Greco-African Event at Axia Taverna in Tenafly brings community together in raising 23K towards construction of Ethio-American Friendship School

• Global Care in Ethiopia: Nonprofit raises enough money for new school (7/9/2008, The Suburbanite)

GCU Demarest Chapter holds successful fundraiser carnival in support of the Ethiopian School Construction Initiative

• Raising money with food, fun, (6/17/2008, The Suburbanite)

Ethiopian School Construction Initiative

• “Education From One School” (11/28/07; The Suburbanite) - (PDF)

Gebzha African Festival & Silent Auction."

"Our first "Gebzha African Festival & Silent Auction" attracted an impressive number of 700 attendees and raised $16,000.00 for our sponsored school, The Ethio-American Friendship School: A Global Care Unlimited Institution," in Awassa, Ethiopia. The funds are already wired to our Ethiopian partner and founder of the school, Yohannes Gebregeorgis, and construction is now underway. At the same time, our Ethiopian partner, Yohannes Gebregeorgis, was declared a CNN Hero for bringing literacy programs to thousands of children in Ethiopia."

• Jersey pupils reaching out to Ethiopians (4/18/2008; The Star Ledger)

• The gift of knowledge: Tenafly students helping build school in Ethiopia (3/29/2008; The Record)

• Tenafly students raise money for school in Africa (4/9/2008; The Suburbanite)

• Yohannes Gebregeorgis recognized as a CNN Hero for bringing literacy programs to Ethiopia

Cambodian Humanitarian Initiative

• “From Sylvan Tenafly to the Killing Fields” (3/18/05, Bergen Record)

• Harsh Lesson in Reality: Pupils Learn of Life-and-Death Struggles in Cambodia” (10/27/04, Bergen Record)

• “Peace Activist’s Powerful Message” (4/22/04, Bergen Record)

Mine Action Initiative

Print Articles

• “Students Proud of Anti-Landmine Work” (6/12/02; The Suburbanite) - (pdf)

• “A Potent Weapon Against Mines” (3/19/02; The Star-Ledger)

• “Jersey Teenagers Change the World” (3/08/02; Bergen Record)

• Healing the Wounds of War” (2/09/01; Bergen Record)

• “Toll of Landmines Stir Compassion in Tenafly Students” (2/09/01; The Star-Ledger)

• “Tenafly Students Raise $18,000 to Clear Landmines in Bosnian Village" (2/09/01; Associated Press)

• “New Jersey Middle School Students to Help Demine Bosnian Village” (2/08/01; U.S. Dept. of State Press Statement)

• “Middle School Students Present Reading at State Department on Landmine Threat” (7/10/00; U.S. Dept. of State Press Statement)

• “Students Take Deadly Aim at Landmines” (4/18/00; Bergen Record)

Periodicals

• “Kids on a Mission: Tenafly Students Take Aim at Landmines” (August 2004, Englewood Magazine) - (PDF)

• Making Strides: Students Tackle the Landmine Awareness Problem” (May/June 2002 Journal for Mine Action)

Articles by Mark Hyman

• “Nurturing Compassion and Global Citizenship in Youth: An Educator’s Guide for Developing and Promoting a Successful Mine Action Service Initiative” (published as a Chapter contribution in Nurturing the Peacemakers in Our Students: A Guide to Writing and Speaking Out About Issues of War and of Peace, edited by Chris Weber, 2006)
  

• “Connecting a Global Service Initiative to the Classroom” (published in New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Review, May 2006) - (PDF)
  

• "A Firsthand Experience With mine Action: On The Ground with the Organization of American States in Nicaragua" (Fall 2002 Journal for Mine Action)
  

• “One Step at a Time: A Landmine Removal Initiative” (May/June 2002, Middle Level Learning)
  

• “A Transformative Experiment in Creating a Culture of Nonviolence” (Published in Fellowship Magazine, May/June 1999)