Thank you most sincerely for supporting our efforts to transform the lives of children in need through the power of education! Your donations enable thousands of underprivileged children to grow up educated and confident, with futures full of hope and opportunity. Through our Coloring Futures and Bridging Gaps initiatives, we served more than 2,900 children in 2022, bringing to more than 33,900 children who have benefited from our work. We could not have done this without you! Visit our Impact Page for stories about our projects and the children and families we serve.

Join us on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the exquisite Blackhawk Museum in Danville, California, for the Yours Humanly 6th annual Gift of Schooling Gala, A Gatsby Affair—a festive evening fundraiser supporting educational programs for children in need around the world. Meet and socialize with like-minded community advocates and leaders who champion quality education for all children.

Yours Humanly is pleased to announce that Arik Armstead, San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle #91, is our 2023 Leading With the Heart Honoree, and will be recognized at the 2023 Gift of Schooling Gala, March 18, for his work with the Armstead Academic Project, the nonprofit he founded dedicated to ensuring that every student, no matter their socioeconomic status, has direct access to the resources they need to thrive. The Armstead Academic Project supports students in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area on the premise that a ZIP code should not define student opportunity. The Yours Humanly Leading With the Heart Award recognizes individuals and organizations for their vision and leadership on behalf of children and youth. Accepting the award on Arik’s behalf will be Aila Malik, interim executive director of Armstead Academic Project. 

In 2019, Arik founded Armstead Academic Project to provide youth with positive spaces, tools, and academic support to help unlock their potential, dream big, and achieve their goals. Along his journey to give back, Arik works with schools, hospitals, and organizations that serve young people. He donates toys and books during visits with patients at UC Davis Children’s Hospital. He hosts the popular “Storytime with Arik Armstead” for elementary school children, and provides educational field trips, visits to colleges, and after school tutoring for youth, always reminding them of the power of books and education.

In December 2022, Yours Humanly was recognized for our contribution to global education equity and awarded the 2022 Outstanding Organization Award at the Education 2.0 Conference, held in Dubai, UAE. Attended by hundreds of leaders in the education sector from more than 40 countries, the highly regarded Education 2.0 Conference is a three-day, knowledge-intensive conference that gathers educators, policy makers, researchers, and change makers to look for innovative solutions to problems impacting learning and teaching on a global level.

In the photo above, presenting the award on behalf of the Education 2.0 Conference was (l) Manan Dixit, and receiving the award was (c) Vipin Juyal, Country Director, Yours Humanly India, and (r) Sunny Singh, Founder & CEO, Yours Humanly.

We are deeply grateful to all of our supporters who have made this recognition possible. This will serve as an inspiration for us to build upon the meaningful work we do transforming the lives of children in need around the world through the power of education. 

We are pleased to announce five new recipients of our Yours Humanly Children Have the Power to Empower® Award, which recognizes children between the ages of 6 and 17 for their outstanding acts of goodness that make a significant difference in the lives of others. Steven Hoffen (New York, NY) and Kerry Koranteng (Chicago, IL) are 2022 recipients; and Rishika Jeyaprakash (Mason, OH), Aniruddh Marella (Frisco, TX), and Harita Suresh (Jersey City, NJ) are 2023 recipients.

Congratulations to these amazing young people!

Learn more about the Children Have the Power to Empower Award recipients and their work here.

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