Biennial Report 2010-2012

2010-2012 Biennial Report
Global Potential empowers youth and communities around the world to energize each other through education, international service work & cultural exchange.
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Empowering youth. Inspiring change.
Global Potentials holistic model positively transforms the lives of urban youth. They shape the future and become leaders and entrepreneurs in business, community development, education and politics.
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2010 - 2012 Biennial R e p o r t
Contents
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About Global Potential
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Our methodology
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Message from the directors
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Message from the board chair
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Global Potential is unique!
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GP evaluations & methodologies
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Diversity in reach
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Shout-out to our first class
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Testimony from GP youth facilitators
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Voices of communities, youth, parents, families, teachers
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20102011 Global Potential Yearbook
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GP Alumna reflects on her exchange
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From gang member to artist-in-residence
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The JUMP! and GP conferences
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Global Potential France
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Fundraising and Income Expenditures
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Leadership
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Global Potential individual donors
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Global Potential foundation donors and partners
I really enjoyed Global Potential because it stood out as an organization that really made a difference but for once it wasnt the adults making the difference it was us, the youth. In the Dominican Republic, I learned how not to procrastinate. I learned that people were dependable. Unlike what I thought before, the community didnt come on and off when it wanted to. The electricity was not dependable. . . . I didnt have the choice to put important tasks off. . . . I learned about the world, how different yet similar we are. When I returned home, I cofounded a social venture called Les Manos United, to bring awareness and take action about racial discrimination, and learn about social issues affecting us.
Christelle Abraham Boston GP Youth Fellow graduate, 2010-2011 Graduate of John OBryant High School Sophomore at St. Johns University, New York
2010 - 2012 Bi-Annual Report
Thanks to this experience, I noticed that the only obstacle in my life was fear. It limited me from doing what I really wanted. The community, my family and the GP group combined to helped me improve and reduce those weaknesses that I had. I feel privileged to have this experience, becoming a better person, a better leader.
Elmer Rodriguez NY GP youth fellow graduate 20102011 Graduate of Academy of Urban Planning, Bushwick, New York Freshman at the University of Rochester
About Global Potential

Mission
Global Potentials mission is to empower youth and communities around the world to energize each other through education, international service learning, social entrepreneurship and cultural exchange.
Who
Each year, Global Potential trains 500 youth aged between 15 to 23. These youth have high potential and self-vision to become leaders, changemakers and social entrepreneurs in their urban and rural low-income communities around the world. Most GP participants are first generation immigrant youth and originate from dozens of countries.
How
Global Potential provides youth and communities the leadership and entrepreneurial skills to create renewed life perspectives to affect positive change locally and globally. GP employs an holistic year and a half methodology that trains youth to become leaders through: o media advocacy o social entrepreneurship o global awareness o community development o service-learning GP empowers hundreds of passionate and dedicated volunteers to impart the GP programs.
Where:
Northern Hemisphere
Global Potential operates out of 16 high schools and GED programs in the US, France, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua. GPs headquarters are located New York City, with considerable work carried out in Brooklyn, Bronx, Harlem, Queens and Washington Heights. GP Boston supports students living in Roxbury, Fenway Dorchester and East Boston. GP France is located in Paris, and works with youth from La Courneuve and Le Blanc Mesnil. The weekly workshops occur in partner schools and GP offices.
Southern Hemisphere
All rural villages are carefully selected to welcome GP youth for 45 days of international cultural exchange and community projects during the months of July and August. GP actively works in marginalized rural villages in the southwest Dominican Republic (Batey 1, Batey 7, Batey 8, Batey 9, Batey Cuchilla and Los Blocks de Mena); in Haiti, (Cit Soleil, Terre Froide and Bas Gormand); and Nicaragua (El Hatillo and Las Minas, in the department of Matagalpa).
The Global Potential Methodology:

3 Dynamic Phases
In its five years of operation, GP has refined its winning methodology. The eighteen-month program is divided into three dynamic phases: preparation and mentoring for six months; cultural immersion in a rural village for 6.5 weeks; and integration and mentoring to fully absorb what was learned.
Phase 1 PRePARATioN
January-June
The first six months consist of weekly two-hour after-school training workshops on a wide range of critical social issues, including o o o o o o o human rights; national and global issues of race, religion, gender, culture, and poverty; social entrepreneurship; team building; effective communication; conflict resolution; sustainable change making; The workshops are guided by volunteers with diverse backgrounds and expertise. GP youth are encouraged to think deeply about the issues being presented. Small-group discussions and team building activities cement their knowledge and forge bonds.
Phase 2 iMMeRSioN
July-August
GP participants experience 1.5 months of immersion in a rural village in a developing country. Often this is the youths first international travel experience! Having built increasingly close relations with our international villages since 2008, GP has focused this cultural exchange on villages in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua. This profound experience in shared living is fully immersive our youth are there, with their host families, 24/7, sharing work, meals, laughter and ideas. GP youth fill their days carrying out internships, community development and media projects, and educational workshops. They organize youth-led conferences to dialogue and inspire. GP youth who cannot travel to the village participate in local activities such as college visits, local exchanges between NY and Boston and media advocacy projects.
Phase 3 iNTeGRATioN
August-June
10.5 months of individualized and group support and coaching based on the passions and abilities of each youth. GP youth carry out their projects in their high schools and surrounding community. . . . Each participant selects a Major and a Minor on which to focus her or his energy. The youth select a Major and a Minor on which to focus her or his energy. The six Major and Minor tracks are: 1. 2. Social Entrepreneurship (social business ventures) Media Advocacy (photography, mural-painting, theatre, documentary) Community Service & Activism (service-learning, social justice campaigns) School Leadership (school clubs, GP recruitment) Internship (in GP partner sites, or directly with GP for professional development) Health and Fitness (sports for healthier living)
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Upon completion of these three phases, the GP participant graduates from Global Potential. Each graduate now has the option to be hired as an intern with GP in subsequent years. Since 2007, more than forty GP youth graduates have returned as staff and act as key leaders within Global Potential!
Message from the Directors

September 2012
Dear Global Potential Youth, Families, Volunteers, Friends and Supporters, What a journey we have had since our founding in 2007! Global Potential is reaching people and places like never before, empowering youth and communities to energize each other through education, international service work and cultural exchange. This annual report summarizes our journey from January 2010 to August 2012. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
one borough in 2007 to over 16 schools and youth programs worldwide in over 20 neighborhoods. These schools and programs include: In New York International High School at Prospect Heights Bushwick Academy for Urban Planning The Bronx Guild New Heights Neighborhood Center New Design High School Manhattan Comprehensive Day and Night School Hyde Charter Leadership Academy In Boston John D. OBryant School of Math and Science Edward Kennedy Academy for Health Careers Youth Development Initiative Project Brookline High and Dorchester Academy Pacific Rim School and Urbano Project Outside the United States Fondation Feu Vert and Lyce Jacques Brel (Paris) Las Minas high school (Nicaragua) Batey 7 high school (Dominican Republic)
Global Potential Achievements

