Harambee is excited for our second summer program- we're even more excited that this summer we will more than double our 2014 program. This year we will have 30 youth serving on two crews working for a little over 6 weeks in West Humboldt Park. Each day our youth earn an educational stipend in our training classes and then head out into our neighborhood to volunteer by providing free tuckpointing to low income homeowners. What an amazing way to keep kids off the street while allowing them to bring the restoration to their own neighbors!
West Humboldt Park is part of the 11th police district of Chicago- the most violent in Chicago. Our youth are usually pointed to as the source of the problems in our cities- gangs, drugs, gun violence... but Harambee gives our youth a chance to show their neighbors that they can be the source of restoration and renewal. Your support of our youth will fund the educational stipend they receive for morning training classes- and with each class comes volunteer hours served on our tuckpointing projects.
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