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LaGuardia Humanitarian Initiative (LHI) Research Guide: All Partner Organizations

Resources on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger

LHI is proud to partner with:

Amal Alliance logo

 

Amal Alliance: LaGuardia students revised educational materials and raised funds to support schooling of Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh (read letter of thanks).

logo of american women for nternational understanding

American Women for International Understanding is a nonprofit organization founded over half a century ago to promote international understanding through personal connection. They strive to build goodwill through non-partisan, female-led, voluntary citizen action.

logo for Barefoot College International

Barefoot College International forges a first-of-its-kind, women-centered, global network dedicated to sustainable development for marginalized rural communities in over 90 countries.

Care logo CARE One of the world’s largest and oldest humanitarian organization, CARE has been feeding the hungry since 1945 and continues its work to defeat poverty and achieve social justice.

Center for Immigrant
Education
and Training
(CIET)

LaGuardia LHI students worked with CIET to virtually tutor children of LaGuardia student-parents during COVID-19

climate reality project campus corps logo

Climate Reality Project (Climate Reality Campus Corps) Current partner, trains and mobilizes advocates for action around solutions to the global climate crisis (read welcome letter)

Digital Girl logoDigital Girl encourages inner city youth, especially girls, to pursue careers in STEM fields.

logo of food bank for new york cityFood Bank For New York City is a non profit organization dedicated to combating food poverty in our five boroughs since 1983. As the city’s largest hunger-relief organization, they employ a multifaceted approach to assist low-income New Yorkers in achieving greater independence.

logo of Grameen America

(Grameen Bank recipient of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize) Grameen America is dedicated to helping low-income entrepreneurial women build businesses to enable financial mobility.

LaGuardia cares logoLaGuardia CARES (College Access for Retention and Economic Success) connects students with resources, referrals and local community services to overcome financial barriers, stay in school and graduate.

Make the Road logoLaGuardia students volunteered and sponsored youth internships at Make the Road, advocating for local immigrant communities.

Malala Fund logo

Malala Fund–founded by Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai–promotes the right of girls worldwide to 12 years of free, safe education.

UN academic impact logo

United Nations Academic Impact: LaGuardia joins a network of educational institutions in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (view certificate).

logo of water for south sudan

Water for South Sudan's mission is to efficiently and sustainably provide access to clean, safe water, and improving hygiene and sanitation practices in areas of great need for—and with—the people of South Sudan.

logo of western queens food co-op

The Western Queens Food Co-op is a cooperative uniting individuals working together to provide local, fresh, affordable, sustainable and culturally relevant food to the Western Queens community.

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