We are so proud that Global Potential youth, who today are innovative activists, artists, community organizers, filmmakers, mentors and entrepreneurs, have: o received full-ride academic scholarships, including from the Seinfeld, Gates Millennium and Posse Foundations won $1000 cash prizes for 15 social ventures they created to better their communities been awarded prizes for the community work they do while participating in GP, including the Presidents Volunteer Service Award been recognized for their 15 documentary films at numerous media festivals including the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Tribeca Institutes youth media festival, and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Plural+ Video Festival
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GP distinguishes itself through six key components to youth development: o o o o o o travel and rural living experiences international cultural exchange and language immersion social entrepreneurship training media advocacy training global leadership training community service and service learning opportunities.
In 2010, we expanded our international cultural exchange program from two villages in the Dominican Republic where we hosted our program since 2008 to five more villages by 2012 (Batey 7, Batey 8, Batey Cuchilla, Blocks de Mena and Batey 1). In 20120 we also opened up our GP exchange program in El Hatillo in the region of Matagalpa, Nicaragua and in 2012 in Las Minas, Nicaragua. In 2010, we started working in Haiti in Bas Gormand, and in 2011 in Terre Froide of Fonds Verrettes and Cit Soleil, Port-au-Prince.
Impact
Since 2007, we have achieved tremendous impact and growth. Each year, we directly serve 500 youth, including 40 new competitively-selected youth Fellows. GP youth complete an average of 781 service hours during their 1.5 years with Global Potential, each impacting 219 people. We have engaged 1,985 youth and young adults from minority backgrounds and low-income communities in transformative projects to increase their leadership skills, self-esteem, responsibility and commitment to their education, graduation rates, college enrollment, scholarship awards and college retention. The breakdown of our measured impact is as follows: o 251 of these youth have had life-changing experiences travelling internationally with GP 28,751 people served who live in the rural communities impacted by the work of GP youth through community development, documentary making, infrastructure such as sidewalks and classrooms building, daycamps, educational, health and literacy workshops and conferences. The breakdown is such that 15,251 people are served directly and 13,500 are served indirectly by the work GP youth do internationally 10 incredible youth leadership conferences created in 3 countries with more than 1000 youth participants from 80 different inner-city and rural village communities
Growth & Expansion

Our success is tied to our proven ability to connect youth in isolated rural villages and youth in inner city urban neighborhoods, and to engage them in activating and supporting each other in becoming local leaders. This model is replicable through partnerships and strong connections in new countries and regions. Thanks to replicating our model, an increased number of youth are able to discover through GP the power that they have within themselves to become vehicles for change in their own communities and blossom into activists, leaders, artists, community organizers, filmmakers, mentors and entrepreneurs. In September 2009 we expanded into Boston and received donated office space at our partner organization, Encuentro 5. In January 2012, we expanded into Paris, France and also received donated office space at a partner organization PlaNet Finance. GP went from working with one school in
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Social impact through volunteerism

Since 2007, GP has made significant social impact on a voluntary basis. Our success is thanks to the passion and commitment of over 200 volunteers and interns dedicating over 200,000 hours to GP. These hours are worth over 5 million dollars ($5,000,000) as GPs volunteers bring significant and multidisciplinary professional skills in social work, education, international development, the arts, business and technology. Universities that provide volunteers and interns include: o Columbia University, Fordham University, New School University, New York University, Yeshiva University, Hunter College (New York City) Northeastern University, Harvard College and Boston University (Boston) Sciences Po (Paris) and Oxford (UK).
Let us figure out the next steps together to continue providing these quality transformative life opportunities to youth and sustainably expand our impact both locally and internationally. Youthfully and gratefully yours,
Frank Cohn Executive Director
Sarah Gogel Managing Director
Message from the Board Chair

September 2012
My Fellow Supporters, Friends, Volunteers, These past two years have truly been a banner year for Global Potential: record volunteer participation, the highest level of individual contributions and the largest and broadest field expedition in our history. This year was also the year in which youth from our first GP class back in 2007 graduated from college. This year also celebrates the fifth anniversary of GP, a key milestone in our long-term sustainability plan. By all measures, this was a year to celebrate. 2012 was also a special year for me personally. For the first time in my four years with Global Potential, I was able to join our youth leaders in the Dominican Republic during the summer. While in my professional career I have had the fortune to live and travel abroad extensively, I can honestly say that this summer experience in the village of Batey Ocho was the most transformative of my life. The youth leaders that traveled down from NY, Boston and Paris brought with them incredible ideas, passion and energy. Their growth over the summer was a testament to their dedication and the teams preparation. One youth brought with him his passion for drills (think marching band without the instruments) and shared that passion with his fellow GP youth. If you have never marched along the sugarcane fields with youth that never stop smiling and laughing, you havent lived! I also had the good fortune to meet the head of the DR Youth Leadership Council, a young man that I am convinced knows everyone in the Dominican Republic by first name (more impressive than that, everyone knew him!). My time on the back of his moto, visiting the leaders from all the nearby villages, will be time I will never forget. I have seen the worlds future leaders, and that future is bright! Every year, with the help of hundreds of volunteers like you, we are able to bridge geographic divides through cultural exchange. With your commitment, we empower youth and communities to energize each other through education, international service and cultural exchange. It is worth noting that Global Potential continues to be entirely volunteerdriven, with over 200 of your fellow dedicated colleagues, friends and family members volunteering more than 200,000 hours teaching, mentoring and empowering our youth. Will you join us too? It is with this mission that I, on behalf of our board, thank you for your commitment for the past five years. I can tell you that as good as this year has been, the best is yet to come.
Adam Michaels GP Board of Directors President
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Global Potential is unique!

5 reasons why
in its five years of operation, GP has refined its winning methodology. The eighteen-month training program is divided into three dynamic phases: 1) Preparation and mentoring for six months; 2) Cultural immersion in a rural village; and 3) integration and application to fully absorb what was learned.
1. The Global Potential program is comprehensive, varied and quality-filled

GP is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind leadership training program for high potential, under-resourced youth and addresses the overall lack of long-term quality after-school and summer programs. It aims to significantly diminish the widening learning gap and increased violence seen among youth today. Years of sociological study have clearly shown that violence rises when there is a lack of opportunities for first and second generation immigrant youth. With over 1.5 years of direct work with youth, including 1.5 months of international cultural exchange, no other program lasts as long or is as rich as GP. Other programs typically average 2 or 3 weeks of immersion experience, with no significant preparation nor application period upon return from international exchange. GP is one of the few organizations that provides youth from low-income communities a comprehensive mix of high quality education workshops, travel, cultural exchange, and community service opportunities.
2. Global Potential is volunteer-driven and replicable

In its five years of creating positive change , GP has been entirely run by volunteers. GP considers all its volunteers as individuals with distinct aspirations and expectations. GP has mobilized over 200 graduate and undergraduate volunteers since 2007 to create and maintain the successful GP program. Their contribution is worth over $5 million dollars in labor time. Volunteerism is at the very root of what we do best. GP will continue to maintain its unique volunteer character, and must now expand its revenue to hire salaried Program Directors in its various offices. GP has a simple and replicable model. Each GP chapter initially established can directly positively impact 50 youth in one year, and an additional 250 people indirectly (parents, siblings, cousins, fellow students). During that initial year, GP establishes core partnerships with high schools and youth programs. In every city envisioned for GPs presence, a salaried Program Director will be essential for coordinating all aspects of the program. Our first hired staff in 2013 will be GP Youth Alumni.
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3. Positive impact at many levels
GP spends significant time building trusting relationships with families, schools and communities locally and internationally. This model positively reinforces the lessons of the workshops and enhances the international cultural exchange. The program has ever-widening impact beginning with the individual youth, expanding to the youths family and friends, and then outward to the local community and beyond.
5. Dismantles a flawed helping paradigm

Traditionally those with fewer resources have been considered the least likely to be able to provide help to others in terms of community service and exchange. GP radically turns this paradigm around by allowing youth who have had to adapt to harsh circumstances to be the very ones who learn how to create positive change for others. They are the ones who provide mutually beneficial help. International travel for these youth brings out their inner resilience and flexibility. Gaining experience outside of their communities allows youth to build the confidence and skills to deal with their own problems and to gain a global perspective. With careful guidance of GP adult volunteers these youth tend to be more adaptable than their higher-income counterparts. GP considers people at the margins both in the cities and in the villages as infinite resources to be developed, rather than problems to be solved.
4. Promotes equality & social justice

There are nearly zero meaningful volunteering opportunities for youth from low-income, immigration backgrounds. GP fills this void. By providing youth and volunteers with the opportunity to meaningfully learn and teach, GP promotes equality and a deep understanding of social justice. Further, GP offers selected spots to higher-income youth at a modest fee (relative to comparable programs) as a means of generating revenue for the core program. These youth who pay enjoy all the same benefits of GP. These fees are modest compared to comparable programs. Based on the achievements of our current GP graduates, we foresee GP alumni securing influential positions in business, education, community organizing, advocacy and politics. We are pioneers in the policy arena, as GP promotes the inclusion of populations traditionally marginalized from international service learning and cultural exchange education.
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GP evaluations & methodologies

Throughout the 18-month program, GP staff ask the youth participants whether the GP training increases their understanding and ability to solve community challenges across cultures. The evaluations analyze whether GP effectively contributes to each youths personal development, leadership and social entrepreneurship skills.
GP involves its youth participants and alumni in ongoing dialogue, and conducts regular surveys to further understand their needs, the program quality and perceived benefits of participation. Evaluations are inclusive and incorporate program participants and as many other stakeholders as possible, including community partners, parents, teachers, staff, home-stay families, host organizations and mentors.
Both the quantitative and the qualitative methodologies are used to cross-validate results. Quantitative data emerging from the surveys are used as hard data to evaluate the success of GP. Qualitative research helps GP point out successes that occurred on a more human scale through narratives and anecdotes about GPs impact. Focus groups, interviews and other methods of collecting youth and community member stories and reactions to the program are valuable in learning which components of the program are successful and which can be improved. Both research tools are vital to integrate and lend greater depth and clarity to GPs evaluation process, helping to assess the full extent of the programs impact. GPs Evaluation Manager, Shridevi Mishra has worked for three years in directing and collecting GPs evaluations, and developed our surveys in collaboration with experts in international service learning at the Center for Social Development of Washington University, St Louis, MO. GP sequentially implements the End of First Phase Training Feedback, Retrospective Baseline and End of Summer, Follow Up and Final Evaluation surveys to track progress throughout the 18-month program. At the conclusion of the entire program, the youth go through the Final Evaluation, comprehensively evaluating the specific outcomes of their Global Potential experience, their mentors and their community partners. GP facilitators lead the youth through the evaluation surveys in one-to-one sessions to ensure full comprehension and focus.
outcomes
The following outcomes are a sampling of those that help us demonstrate the impact of the program:
Youth outcomes, summarized across all evaluation surveys, show:

o Improved educational performance and commitment Increased sense of self-worth and value to society Increased contribution to communities in need, including their own neighborhoods
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Participant Growth outcomes at the end of the Global Potential experience
All percentages went up on average by 10 percentage points after the GP Experience Participation
Self-esteem
I believe my life has a purpose I have become a better person I am more confident in myself I am happier and feel more in control of my life
81% of Youth Strongly Agree 97% of Youth Strongly Agree 85% of Youth Strongly Agree 93% of Youth Strongly Agree 74% of Youth Strongly Agree 97% of Youth Strongly Agree 92% of Youth Strongly Agree 86% of Youth Strongly Agree 92% of Youth Strongly Agree 93% of Youth Strongly Agree 97% of Youth Strongly Agree 93% of Youth Strongly Agree 86% of Youth Strongly Agree 94% of Youth Strongly Agree 96% of Youth Strongly Agree 74% of Youth Strongly Agree 70% of Youth Strongly Agree 92% of Youth Strongly Agree
The scale compares the number of students who strongly agreed to the above indicators before and after the Global Potential Experience
Self empowerment
I can be part of the solution to most global issues I became more responsible I learned to value what I have It changed my view of my life and the world Helping others helps me
education
I am motivated to finish high school and go to college I learned to work hard and not give up It increased my commitment to a good education and career It improved my chances of finding a job I now think it is important to participate in the classroom I am committed to my education
Civic Activism Community engagement
I am involved with an internationally oriented group, project or club I help people in my community for at least 1 hour/ week I feel that I have the ability to make a difference in my community
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Diversity in reach
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Growth and impact
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Total Number of Villages Directly Impacted Total Number of Villages Indirectly Impacted Total Number of Neighborhoods Directly Impacted Total Number of Schools Directly Impacted Totaly Number of Communities Directly Impacted Totaly Number of Direct Participants Total Number of Travelers Total Number of Community Children in Daycamps and Literacy Classes Total Number of Community Youth in Youth Groups and Cross Cultural Activities Total Number of Workshop Participants on Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Health Total Number of Direct Beneficiaries (includes several other categories) Total Number of Direct Participants and Direct Beneficiaries Impacted Total Number of Village Beneficiaries (infrastructure) Total Number of US/France Beneficiaries: Peers and Families that youth share presentations about their trip with, x30 audience members/return youth leaders Total Number of those impacted by youth service projects in the GP 3rd phase through their park clean-ups, food banks/soup kitchens, support for seniors, afterschool programs and youth programs. This number assumes that the local service work of each return youth leader impacts 22 people throughout the 10 months. Total Number of Indirect Beneficiaries Total number of direct participants and indirect beneficiaries impacted
20072008
1 0 5 1 6 28 11 200 30 100 942
20082009
3 4 12 6 19 143 42 200 30 100 2958
20092010
5 20 25 10 50 401 54 200 30 100 3333
20102011
7 32 18 9 57 498 74 200 30 100 3503
20112012
8 35 23 15 66 473 70 200 30 100 4515
Total
24 91 83 41 198 1985 251 1000 150 500 15,251 8,887
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1500 720 528
1500 780 572
1500 810 594
1500 1410 1034
7500 4620 3388
13,500 1,626 5,681 5,772 5,830 6,857 23,493
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Shout-out to GPs first class, 20072008!

