higher education, offer creative recreational programs, and encourage grassroots social reform through female empowerment in communities worldwide.

Fenton Passback, St. Louis, Missouri

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Fenton Passback, http://fentonpassback.com/Partnerships.aspx, in St. Louis, Missouri, partnered with SHARE in the spring of 2009. Alex Kehm, teen founder of the nonprofit organization, collected 20 boxes of soccer materials for the SHARE program, including balls, cleats, water bottles, matching soccer uniforms, goalie gloves, socks, etc.  Fenton Passback provides underprivileged children locally and world-wide with soccer equipment.

Ordinary People Extraordinary Planet

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SHARE is pleased to be partners with Ordinary People Extraordinary Planet, an organization that is sharing the stories of Ordinary People doing the Extraordinary to make a difference in the lives of others. With two radio affiliates in the State of Michigan, two primary podcast sites, Twitter and a Facebook Page, their social network has been able to reach a worldwide audience. Ordinary People Extraordinary Planet has been heard in more than 70 countries worldwide.   KMR-Media, Midwest Radio Network, Michigan, "Ordinary People Extraordinary Planet," January 31, 2011   http://www.kmr-media.com/ For more information contact founder and host Ray Leonard - email: rleonard@kmr-media.com

The Heart of America Foundation, Washington, DC

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SHARE donated children's books to the Heart of America Foundation in May 2010. While in Washington DC, SHARE founder Shannon McNamara read to kindergarteners supported by the foundation.  The Heart of America’s focus is to provide children in need everywhere with the tools to read, succeed, and make a difference.  A national nonprofit headquartered in Washington, DC, the programs uniquely combine volunteerism and literacy. Since 1997, they have provided children living in poverty with over 1.8 million books and have helped volunteers serve more than 1,020,000 hours, giving back to the community. For more information visit: www.heartofamerica.org.

Charity Connect

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Charity Connect, New Zealand, is hosted by Lisa Lomas, Motivational Radio's Assistant Station Manager. The international show's mission is to feature charities and registered non-profit organizations that are working to make our world a better place. Often times, charities find it difficult to get their message out to the world; they work tirelessly helping their cause, yet have limited avenues to tell others of their work and how they might be able to help. 

Charity Connect featured SHARE the first week in November 2010 to connect their good works with the global community.

AllyKatzz

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AllyKatzz is the SAFE, 100% monitored social networking site that gives girls a place to be heard. AllyKatzz is as cool, diverse and appealing as "young adult" sites, but SAFE for girls ages 10-15. AllyKatzz hires college students and adults to read every word and review every photo before they are posted on the site.  It is their passion, power and desire to make a difference in the lives of girls they touch that turns muse into real magic!  SHARE participated in the 2nd Annual Annual Tween Summit in New York City on October 10, 2010.  www.allykatzz.com

Eyes On Africa, California

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The mission of Eyes on Africa is simple.  They provide eye glasses at no cost to the people of Africa who otherwise would have no access to them.  By cooperating with other groups, Eyes on Africa distribute glasses via clinics, schools, and churches. The people receiving the glasses are grateful for the opportunity to see, read, work, and enjoy life more fully. In February 2009, and again in June 2010, founder Sherry Grigsby donated more than 300 pairs of reading glasses to the teachers of the SHARE program. 

Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey

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Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.  We serve over 26,000 girls and 11,000 adult volunteers in the counties of Hudson, Essex, Union, Somerset, Hunterdon, southern Warren and parts of Middlesex.Girl Scout Gold Award

Happenings from the Heart, "GSUSA National young Woman of Distinction Honoree," January 29, 2010

Happenings from the Heart, "Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey's Own

Livingstone Tanzania Trust, Twickenham, United Kingdom

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Julian Page, founder of Livingstone Tanzania Trust, www.livingstonetanzaniatrust.com, and Mark Grashow, founder of U.S. - Africa Children's Fellowship, met with SHARE board members David Wall and Sean McNamara in New York City to share information and exchange ideas for promoting education in Tanzania. March 30, 2010

COSAD: Community Solutions for Africa's Development, Minnesota

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SHARE received a huge amount of support from Smart Baitani, founder of COSAD, during its first year. Before SHARE was incorporated as a nonprofit in New Jersey, it was a program of COSAD.    www.cosad.org.

 

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