Resilience is built into the DNA of JA; in spite of cancellations, postponements, and closings, we at JA are continuing our operations. As schools remain closed, JA staff pledge to further develop and expand digital-learning experiences and virtual volunteer sessions so that we can continue to serve 12+ million students.
JA Worldwide
Boston, Mass, United States of America
Civil society organization
Established : 1919
Education and COVID-19 Response
https://jaworldwide.org/keeplearning
Objectives
Flagship
JA is building skill sets and changing mindsets, enabling girls to recognize early on that they can do anything boys can do.
Entire teams of girls compete each year at regional Company of the Year competitions and, time and again, they excel in their vision, organization, creativity, and commitment. They’re fierce, competing to win . . . and they usually do. In fact, last year, at the JA Asia Pacific Company of the Year Competition, girls swept first, second, and third places!
Through JA, young women are charting their own futures . . . in business, in government, in education, in medicine, in technology, in science . . . in whatever they choose.
Regional Focus
Global
Countries of Interest
Brazil, China, United States of America, India, Russian Federation
Member Video
Commitment
* As one of the world’s largest youth-serving NGOs, JA prepares more than 12 million young people each year for employment and entrepreneurship, delivering hands on, experiential learning in work readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship.
* A’s skill-building programs—for students as young as 5 and as old as 25—are more important now than ever before in JA’s century of innovation and achievement.
* Under the mentorship of over 450,000 volunteers from all sectors of society, JA students benefit from real-world work experience and know-how, transforming their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and aspirations.
* At JA, we celebrate impact across six continents, including those that incubate global social movements to those that foster better outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.
* JA equips young people from every corner of the world with the employment and entrepreneurship skills to thrive right now . . . and in the future.
Action areas
Learner Wellbeing
Universal Connectivity
Digital Learning Content
Contacts
Primary Contact
Mr. Salvatore Nigro
