Recent News
WASHINGTON DC—The Summit Foundation today announced the appointment of Nick Sifuentes as Director for its Sustainable Cities Program, a role in which he will lead the foundation’s grantmaking for all city-centered climate change mitigation activities. “We are very excited for Nick to lead our Sustainable Cities program,” said Summit Foundation President Alexis Sant. “His valued… Read More »
The Youth Investment, Engagement, and Leadership Development (YIELD) Project has transitioned to a new website. Please go to https://yieldhub.global/ to learn more.
The Journal of Adolescent Health (JAH) with GreeneWorks and partners launched a research volume highlighting the manifestations of child, early, forced marriage globally. This special edition includes the Gender Norms, Control Over Girl’s Sexuality, and Child Marriage: A Honduran Case Study which explores links among marianismo, girls’ mobility and sexuality, and child marriage among adolescent… Read More »
Holistic Education for Youth (HEY!) is a school-based intervention that seeks to prevent child marriage in rural areas of Honduras. Initially known as Addressing Child Marriage through Holistic Education (ACMHE), the program partners with Bayan (a Honduras non-governmental organization) and SAT (a secondary education system in rural areas of Honduras) in utilizing design-based research to design,… Read More »
Given all of the recent federal activity around transportation, we thought it would be useful to our friends and colleagues to summarize what we are hearing week to week. All of the recordings are available on YouTube with new updates posted every few weeks…. Read More »
The Central America and Mexico Youth Fund (CAMY Fund) is a multi-donor initiative that supports projects in Central America and Mexico that are led by youth, for the benefit of youth in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua. Launched in 2014 by the Seattle International Foundation with support from Summit, the CAMY Fund is guided by a vision of a world where diverse youth are able to fully exercise their human rights and live in just, peaceful, prosperous, and joyful communities…. Read More »
In 2004, the Public Health Institute (PHI), launched an experiment alongside local partners in Mesoamerica: a novel program focused on youth leadership to expand sexual and reproductive health and rights. Known as GOJoven, its mission is to develop and support young leaders and their organizations to advance health, particularly sexual and reproductive health, education, sustainable development and civic participation. PHI and local collaborators implemented GOJoven in four countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Quintana Roo, Mexico, training over 400 young leaders through 2019…. Read More »
This article examines intersections between schooling, child marriage, and adolescent pregnancy in a longitudinal, mixed-methods study of Honduran girls. It explores (a) girls’ enrollment and dropout of school patterns and how these relate to timing of marriage and/or childbirth, (b) the factors associated with dropout, early marriage, and/or early childbearing, and (c) reenrollment patterns after marriage/childbirth…. Read More »
Eight mobility advocacy groups will receive a total of more than $700,000 supporting their work for sustainable and equitable transportation amid the mounting crises of systemic inequities and the coronavirus pandemic… Read More »
Abriendo Oportunidades Strengthens Government Education Programming for Indigenous Girls in Guatemala For over 15 years, Abriendo Oportunidades has partnered with national and local authorities to improve educational prospects for indigenous girls. In Guatemala, evidence and ongoing technical assistance have helped strengthen and expand the Ministry of Education’s alternative education programs for adolescents, ensuring they are… Read More »