What is Crossing Borders?

We support children and young people in less-developed regions by improving their educational opportunities

Taking the statement "We change the world for the better" as its motto, Crossing Borders is focused on making a sustainable contribution in less fortunate regions of the world.

Education enables children and young people to lead a better and more independent life. If knowledge and experience are passed on, a sustainable and self-perpetuating effect is achieved that allows families and whole communities to progress. By focusing our efforts on poor regions, we achieve the most comprehensive effect with our available resources.

As an independent association, we have currently 190 members worldwide. Up until now, we have supported projects in 34 countries and on four continents.


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What do we do?

Financial assistance and organizational support for projects

Crossing Borders offers financial assistance and organizational support to projects that improve the education opportunities of children and young people in disadvantaged regions of the world. In special cases, projects in other regions are also supported. More rarely, we support the charitable engagement of our associations members financially through donations.

Additionally, we also try to foster networks of knowledge exchange and communication activities that aim at enhancing social awareness and social competencies.

How to support us?



Support the idea

By sharing our passion, spreading the word and actively bringing in your thoughts and ideas, you are making a contribution. We are always looking for fresh ideas, networking opportunities, interesting project proposals, and motivated people sharing our commitment.

Spread the word and help us to reach more people!

Donate

We guarantee that donations are used in order to improve the education opportunities of children in less-developed regions of the world. All donations are used exclusively for supporting our partner projects.

It is straightforward - you donate and we make sure your money goes directly to the cause.


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Support the projects

What counts in the end is that children receive support in order to live a self-determined and happy life. Support for this cause does not necessarily have to go via Crossing Borders, we are happy to create opportunities for direct engagement within the projects

Check out the section "What does Crossing Borders do?" in order to learn more about our projects and their concrete support needs.

Wiphala Contact Point for Working Children, Youths and Young Adults (Bolivia)

The "Internationale Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Wasserburg" (IKJH) cooperates with the Bolivian Wiphala foundation in order to support working children, youths and young adults. The project operates a drop-in center, organizes an education program and provides opportunities for sheltered housing.

The drop-in center is regularly visited by about 70 working children and young adults. The center provides food, medical care, learning support and facilitates communication with parents and educational institutions. Workshops, group meetings and other events are organized as well. Through the education program, young people receive scholarships and direct support to help them complete their education. Practical training courses (baking, tailoring, metal construction) are held in separate workshops. Sheltered housing is provided for children and young adults in need. The aim is to create a stable and safe environment and to facilitate the return to the families. Additionally, two working projects aim to create a safe working environment with fair payment for the participants.

How to support this project?

The project is looking for volunteers to support fundraising activities.

Partners:

Internationale Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Wasserburg e.V.

Fundación Comunidad Educativa Wiphala

Where:

El Alto, La Paz (Bolivia)