It all started when...

Daniella Cohen met Partha Rajendra in 2008. Daniella wanted to learn about other cultures through pen pal letter writing and Partha wanted to help his grandfather's school in Bangalore, India. It was the perfect match! Since that first pen pal exchange, GIVE has sent thousands of letters and flip-flops, signed with messages of hope, from schools across the US to schools in India, Uganda and Rwanda. Letter-writing fosters incredible bonds between students despite geographical differences. Our pen pals learn to empathize and interact with a different culture that they otherwise would not have been exposed to. 

After we established bonds at schools around the world, we knew there was more we could do to help.  We decided to take on another initiative: getting internet access to schools in our network. Every child deserves a world class education, and students who have access to the internet have a limitless world of knowledge at their fingertips. They can use a search engine to widen their education by learning the laws of physics or the wise world of Plato.  But, for schools limited by funding and a lack of internet connection, learning is not as easy as it should be. GIVE replicates the wide breadth of information on the internet to schools without access to it by “preloading” the internet resources onto laptops. 

We hope to continue to provide educational content to future schools we connect with as well as build meaningful relationships through letter writing.  As the photo below says, "Have plans and hope for the future." Join us on our journey and visit the "Get Involved" section of our site to find out how to get involved. Together, we can change the world!