Our Mission

The mission of Global Friends Foundation is to link children of different nationalities through Literacy and Global Studies and help increase understanding of one another’s cultures, customs, values, classroom environments and family traditions. Through communication and learning about one another’s customs, traditions, hopes and dreams, children will gain an appreciation for our interconnected world, which also includes the animals with whom we share our planet. Being kind to one another and to the environment we all share is one of the central themes of the Global Friends Foundation.

• The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. -Ralph W. Sockman

• The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions. -Abraham Heschel

Global Friends Foundation has programs for students of all ages, K-12. These programs celebrate our diversity and explore the world around us. Check out the page One World, Many Hands and find out how awareness and understanding of one another, and the vast world around us, can open the doors to peace.