Learning Works and Youth Re-Entry Program 15 years ago, Father Greg (founder of Homeboy Industries) needed a school that did not let kids drop out so he found Mikala Rahn. In 2008 Mikala started a charter school, Learning works. For one year the school program was hosted at Homeboy industries Read more…
ORFL met Instituto Terra and decided to support their cause. Founded in 1998, Instituto Terra was the idea of the Salgados to try to restore farmland to Atlantic rainforest. They turned their 608.69 hectares over to the state to be labelled as part of the Natural Heritage Reserve with the Read more…
ORFL supports Haverford with in 5 key areas. Professorship in Peace Justice and Human Rights Fund for Peace and Conflict Studies Professorship in Microfinance and Impact Investment CPGC International Program Coordinator Fund ORFL CPGC Fund To find out more about Haverford I went to visit as a representative of ORFL. Read more…
This year Haverford had many challenges. Luckily, they were able to host students on campus in both the fall and spring semester. They had some in person learning with no covid outbreaks on campus. Haverford was able to navigate the covid environment and manage the financial costs it brought. However, Read more…
In 2021 ORFL decided to support the Inclusive Education Program. It supports differently abled students thrive. This program is highly needed in Jordan because many people from different war-torn countries flee to Jordan. In the last 10 years, the country’s population has nearly doubled from 6.7million to 10.5million with the Read more…
This year has been horrible for schools all across the world. For many years we have been supporting the school Instituição Evangélica de Novo Hamburgo. They are a private school that educate children from kindergarten to high school. We have supported them for many years because they run projects to Read more…
We have been support Christ Faith Home for Children (CFHC) for over 10 years. They support and empower parentless children, deserted women and people living below the poverty life. To help these individuals they run an orphanage, school and vocational training centre. We have supported them over the years and Read more…
ORFL decided to Support Open School, a school in Portland Oregon that is trying to innovate education. They try to provide students education that suites them since traditional school did not help them and they were at risk of dropping out of school. Open School provides students with an environment Read more…
In the summer of 2018 Overseas Resources Foundation Limited donated to Christ Faith Home for Children (CFHC) to help them build a boy’s dormitory. On the 1st of June 2019 it was finally opened after many storms and delays. CFHC mission is to empower children, deserted women and people Read more…
In summer of 2017 we decided to support Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG). A start-up hub, incubator, accelerator and community centre for coders or learners of code in Gaza. Gaza Sky Geeks was founded in 2011 in partnership with Google and Mercy Corps. The idea came about because Gaza has a Read more…