New Horizons Foundation - Lupeni, Romania: Adventure Education and Service Learning strategies for (inter)personal development in partnership with Young Life

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"The New Horizons Foundation brings together the art and science of youth development in a comprehensive model that merits examination by development professionals world-wide. Whenever I am asked to discuss best practice in the field of service learning, New Horizon�s IMPACT program is the example that I provide."
Cathryn L. Thorup, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the International Youth Foundation

New Horizons in Numbers (as of 31-05-2010):

140 IMPACT clubs in 12 counties in Romania: Hunedoara, Cluj, Iasi, Neamt, Constanta, Timis, Mehedinti, Bucuresti, Brasov, