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About gng

Overview

Founded in 1998, the Global Nomads Group (GNG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to heightening children's understanding and appreciation for the world and its people.

Using interactive technologies such as videoconferencing, GNG brings young people together face-to-face to meet across cultural and national boundaries to discuss their differences & similarities, and the world issues that affect them.

Global Nomads Group programs aim to:

Increase young people's knowledge of the world and its people
Increase collaboration and dialogue between students of different cultures and nationalities
Highlight critical world issues ranging from HIV/AIDS to global warming, to war
Provide an educational framework in which students can become active leaders in their own education

To date, GNG participants have explored amazing places thousands of miles away, such as the ancient city of Petra in Jordan and the Mayan ruins of Copan in Honduras, while meeting and speaking directly with the young people living in those locations.

Our programs have delved into highly complex issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 9/11 and the war with Iraq, and have encouraged youth, tomorrow's leaders, to begin seeing themselves as citizens of the world.

Through our programs, young people improve:

Communication skills
Geography skills
Cultural Understanding
Critical thinking skills

Mission Statement

The Global Nomads Group's purpose is to foster dialogue and understanding among the world's youth. To serve as a vehicle for awareness, bridging the boundaries of cultural misconception and instilling in our audience a heightened appreciation and comprehension of the world in which we live. It is our strong desire that this endeavor contribute in a meaningful way to the realization of world peace through cross-cultural understanding.

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Donate to support international education
Your donation to GNG will help deepen young peoples' understanding of foreign cultures and spark their interest in the world and its people. GNG programs offer students a tangible taste of foreign places that they might never have the opportunity to visit on their own, bringing them that much closer to becoming informed and culturally-aware citizens of the world.
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