They were the pioneers to GPs nearly 500 youth graduates as of 2012!
Photos on the left, top row left to right: Anneury, Fanelia, Harold, Jessica, Joe Bottom row left to right: Keshia, Pierre, Rachelle, Stephann and Stephany
Being a member of GP is one of the best things that can ever happen to you in your life because it gives you the opportunity to do many things and bring many changes to society. I am from Haiti originally from a poor family and a poor country like many others. It is my pleasure to be a GP alumna and to have helped other countries just like mine. Please do not forget who you are and where you came from no matter what, because you can be a change maker today.
Jean Ulysse New York GP graduate, 2010-2011, Global Citizen Year Fellow (Brazil), Freshman at SUNY Plattsburgh, Digital Media and Social Work
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Testimony from GP youth facilitators

Twin Sisters Karina and Cristina ovalles graduated from Harvard in May 2011
They both served as Global Potential Youth Facilitators
My name is Karina and I had the opportunity to be a youth facilitator for Global Potential for a little over a year now. My favorite part of the program has been meeting people as dedicated and as passionate about their work. I also enjoyed traveling for six weeks to the Dominican Republic, to a village I didnt know existed. Ive learned so much from living with people who are happy with what they have who are friendly in spite of the difficulties they face. Global Potential has taught me to be grateful. Although this may sound clichd, it has made me realize that youth can change the world. I will always treasure my time with GP and the new friendships Ive forged. Hi this is Cristina. I have loved being a part of GP. I joined GP because I believe in an organization that empowers youth through leadership training, international communication, and social ventures. What makes the program so amazing, however, is the people that you meet especially the students and other staff members; the communities in both the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. In fact, everyone comes together whether its in the workshops, out in the field, or at an event. This is what I will remember and cherish most about Global Potential. I have had the privilege of watching people come out of their shells and tap into their own potential. But I have learned to be more resourceful and confident in my capabilities. I am truly grateful to have had this opportunity with GP, one I will remember forever.
Karina and Cristina Ovalles, May 2011
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Voices of communities, youth, parents, families, teachers

I cant even begin to express to you how meaningful this experience has been for me. I know that GP is for the kids, and is to give them the opportunities, but GP gave me an opportunity too. GP gave me the opportunity to meet some of the most amazing youth, who are the change makers of tomorrow, whom I am so proud of and inspired by. They remind me that there is good in the world.
Ilsa Bruer Boston Educator of the Year GP Youth Facilitator & School Coordinator 2009-2011
I wish they could spend even more time with us, it is such an enriching experience. Now they have come back twice already which is really nice.
Francia Simone Batey Cuchilla Community youth from Batey Cuchilla, Dominican Republic Winner of the International Peace Prize for Children in 2010
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I was a shy personI really wanted to come out of my shell more and Global Potential allowed me to do that. I felt myself become so much more of a different person in Nicaragua with GP. Between the community service and living with a host family I had such a wonderful experience. Ever since the GP information session my life has been changed. I am lucky to be a part of it.
Natalia Medina Boston GP Graduate 2010-11 Posse Scholar Graduate, Edward M Kennedy High School Now sophomore at Denison University
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20102011 Global Potential Yearbook

Some of our graduates
Ajyanna Sadora Jones Boston Wants to use
success in life to give back to the community. She traveled to the Dominican Republic during the summer of 2010 and co-facilitated workshops with GP during its third phase in Boston. Summer 2011, she worked at the aquarium. GP is an experience I will never forget, and a dosage of reality.
Fatoumata Diaraye Bah New York

Originally from Guinea, Fatoumata will graduate from the International High School at Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, 2012. Fataoumata participated in GP to lend a hand in another community and experience a different culture. She volunteers at Ronald McDonalds House, NY. She says GP gave me the experience of my life, and thanks to GP, many opportunities have come my way.
Daniel Alfaro Boston Originally from El

Salvador, Daniel graduated from John D. OBryant school, 2010; Roxbury Community College, 2012. Hell begin UMass Boston, 2012. His interests include politics, journalism and human service. Through GP, Ashokas Youth Venture asked him to open Real Talk, a youth newsletter. He traveled as a participant in Nicaragua, 2011; again in 2012 as GP junior youth facilitator. I love GP, he says.
Julissa Taveras New York A student at the Academy of Urban Planning, she participated in GP to meet new people and learn new ideas. She was affected by positive change in students who traveled the year before. In college, she plans on involvement in issues pertaining to her community in the future. Luishka Adeyemi Roberts New York
Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, now a senior at the Academy of Urban Planning, Luishka participated in GP to explore new countries, cultures and communities. She wishes to use her GP experience to build new relationships with peers and community. While in Cuchilla, in the Dominican Republic, summer 2010, Lulu milked cows and called for unity once she came back to Brooklyn.
Alex A. Campos New York Alex, a junior

at International High School at Prospect Heights, wishes to work in automotive design. He traveled to Cuchilla summer, 2010, and participated in the Haiti conference. About GP, This is a once in a lifetime thing to see and feel. It changes your perspective about everything in life. I came to learn new things, to be a leader.
Ayan Abdi Hassan Boston Originally from Somalia, Ayan graduated from Edward M Kennedy Academy, 2011, and has continued to be a leader at Northeastern. Her passion is to be a changemaker as a lawyer. She was recognized by BSAC in Boston for her activism as President of the Student Advisory Council to implement teacher evaluations in all Boston Public Schools. Christelle Abraham Boston Originally from Haiti, Christelle, 19 years old, wishes to be a cultural anthropologist in health & society. She will be a sophomore at St Johns University in New York, 2011. She co-founded Les Manos United, a social venture with GP to create increased global awareness. Les Manos United produced an amazing documentary with GP on the situation of discrimination in the Bateys of the Dominican Republic. Daniel Alejandro Martinez Garcia Boston
Originally from Colombia, Daniel will be a junior, 2011, at John D. OBryant school. Daniel will use his education for progress and sees himself in computer science or civil engineering. He went to Nicaragua with GP, summer 2010, and went to the Dominican Republic, summer 2011, as a GP junior facilitator. He is now a leader, social entrepreneur and filmmaker with GP. He interns at Brigham & Womens Hospital.
Mackendy Blanc New York Originally

from Haiti, Mackendy is a senior at the International High School at Prospect Heights. A sports enthusiast, he joined GP to travel and meet new people. He believes that progress is only possible if people help each other and he is doing just that. He won awards of perfect attendance and student of the month, and he says that GP allowed him to be more aware of his surroundings in the world around him.
Maria Margarita New York Originally from Colombia, Maria came to Brooklyn, in 2008. She graduated from International High School at Prospect Heights, and now attends Borough of Manhattan Community College. Maria loves travel, and become a vet. She is passionate about life and traveled to Cuchilla, Dominican Republic, 2010. She says GP changes your perspective of the world. It makes you realize beauty and appreciate what you have. Natalia Medina Boston Originally from Colombia, Natalia graduated from Edward M. Kennedy Academy, June, 2011. She participated in GP because of passion for community service. She wants to pursue medical school to be an OB/GYN. She went with GP to Nicaragua, summer 2010, and won a POSSE Scholarship for Denison University, fall 2011.
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Nayum Mohd Parvez New York Originally

from Bangladesh, Nayum graduated from the International High School at Prospect Heights, 2011. He is a sophomore in college, studying computer science. He created a documentary film about daily life in El Hatillo, Nicaragua, during his summer exchange in 2010. Nayum was selected to travel to France in April, 2012 to assist in opening the GP office in Paris. He says of GP, It has inspired me to be openminded towards the world.
Stanley Lahens New York Originally from

Haiti, Stanley is a student at the International HS at Prospect Heights and a graduate of GP in 2011. He says of his experience with GP that he learned about the living experiences in another country and learned how another community works together to make a difference. He continues, I now participate in my community much more than I ever did before.
Pascal Wave M. Saint Fleur New York

