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About GCG

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GENERATION FOR CHANGE AND GROWTH, INC.

Generation for Change and Growth (GCG) is a non-profit organization operating under the Internal revenue code 501 (c)(3) of the IRS of United States.The organization was founded in November of 2002. GCG promotes Education and Health in Northern Kenya and other regions of East Africa . The expansion of its service outreach in Minnesota local community extends to the thousands of refugees from these areas. Currently the local initiative within the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area is to provide culturally appropriate mentoring and tutoring to promote academic success for students in Pre-K through Graduate School. The organization accomplishes its mission through partnership with the local community, non-profit organizations, institutions like schools and hospitals, women groups and volunteer services.

Northern Kenyan Communities lag far behind the rest of Kenya and by extension the larger E. African communities in terms of Education, Health and Economy. The region is known to have the lowest enrolment in schools and the lowest performance in annual assessment exams. Furthermore, according to the United Nations, kenya's North E. province has the least number of girls enrolment in primary schools in the whole world. And according to kenya's Ministry of Education, over 80% of school aged children (>200,000) in the region are not in school. Other sources suggest figures from the Ministry of Education are under estimated.

Medical and Healthcare services are scarcely available leading to alarming increase in the rates of killer diseases like Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Malaria and, Maternal and Child death, among others. There are only 9 doctors serving a population of 1.3 million. GCG has therefore taken the initiative to work with these communities to ameliorate the intensity of healthcare crisis.

Within the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area the current focus is on education. Currently we are seeing thousands of refugee children being underserved in our public schools. They are being placed in classes based on age, not educational attainment; they are given only three years of direct ESL instruction regardless of language fluency. There are no mechanisms for special placements or exemption from state testing requirements even though there is no chance they are ready to perform well on the tests, (or frequently even ready to complete them). As a result of these needs from within the community the agency has developed this local initiative, to provide mentoring and tutoring services to refugee children.

Education: GCG works with parents, teachers, education administrators and students to create opportunities for improving education.

Health: GCG works with healthcare professionals, organizations (non-profit and/or for profit) and volunteers to promote health. GCG targets disease categories based on severity and incidence. Currently, the diseases targeted include Tuberculosis (TB), HIV, Maternal Child death and Malaria.

Participation: GCG partners with any willing party, individual or organization, who expresses interest in community development activities.