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Mentorship could act as an extended family

By Hicbd
Fri Jan 4 2019 3:02 pm

"Thread has taken 415 academically underperforming students in Baltimore schools and built an extended family around them, with about 1,000 volunteers. Each student is given up to five volunteers, who perform the jobs that a family member would perform."

URL:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/opinion/thread-baltimore-american-renewal-community-program.html
https://www.thread.org/

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Categories:
Global Poverty Education Community Development / Building / Loneliness At-Risk / Disconnected Youth Schools Volunteering Prison Recidivism / Future Crime / Ex-Offenders Mentorship / Peer Circles

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