Originally from Haiti, Pascal was a student at the International High School at Prospect Heights, graduating 2011. He participated in GP to learn about another culture and do community work. He lives in Canarsie, Brooklyn, and is an avid soccer player. He says of GP, I have become a better individual, GP gave me another idea of the world around me and ways that I can help make a difference.
Tatevick DeLa Rosa Boston Originally from Mexico and Armenia, Tati is 16 years old and is fluent in English and Russian. She moved to Boston from Kentucky, wants to work for NASA, and to travel the world. Tati takes pilot lessons, too. She says GP inspires her, and opened her up to social issues she never knew existed. I have made great friends in GP and Im no longer afraid to reach out to others. I know what I want to do in life now, and no one can stop me. Taylese Shalaiah Parker Boston Originally from Boston, Taylese, a senior in 2012 at John D OBryant, travelled with GP during summer 2010 to Cuchilla in the Dominican Republic, and again in 2011 as an intern. Taylese received the Honorable Mention Student of the Term Mayors Academic Award. She says about GP, No matter what you do or dont do, there is always someone who struggles more. . . broaden your horizon to see much more in life.
Samy Beneco Enecia Perez Dominican Republic Originally from the Dominican
Republic, Samy became the first participant from Dominican Republic to travel to Nicaragua with GP. Currently, Samy is working to pursue a career as a doctor. He has been the Dominican Republic coordinator for the Bateys since summer 2011, and he is active in all the GP/JUMP youth conferences held in Haiti. Samy is the President of the GP Dominican Republic Council.
Shanice Octavia Beckles Boston Originally

from Trinidad & Tobago, Shanice lives in Roxbury and will graduate from the John D. OBryant high school, 2013. She managed a girls basketball team and wishes to be a nurse. She traveled to the Dominican Republic, summer 2010, with GP. She loves to volunteer. Of GP, it has allowed me to be more open and I grew a passion for helping others.
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GP Alumna Marianny Martinez reflects on her exchange

Global Potential Boston Youth Fellow, 2010-2011
Want to make difference? Do you want to make the world a better place?
These were questions from the GP recruitment flyer that changed my life
It was a recruitment flyer from Global Potential, looking to find its first cohort in Boston. In the summer of 2010, after a fun six months of training, I arrived in Batey 7 in the Dominican Republic, a village where Haitians and Dominicans work the sugar cane fields. Batey 7 is a small community where everyone knows each other. With dirt roads and homes constructed of wood, mud, tin and no indoor plumbing, the only businesses were a few corner stores, a clinic, a person who painted nails, two home bakeries, two fried food sellers, and one elementary school. The night I arrived at the Batey, all I could say to myself was, What did I get myself into? I have to be here seven whole weeks?! By the second week, however, that whole mentality had changed as I became engaged in the tasks at hand. In the weeks I was there, I helped in the construction of a water canal, interned at the clinic shadowing the only doctor in the community, instructed an English class for kids & teens in the elementary school, gave sex education classes, participated in community clean ups, and a Dengue campaign. Out of all the tasks I had that summer, what had the greatest impact on me was the English class. Working with those kids in the community gave me such a sense of accomplishment. When I heard one of my students ask me in English, Hi, how are you today?, the smile on my face reached ear to ear. Through these activities, I not only became closer to my team from Boston and New York, but I created beautiful bonds with the community. The people I was living with were no longer my host family; they became my mother, father, and sisters. Part of my cultural exchange was also a five-day visit to Haiti. I saw not only damage from the earthquake, countless homes,
businesses and churches made into rubble, but huge numbers of people living in refugee camps. What surprised me more than all the destruction and poverty was the fact that all the stereotypes that I had heard among Dominicans and during the time that I was staying in the Batey were false. There was this belief that the way of life in the Batey and the Dominican Republic were better or superior to Haitians. I saw the atrocities of these stereotypes. The people of Bas Gromand, Haiti were the most welcoming people I ever met. Despite the language barrier, I never felt misplaced or uncomfortable. Their food, culture, and way of life were so similar to that of the Bateyero, that I just could not perceive why there would be tensions between the two. The time I spent there left a lasting impact on me. I learned about the racism problems in my native country, and became interested in making a change through continuing to be a part of Global Potential. Upon my return, three students and I co-founded a social entrepreneurship project awarded by Ashokas Youth Venture, where we collected donations to ship to villages we had visited, while spreading social awareness in Boston. The following summer, 2011, I traveled to El Hatillo, Nicaragua, taking my experience and skills to help both the community and the new cohort of GP students that were traveling for the first time, as I tested out my capacities as a youth intern with GP. Travel, cultural exchange, leader. . . All words that I can still picture from the flyer; words that introduced me to a world that my parents fought hard to forget; words that changed me, that allowed me to see what was beyond the borders of Boston and made me understand that I have the power to make a lasting impact on not only my life but in the lives of others; and finally, words that made me who I am today: a young woman striving for excellence in her education to change her own personal life, the life of her family and ultimately the lives of the patients who will be sitting in her exam room five years from now.
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From gang member to artist-in-residence

Global Potential youth participant, New York, 2010-2011
My name is Vinicio Bronfield. I am 18 years old and originally from Honduras. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York. I am going to tell you my story, from going nowhere to somewhere in a life-changing experience that I have had with Global Potential.
I was a gang member back in Honduras and in my first few years in the U.S., I was caught in an aimless cycle with no direction, my hope was gone, my heart was stuck as if in a cube of ice, my soul was like a shadow with no light. I did not find an answer to any of my questions, I did not know where to go. One morning I decided to end that lifestyle and realized that when the world tells you to give up hope, hear the whisper telling you to try one more time. My resolve took me to places where I had never expected to go. My first step was huge: I joined Global Potential. Christine, the GP Youth Coordinator based at my school at the International High School at Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, gave a presentation about GP. They have this level of trust and commitment to the participants and I could feel this right away. It made me feel like I had something to contribute. When I was accepted to Global Potential, I hadnt realized everything that I had actually signed up for! What was I good at?, I asked myself. What can I really offer to other people? It was hard for me to go from no friends to so many friends at once. But this made all the difference in my growth. I remember while being in Nicaragua that I discovered the meaning of friendship. My host family because my family, and I opened my home to other participants. My friend Nayums host father cried when Nayum was leaving Nicaragua at the end of the summer. I really respected that and I promised him that I would look out for his son Nayum. He gave me a big hug and told me how great I was. That was the first time I heard that from anyone. This was the first time that I had undertaken anything like this and I was assigned to the community center to create this piece. The community members gave me a wall to cover, and I named the mural Un Mundo Solidario, which means A World of Solidarity. I
knew my feelings of unity and community were thanks to the link that I had with the villagers. Therefore the theme of this mural was relevant. That summer in Nicaragua was the first time I had undertaken anything as significant as a mural project. I was assigned to the community center to create this piece. Therefore, the theme of this mural was relevant. I decided to focus on art during Phase 3 of GP. This allowed me to express really who I am. My new friends were there to support me and appreciate my art work. I finished my academic year at school even if it took me more time, and now I will be a freshman in college after having volunteered as a GP youth intern in the Dominican Republic during the summer of 2012. This mural that I created has left a mark in the community of El Hatillo, and has stayed with me forever. This theme of solidarity has remained engraved in my heart. Vinicios story on NPR: thestory.org/archive/the_story_1119_ Lesly_Manzanarez.mp3
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The JUMP! and GP conferences

Global Potential Youth Conferences
Summer 2011 report
Global Potential broke new ground in 2011.

