Glasswing International
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| name = Glasswing International
| logo = GlasswingInternational logo image.png
| type = Non-profit organization
| formation = {{start date|2007|06}}
| founding_location = San Salvador
| founder = Celina de Sola, Diego de Sola, Ken Baker
| location = El Salvador and New York
| key_people = Celina de Sola, Diego de Sola, Ken Baker
| area_served = New York City, Latin America, Caribbean
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| website = {{URL|https://www.glasswing.org}}
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Glasswing International is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 2007 in San Salvador, El Salvador, by Celina de Sola, Diego de Sola, and Ken Baker. Glasswing operates health, education, migration, and community development programs for children throughout Latin America and New York City.{{cite news |newspaper= OrbMagazine |title= Latin America’s Got Talent: Los Niños de Casita Maria Warble with Deborah Voigt; Glasswing’s Guys Sax it Up; & a Spanish Señorita Paints White on White |url= http://www.orbmagazine.com/sotto-voce/latin-americas-got-talent-los-nios-de-casita-maria-warble-with-deborah-voigt-glasswings-guys-sax-it-up-orita-paints-white-on-white/ |date= September 6, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/46782569|title=This Salvadoreña Is on a Mission to Help Migrant Youth, and This Is How She's Doing It|last=Piñeiro|first=Sophia Melissa Caraballo|date=2019-10-24|website=POPSUGAR Latina|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-20}}{{cite web |publisher= Elsalvador.com |title= Glasswing, diez años transformando vidas |url= http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/nacional/350378/glasswing-diez-anos-transformando-vidas/ |date= May 17, 2017}}
History
In 2007, Celina de Sola, a Salvadoran humanitarian worker and public health specialist, co-founded Glasswing International with her brother Diego and husband Ken Baker.{{cite news |newspaper= Americas Quarterly |title= Civic Innovators: Diego de Sola, Ken Baker and Celina de Sola, El Salvador |url= http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2468 |date= January 9, 2018}}{{cite news |newspaper= Financial Times |title= Surreal El Salvador |url= https://www.ft.com/content/908f49ba-3dd9-11e1-91f3-00144feabdc0 |date= January 20, 2012}}{{cite news |newspaper= Carmen Busquets |title= NGO Glasswing Extends Its Reach Into U.S. |url= https://www.carmenbusquets.com/journal/post/glasswing-international-extends-its-reach-into-us |date= January 9, 2018}} Its mission is to curb the impact of poverty and violence in Latin America through public education, public health, and community development.{{cite news |newspaper= Americas Quarterly |title= How Trump's Immigration Decision Could Worsen El Salvador's Violence |url= http://www.americasquarterly.org/content/how-trumps-immigration-decision-could-exacerbate-el-salvadors-violence |date= January 9, 2018}}{{cite news |newspaper= The Atlantic |title= El Salvador's Gangs Are Targeting Young Girls |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/el-salvador-women-gangs-ms-13-trump-violence/554804/ |date= March 4, 2018}}
Glasswing is headquartered in San Salvador and New York City with offices in Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.{{Cite web|url=https://technewstt.com/pr-samsung-glasswing-csr/|title=Samsung and Glasswing win LATAM CSR award|last=|first=|date=2016-11-16|website=tnt&t|access-date=}}
== Overview ==
Glasswing works in low-income communities where there are high rates of violence, dropout, and most youth have been raised by a single parent or relative other than their biological parents.{{cite web |publisher= Ashoka |title= Glasswing International – Foster change |url= https://network.changemakers.com/challenge/unlockingchange/entry/glasswing-international |date= June 15, 2018}} Its partners in the public and private sectors include USAID, Chevron, Walmart Centroamérica, and Hanesbrands.{{cite web |publisher= Chicago Policy Review |title= In Good Company: Corporate Social Responsibility in Central America |url= http://chicagopolicyreview.org/2012/10/08/in-good-company-corporate-social-responsibility-in-central-america/ |date= }}{{cite web |publisher= USAID Central America |title= Youth and Community Development Program |url= https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1862/Fact_Sheet_-_Youth_and_Community_Development_Program.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170510184932/https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1862/Fact_Sheet_-_Youth_and_Community_Development_Program.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 10, 2017 |date= January 9, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/evaluation_type/midterm_evaluation/RegionalElSalvadorHonduras_Youth%20Pathways_meval.PDF|title=External Midterm Evaluation of the Youth Pathways Central America YPCA|last=|first=|date=2018-07-16|website=United States Department of Labor|access-date=}}{{cite web |publisher= Winston-Salem Chronicle |title= More Central American schools see improvements through HanesBrands partnership |url= http://www.wschronicle.com/2013/05/more-central-american-schools-see-improvements-through-hanesbrands-partnership/ |date= 7 May 2013 }}{{cite news |newspaper= WWD (magazine) |title= Glasswing International Marks Ten Year Anniversary |url= https://wwd.com/eye/parties/glasswing-international-marks-ten-year-anniversary-10891461/ |date= May 21, 2017}}
A 2016 study by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile found that students enrolled in Glasswing's community schools showed improved academic performance, positive behavior changes, increased emotional resilience, and felt they had a better school environment.{{Cite web|url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/863301558616166819/Preventing-Violence-in-the-Most-Violent-Contexts-Behavioral-and-Neurophysiological-Evidence|title=Preventing Violence in the Most Violent Contexts : Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence|last=Dinarte Diaz|first=Lelys Ileana|last2=Egana-del Sol|first2=Pablo|date=2019-05-23|website=The World Bank|access-date=}}
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External links
- [https://glasswing.org/ Glasswing International]
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