UrbanPromise International

• Learning Hall - $2,500
• Mini Computer Lab - $2,000
• Reading Corner - $1,500
• Book Space - $1,000
• Career Resource Desk - $1,000
• Recreational Corner (located outside the library space) - $1,000
• 10 Book Donations - $100 each

Update: You’ve raised enough to support 2 StreetLeaders’ salaries this summer. That’s a total of $4,600! We have 15 StreetLeaders employed this summer who will each earn up to $2,300. We’ve updated our goal to $6,900 which will cover another StreetLeaders’ salary for their work as camp counselors this summer. 

Thank you!!! 

How your donation will help:

Sponsor a StreetLeader: UPLA pays local high school students to be the tutors, teachers, and counselors at Summer Camp. StreetLeaders who work full time this summer will earn up to $2,300. Your donation will allow us to employ our 14 StreetLeaders as they lead our 60 K-6th grade students. 

Did you know: UPLA also provides leadership development, job training, and guidance through the college application process to our StreetLeaders - who will be first-generation college students. 


Reach a child. Raise a leader. Restore community.

That's the vision at UrbanPromise and we strive to fulfill that vision by offering year-round programs for children and youth. All of our programs (Summer Camp, AfterSchool) are absolutely FREE of charge for elementary students to attend, which is why we fundraise regularly. And, we pay our high school leaders (known as StreetLeaders) to work as the camp counselors, tutors, and mentors for the elementary school students enrolled in our programs, which is another reason we fundraise so regularly. Our goal is to raise enough to cover the cost of summer camp, which starts Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 and ends on Friday, August 6th, 2021.

 

More about UPLA:

UrbanPromise Los Angeles is located in and serves the Canoga Park community of LA. Our students typically come from lower-income households or attend lower performing schools. Our high school students grew up and live in the same neighborhood as our campers, and all of our StreetLeaders will be first-generation college students.

Our Summer Camp, Camp Rise, aims to:

• Prevent summer learning loss through daily classes (Reading, STEM, Bible, etc.)
• Provide a safe, nurturing environment for families to bring their children
• Employ local high school students
• Support first-generation college student and ensure they make it on campus this fall
• Give students an opportunity to play and socialize in-person

 

UrbanPromise Los Angeles is made possible through the generous financial contributions of people like you! In our early years, UPLA is operating under the 501(c)3 of UrbanPromise International who receives and processes our gifts and tax-deductible donations . Watch the video below for more:

 

 

 

YouthCare Ministries High school, an Urban Promise affiliate in Africa, was established in 2017 to provide quality education to the under-resourced communities of Lilongwe, Malawi.

One of the school's goals is to reduce the high illiteracy rates which greatly affects the quality of education in the country. The school has a small library that serves as a resource center for the community. However, it is furnished with limited textbooks which are not enough to address the challenges the community faces in its fight against illiteracy.

The few available textbooks are outdated and are not included on the Education's board required syllabus.  As a result, the bookshelves in the library are almost empty.

Our goal is to furnish the library with 500 textbooks which will cultivate a reading culture amongst our students.  The school's enrollment has fallen due to the insufficient reading materials at the facility, as it does not have the resources to currently support the number of students that are in need of a quality education.

I currently support 3 students at this school, but every kid that is enrolled needs our support.  When I visited the campus, all the students were enthusiastic about learning and I was met with countless stories of their plans for the future.  Let’s make their dreams easier to achieve by providing them the resources they need to become successful.  No matter how small the donation, when children know that others are invested in their success, their dreams become reality.

Starting a photography program at Urban Promise in Camden had always been a dream of mine. Unfortunately, living in Brooklyn at the time, being more than 90 miles away meant that I would not be there in person to teach the youth about photography and how life changing it can be. When I moved to LA in 2016 I realized that it was the one dream I hadn’t been able to see through. That all changed when UrbanPromise Los Angeles officially launched in July 2019 as an affiliate of UrbanPromise International. 

I immediately reached out to Urban Promise Founder Bruce Main who connected me with Dionté, the Executive Director and co-founder of UPLA. Dionte invited me to come check out the program in their first ever Summer Camp in Canoga Park and naturally my camera came with me. I captured some of the fun and laughter and immediately felt connected to the youth and the incredible program that Dionte created for them. UPLA is carrying on the mission and great work of reaching kids in under-resourced neighborhoods and working to raise them up to be leaders who impact their community and change the world.

The kids seemed to really enjoy the camera and had countless questions for me about photography. Seeing their interest in photography and knowing how life changing it has been for me personally, I knew I couldn’t let the opportunity to share that knowledge pass me by for a second time. Dionte and I spoke over the coming weeks and decided that a photography program at UPLA would be a perfect fit in helping provide the youth in Canoga Park with an outlet for creativity, perspective and job skills that help them on their path to becoming young adults full of promise. It is with great joy that I can officially announce the start of UPLA’s Photography Program, a weekly class, where I will share my knowledge and passion for photography with the leaders of tomorrow. It is my goal to raise $3,000 to fully fund the start of this program which will allow us to purchase 5 Canon M50 mirrorless digital cameras with lenses to be kept at UPLA and utilized by the youth. Please help me not only show but also teach our youth how to capture the beauty this world has to offer us. Thank you and God Bless you! 
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UrbanPromise Los Angeles is made possible through the generous financial contributions of people like you! In our pilot year, UPLA is operating under the 501(c)3 of UrbanPromise International who receives, processes, and reserves our gifts and donations for the exclusive use of UPLA. We are so grateful for your investment into the vibrant youth of Los Angeles!

Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit UrbanPromise Los Angeles (Urbanpromise International Inc,) and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me. https://www.urbanpromiselosangeles.org/

More information about Urbanpromise International Inc: To Prepare Emerging Leaders To Initiate,Develop And Sustain Christian-Based Youth Development Organizations And To Seed Their New Ministries As They Serve Vulnerable Children And Teens In Our World's Most Under-Resourced Communities.