GP organized and held their largest and most successful youth conferences to date in Nicaragua, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
These exciting and transformative participant-led discussion groups served more than 260 youth from over 60 different communities, including urban neighborhoods and rural villages. The discussions covered a wide variety of local and international issues, including education, illegal drugs, immigration, religion, global conflict, culture, HIV/AIDS, discrimination, feminism, teen pregnancy, the environment, gender, sexuality, gay issues, domestic violence, solidarity, and the reconstruction of Haiti.
The open-Space Model

The content of each youth conference was determined by the participants, using the open-space conference model. At the beginning of the conference, the participants decided on topics for discussion. They then broke into smaller discussion groups participants were free to join or leave any group at any time. After smaller group discussions, members joined together again, and a representative from each group presented their findings. With the help of youth translators, discussion took place in English, Spanish, and Creole. Notes were also taken in each language. Following the conferences, the majority of participants indicated that they felt they were now capable of organizing a similar event in their own communities.
Haiti
The GP youth arrived in Cit de Soleil, Haiti on July 28th. After a day of settling in touring the city, meeting host families, and sharing in the delicious local food and drinks the conference began the next day. Group discussions were driven by the 88 contributors, including leaders from all over Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The next day, the forum continued in Bas Gormand, a nearby rural village. The experience had a huge impact on the GP youth, who were inspired by the locals strength, resilience, and optimism.
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Open-space topics chosen and discussed included discrimination, education, HIV/AIDS, chauvinism/feminism, discrimination, politics, gender, and the relevance of each on the host community of Bas Gormand. o o 98% of those interviewed said they learned things about another culture. 98% also reported that they had new ideas to bring to their community.
The Dominican Republic

On the night of August 12th, in celebration of International Youth Day, youth conferences opened in the Dominican Republic. Over the next two days, over 130 participants from communities all across the Dominican Republic and Haiti came together to share their perspectives on issues ranging from machismo to health insurance. In addition to the group discussions, participants got to share in a cultural exchange, which included the experiencing of local food, music and dance performances, films and a baseball game.
Nicaragua
At the same time, a parallel youth conference also on August 12th was being held in El Hatillo, Nicaragua. An additional Open-space topics chosen and discussed included education, 81 participants from over 20 communities came together to drugs, immigration, global conflict, religion, culture, HIV/AIDS, share their culture, personalities, and perspectives with one machismo, discrimination, reconstruction of Haiti, differences another. The youth benefited from the exchange of ideas, and between bateys, environment, health, teenage sex and left the conference feeling excited to share their experience sexuality, gay issues, teen pregnancy, politics, abortion, racism, with others in their villages and prepared to take on a variety immigration, discrimination within the Bateys, self-esteem, of new challenges. gender equality, domestic violence, friendship, solidarity and Open-space topics chosen and discussed included machismo/ reconciliation. feminism/equality of gender, human rights, abortion, o 87% of respondents strongly agreed that they immigration/economy/unemployment, environment/trash learned youth perspectives from different management, access to education, access to information, cultures. discrimination, drugs, love/relationships, comprehension/ o 98% said they have new ideas for their capacity, contraceptives/birth control, HIV/AIDS, violence/ communities based on the conference. sexual violence/domestic violence, role models, family neglect. o 97% of the participants said they learned things they never knew before as a result of the conference. 83% said they felt prepared to face new and diverse challenges.
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Global Potential France

Global Potential France opened its doors in January 2012
In January 2012, Global Potential opened its doors in Paris, France, as an Association Loi 1901, the equivalent of a US not-for-profit, 501(c)3 as a chapter of Global Potential headquartered in the U.S. This was led by Managing Director and Founder of Global Potential, Sarah Gogel (GP France Executive Director), Margot Clavier (GP France President), Niki Borofsky (GP France Vice-President) and Elizabeth Craig (GP France Secretary). They worked tirelessly to set up a team of 20 volunteers and have been hosted by the micro-finance NGO PlaNet Finance Group in Paris, thanks to a grant given by the France Embassy in Washington D.C.
in the course of 2012, GP France accomplished a few critical milestones:

