Members of the Global Breakthrough team are currently in Thailand teaching at business seminars geared towards girls who are wanting to come out of the sex trade and pick up business skills to make a life for themselves that doesn’t include the bondage of sex slavery. President of Global Breakthrough, Jeff McKinley, writes: “Our team [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Educating Women’
Thailand Update 11/3/11
Posted by Alicia on November 3rd, 2011
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Breakthrough News: October 2011
Posted by Casey on October 26th, 2011
October has come and gone and finally the awaited Thailand trip is here!! From October 31st until November 15th we will be in Thailand with a team of 28 people. Our team ranges from business people from around the globe to individuals who are excited to make a difference and learn more about the work [...]
Grassroots Movements See Global Change
Posted by Casey on May 30th, 2011
Grassroots movements have taken off immensely for aid work overseas. The term, “grassroots” entails a movement for positive change that is community minded and goes directly to the source: the people. Oftentimes, large government programs attempt to change laws to break a cyclical problem, yet the people feel unheard and the laws are rarely enforced. [...]
Trip Update: Ethiopia & Chile
Posted by Alicia on May 16th, 2011
Founder of Global Breakthrough, Jeff McKinley, traveled to Ethiopia and Chile this past month. Both trips revealed generous amounts of progress being made in each country, and here is a better look at what’s happening: Ethiopia: Two conferences were held in the cities Debre Zeyit and Shaesh Anene. Each one lasted four days and was [...]
breakthroughNEWS -April 2011
Posted by Alicia on April 25th, 2011
Happy Easter!! We hope you had a fantastic day hanging out with family and friends. This has been a very exciting month for the Global Breakthrough family, we’ve had teams in India and Ethiopia teaching at several leadership conferences and have seen tremendous growth and opportunities for getting involved open up. The time that our [...]
People making a difference – Craig
Posted by Alicia on April 11th, 2011
We recently sat down with Craig who is the head of the Global Breakthrough Business Team. Having been part of G.B. for a life-changing year he has some amazing stories to tell. This is his story: Tell us about the wake-up call you had before joining Global Breakthrough. I was working in the banking industry…my [...]
Modern Day Slavery
Posted by Alicia on March 21st, 2011
Recently we took a filming crew on a trip with us to Thailand so that they could record the voices and stories of human trafficking victims. Watch this video and learn about the cycle of poverty which drives so many girls to end up enslaved in the sex industry. Then email us or donate and [...]
People making a difference – Collyn
Posted by Alicia on March 14th, 2011
Collyn is a member of the Global Breakthrough team who focuses on developing business curriculum and micro-loans in Thailand and is very involved in fundraising for our various causes. She will be moving to Thailand this year to keep furthering her work in micro-finance and helping women escape out of the sex trade. What do [...]
Empowering Women in Developing Nations
Posted by Megan on March 8th, 2011
In the developing world, women are often the key to a community finding success in health, education and economics. Global Breakthrough is passionate about causes surrounding the rights of women, especially those that deal with the empowerment of women. In Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn’s book, Half the Sky, is the raw, detailed and [...]