In less than two months, the GP France team recruited the inaugural GP France first cohort of 17 youth from the inner-city of La Courneuve, along with 17 mentors. The first of twenty GP France workshops, modeled on the New York and Boston curriculum, took place in March 2012 and continued every week until the end of June 2012, in the inner-city of La Courneuve, in Seine-Saint Denis, outside of Paris. For Phase 2 of the program, nine of the 17 youth were selected to join their counterparts from GPs New York and Boston programs during the summer of 2012, to visit and work together in rural villages of the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Haiti for the summer. GP France successfully fundraised 18,000 euros in four months and attracted partners and funders such as PlaNet Finance in France, the French Embassy in Washington, DC and the foundation of TF1 French TV station, Fondation TF1.
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GP France also benefited from the support of famous French actors Jean Reno and Marie-Anne Chazel. Given the six years of GPs success in New York and Boston, the support of the U.S. Embassy in Paris and the French Embassy in Washington D.C. is a powerful testament to the quality and impact of our work. One example of constant support and encouragement is that provided by Rafik Mansour, Cultural Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, who generously offered his time on a Saturday morning in April 2012 to present at GPs 7th workshop in La Courneuve. Rafiks goal was to have a meet-and-greet with the GP youth participants in France and share with them his experiences and life stories. This was the first time the youth had ever met a diplomatic figure. The youth had excitedly prepared in advance many questions, which he proceeded to answer spontaneously and thoughtfully throughout the hour-long session.
Rafiks motivational speech stressed the value of developing a deep sense of accomplishment in life. He went on to share his experience presiding over the Fulbright scholarship program in Iraq and answered the youths questions about the Iraqi Cultural Heritage program that he had worked on. Given his familiarity with the Arab world, a lively discussion took place about cultural diversity in the Middle East. The youth also asked questions about the field of diplomacy. Rafik discussed cultural differences and important social themes that mobilize society and talked about stereotypes between regions of the world due to historical conflicts and lack of education. Finally, Rafik shared his passion for topics related to cultural identity and how countries such as Algeria and France are interrelated. He connected on an intimate level with the GP youth and will serve as a role model for many of them. Rafik Mansour is one among several guests who have honored GP participants with quality expertise expertise and life experiences to motivate them to move forward and change the world. This encounter with Rafik, along with the many other GP workshops, will help develop the youths personalities and influence their life choices, which are key outcomes of GP. Famous French actor, Jean Reno said about GP: I support Global Potential as it is a dynamic and innovative organization. GP opens new doors and new opportunities for youth today. I grew up in Casablanca in Morocco and was raised by Spanish parents. I spent my professional life as an actor between France and the United States. For these reasons, I know that to be in new environments you have to value openness. It is important to be able to live in a multicultural world today in order to succeed in life and professionally. Global Potential trains youth with key values: open-mindedness, entrepreneurship and diversity. (Translated from French)
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Revenue
2010-2011 iTeM Board of Directors Contribution Foundations, City Councils, Trusts Donations from individuals Youth and Fundraising events Summer Staff Contribution Contract Services Fees other TOTAL 62,681 Amount 12,000 16,476 25,288 3,605 3,320 1,992 Percent 19% 26% 40% 6% 5% 3% 0% 100% Amount 13,550 65,756 53,389 15,777 2,511 0 860 151,843
2011-2012 Percent 9% 43% 35% 10% 2% 0% 1% 100%
Revenue Mix
100% =
BoD Contributions 19%
Revenue
$151k
Foundations, City Councils, Trusts 49k
$62k
9%
Foundations, City Councils, Trusts
26%
Youth and Fundraising Events $12k BoD Contributions $1.5k Other $860
+ $89k / 144%
43%
Individual Donations $28k
40% 35%
Youth and Fundraising Events Summer Staff Contribution Contract Services Fees** Other* 3%
6% 5%
2010/11
10% 2%
2011/12
Summer Staff Contribution -$809 Contract Services Fees -$1992
*Other revenues were 0% and 1% in FY 2010/11 and FY 2011/12 respectively. **Contract Services Fees revenue were 3% in FY 2010/11 and 0% in FY 2011/12. NOTE: Please take into consideration prior to 2011, our fiscal year periods were from January to December. Instead of going from January 2011 to December 2011, GP changed its fiscal year in January 2011, from September to August. Hence there is a short 8-month fiscal year in FY 2010/2011 that goes from January 2011 to August 2011. FY 2011-2012 is on track with GPs fiscal year change, going from September 2011 to August 2012.
2010/11 $62k
Donations
2011/12 $151k
Local expenditures iTeM Local staff Stipends Awards and Grants Miscelaneous office Supplies and Rent Bank and Service Fees Workshop expenses Postage, Mailing Service Printing and Copying Supplies
2010-2011 Amount 1535 2350 2085 6163 700 1073 279 113 1528 2.39% 3.66% 0.95% 0.39% 5.22% 5.24% 8.02% 7.12%
2011-2012 Amount 1,000 4,114 1,000 13,837 1,965 3,775 138 1,851 4,643 4,545 6.09% 1,132 5,075 See note below 6.00% 1,593 44,667 810,000 926,000 990,800 4% 100% 2% 9% 2% 31% 4% 8% 0%
expenses
Expense Mix
100% =
Staff Stipends Venture Sub-Grants 2%
$89k
3% 17% 2% 7% 1%
$140k
3% 22% 1% 1%
10% 10% 3% 11%
Local
4%
Administrative* Meeting Expense
Telephone, Telecommunications 3469 Meeting expense Special events/Fundraising Loans Liability insurance ToTAL in-kind Volunteer Costs Fully Loaded GP revenues Fully loaded GP Costs NoTeS 1784 6461 See note below 1758 29298 736,000 830,000 844,900
Special Events/Fundraising 2%
4% 10% 11%
Liability Insurance Homestays Conferences** Airfare and Transport
15% 8%
International
From 2010 to 2012, GP revenue went up by 23% mainly driven by the expansion of GP to Paris, France Full loaded GP costs of 1 million, up 17% from 2010/2011 In 2011-12, additional loans from board members were made for a total of $16,780. This amount will be fully reimbursed, as well as loans from 2010-2011, in 2012-2013. In 2010-11, loans were $11814.
Travel Insurance, Emergency and Medical
41%
44%
Other
2%
2% 2010/11
1% 3%
3%
2011/12
10% ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Liability Insurance Local Staff Stipends Special Events/Fundraising Printing Bank and Service Fees O ce Supplies and Rent Miscellaneous Printing and Copying Supplies Telephone, Telecommunications Meeting Expense Awards and Grants Office Supplies and Rent Workshop Expenses
*Administrative includes: Office supplies and rent, bank and service fees, workshop expenses, postage, mailing service costs, printing and copying, supplies, telephone, telecom and miscellaneous costs. **Conferences includes: Youth Leadership Conferences and other conferences and meetings.
Expenses
Local Expenses International Expenses
iNCReASe/ DeCReASe 2010-2012
Awards and Grants $1764 Administrative* $16k
International
90% PROGRAM EXPENSES

Note: This includes all expenses (local and international)
Conferences** $8731
item Homestays Youth Leadership Conferences Conferences and meetings Aifare emergency Transport and Medical expenses Transport in country and and from airports Travel insurance other ToTAL
Amount 13354 486 6151 27680 243 8580 1619 1370 59483
Percent 22.45% 0.82% 10.34% 46.53% 0.41% 14.42% 2.72% 2.30% 100%
Amount 13,357 2,000 13,368 49,703 180 10,535 1,247 4,808 95,198
Percent 14% 2% 14% 52% 0% 11% 1% 5% 100% 3 1514 7217 22023 -63 1955 -372 3438 35715
2011/12 $140k
Other $3438
2010/11 $89k
+ $51k / 57%
international expenditures
2010-2011
2011-2012
Airfare and Transport $24k
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Global Potential leadership

GP has been blessed to have over 200 volunteers since 2007, to build GP to where it is today. GP has succeeded in being 100% volunteer-run while impacting the lives of over 25,000 youth and young adults in urban and rural communities in New York, Boston, Paris, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Haiti. Many GP volunteers are GP graduate students.
Management team
Frank Cohn Executive Director Peter Maugeri Director of Operations Sarah Gogel Managing Director Adela George International Program Director
Financial, Administrative & Research team

Papa Diop Chief Financial Officer Shridevi Mishra Research and Evaluation Manager Hugo Catalan Senior Accountant Katarina Erbacke Administrative Coordinator
Development & Web team

Amy Weber Development Coordinator Kris Ruiz Creative Consultant Erica Shusas Senior Web Designer Jean Ulysse Vice President Youth Council
outreach & Youth facilitators

Jessica Salazar Nicaragua Coordinator Christelle Domercant Community Engagement Coordinator Jordan Capik School Coordinator Daniel Alfaro Youth Facilitator
Board of Directors
Adam Michaels President, Chairman Arash Yomtobian Treasurer Amy Lee David Mars Frank Cohn John Moloney Sarah Gogel Siddhartha Jha
Former Members of the Board of Directors

Anne Delorme Eugenio Cano Harinder Janjua Julie Wang Patrick Haverman Marina Kaneti Nancy Block Reid Nanske Wood Sandra Gomez
Board in France
Margot Clavier President Niki Borofsky Vice-President Elizabeth Craig Secretary Papa Diop Treasurer
Global Youth For Change Board

Aicha Diakite Alicia Wade Anne Gifford Christelle Domercant Cindy Diamond Daniel Alfaro Daniel Martinez Fanelia Baskin Freeman Degboe Hogla Perez Jean Ulysse (Vice President) Jessica Tan Kris Ruiz (President) Leandro Perez Ligia Elena Feliz Medina Livenski Talcius Makenson Merisca Maria Mosquera Marie Nolle Tudiesche Nayum Parvez Olivia James Owen Zhu Pascal Wave Rachelle Gaspard (Global Ambassador) Samy Beneco Perez Stephany Lopez Taylese Parker Vinicio Bronfield
GP volunteers (2010-2012) in New York, Boston, Paris, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Nicaragua: program coordinators, youth facilitators, youth interns, mentors and coaches
Alessia Mondlane Amber Brown Hospedale Anamika Parida Andres Marzan Anne Gifford Ashleigh Cooper Aubrey Bynoe Ays Necioglu Bethany Wood Bo Patiwat Bret Carr Brittany Lynk Carol Saito Chlo Ledoux Christine McCaleb Christine McReynolds Cindy Sakala Cristina Ovalles Dana Kuefner Daniel Martinez Daniel Snyder-Boisserie Dariana Castro David Kando Deryn Boyce Dylan Jenks Elise Jernigan Elona Zakharova Eugenio Cano Esther Cho Hannah Mills Hannah Plimack Harinder Janjua Hugo Catalan Ilsa Bruer James Burke Jeannie Ferrari Janine Flores Jeff Balinksi Jessica Bolen Julieta Mendez Katarina Erbacke Karina Ovalles Kenneth Simone Kim Lee Alvarado Kim Leone KK Shapiro Jodi Kaur Laila Nassim Latonya Dawson Lauren Bilich Lesley Montemayor Lisa Kletjian Lissan Hardware Luisana Taveras Marie Tudiesche Margaux Malyshev Marianny Martinez Natasha Rawdon-Jones Nanske Wood Nicolas Brikke Nick Forth Olivier Cahan Parker Shea Rae Kuo Renoly Santiago Romano Collard Samy Beneco Sarah Lamm Sarah Saydun Sandra Gonzalez Sandra Gomez Sarah Saydun Sarah Vasquez Sarah Venditti Shanita Williamson Simona Stoeva Taina Vargas Taylese Parker
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GP youth fellows excel

Daniel is the perfect example of the many GP youth fellows who excel through Global Potential. He graduated from the John D OBryant School for Mathematics and Sciences in Boston in 2011, at the same time he graduated from Global Potential as part of the first GP class of Boston. In 2012, he succeed in obtaining his Associates degree from Roxbury Community College and then transferred as a Junior at UMass Boston, where he is studying Human Services. He is seeking to carry on to do his Masters in Social Work thereafter. Locally and internationally, Daniel has proven his skills in caring for others and leading groups. He is a very responsible and committed human being. Throughout his time in GP as a youth leader and fellow, in 2010 and 2011, Daniel demonstrated skills as a self-initiator, creating his own social venture called Real Talk! Project (http://realtalkboston.tumblr.com/) that raised awareness about the need for self expression among teens in Boston. He won $1000 for this specific social venture granted by Ashokas Youth Venture. He built and sustained this project until he graduated from GP and has since inspired the new fellows of Global Potential to open up their own social ventures. He went on to collaborate with one of his local GP peers, Daniel Martinez, in creating COWACO, another Ashokas Youth Venture sponsored project to raise awareness about human rights to water. In 2011, Daniel organized many events such as the April 10 talk at the Ethical Society of Boston. Since graduating from GP, Daniel has mentored and recruited a dozen of incoming GP youth leaders and as such was hired as a core volunteer youth facilitator within Global Potential in organizing and co-facilitating weekly workshops for GP youth in Boston from 2011 to 2012. Academically, Daniel has been very patient as he trained his peers in areas they struggled more with. Daniel travelled to Nicaragua twice, first as a youth leader and after graduating from GP he came back as a junior youth faciliator. He interned the first summer in the school for his community project and has inspired many other development projects in El Hatillo and Las Minas in Nicaragua, the two villages he lived in with Global Potential. Daniel has consistently impressed Global Potential staff as a whole with his leadership skills and maturity in taking initiative to make connections for GP and other youth within the organization. He is always thinking of how he can help the other and thinks outside of the box as a social entrepreneur. He is indeed the perfect example of excellence as a global citizen.
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Global Potential top individual donors 2010-2012

Adrienne Kirby Adam Michaels Amy Lee Antony T. F. Lundy Arash Yomtobian Ays Necioglu Ben Geboe Bruno Chiche Christian Clavier Christine McReynolds Clinton Starghill Daniel Cohn Danny Rivera David LaShell David Mars David Weltz Debra Mandelbaum Eugenio Cano Evelina J. Norwinski Frank Cohn Jana & Ken Abramson Jean Reno Jeffrey Shell Jerry Medlin John Moloney Jonathan Lo Jordan Capik K.H. Hannan Jr Karen Taeko Onishi Kedelyn A. Ubaniak Lala Nassim Linda Bertoldi Lindsay Martin Lisa Radcliffe Maria Rengefors Melander Matthew Ingrassia and Anne Delorme Merna and Joe Guttentag Mindy Michaels Roth Monique A. Darrisaw Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mossberg Muhammad Hassan Sultan Nancy Block Reid Nancy Ziegler Nanske Wood Phillip I. Brown Robert and Sandra Gogel Sandra Gomez and Jeffrey Palladino Sarah Gogel Siddhartha Jha Stacey Lee Flanagan Steven Guttentag Tamara Velasquez Ted and Shirley Cohn Thomas Manfred
Thank you to the over 650 Individual donors who have contributed to GP! Since 2007, GP has carried out 33 fundraising events in 6 cities and we hope you can continue joining us in the fun for a good cause!
Global Potential foundation donors and partners
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Boston Office c/o Space with a Soul 281 Summer Street Boston, MA, 02210 +1-617-544-7523
New York Office, Headquarters c/o Demos 220 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor New York, NY, 10001 +1-212-485-6009
Paris Office c/o PlaNet Finance 44 Rue de Prony 75017, Paris, France +33-6-03-50-87-94
Thank you GP for all those great moments and all the amazing people I have encountered. I always knew that I was destined to be a part of it. GP is the best organization that fits my interests in the world. Through GP, I have learned how to be a better leader, improve my humanity and be useful to society. GP became a place of family and comfort for me. I will always remember that time when we went to El Hatillo community in Nicaragua, and the people received us with such love and hospitality, as if we were all a part of their families.
Daniel Martinez Boston
17 years old, originally from Colombia, Senior in high school at John D OBryant, accepted to summer program at MIT in 2012, two-time winner of Ashokas social venture award with GP, return youth intern with GP, documentarymaker
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2010-2012 Biennial Report

Empowering youth. Inspiring change.

2010 - 2012 Biennial R e p o r t

Empowering youth. Inspiring change.

2010 - 2012 Bi-Annual Report

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About Global Potential

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Empowering youth. Inspiring change.

The Global Potential Methodology:

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Message from the Directors

Global Potential Achievements

Growth & Expansion

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Social impact through volunteerism

Frank Cohn Executive Director

Sarah Gogel Managing Director

Message from the Board Chair

Adam Michaels GP Board of Directors President

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Global Potential is unique!

1. The Global Potential program is comprehensive, varied and quality-filled

2. Global Potential is volunteer-driven and replicable

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5. Dismantles a flawed helping paradigm

4. Promotes equality & social justice

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GP evaluations & methodologies

Youth outcomes, summarized across all evaluation surveys, show:

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Civic Activism Community engagement

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GP Neighborhoods (2011 and 2012)

GP Youth Ethnicities (2011 and 2012)

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Growth and impact

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7500 4620 3388

13,500 1,626 5,681 5,772 5,830 6,857 23,493

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Shout-out to GPs first class, 20072008!

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Testimony from GP youth facilitators

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Voices of communities, youth, parents, families, teachers

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20102011 Global Potential Yearbook

Fatoumata Diaraye Bah New York

Daniel Alfaro Boston Originally from El

Alex A. Campos New York Alex, a junior

Mackendy Blanc New York Originally

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Nayum Mohd Parvez New York Originally

Stanley Lahens New York Originally from

Pascal Wave M. Saint Fleur New York

Shanice Octavia Beckles Boston Originally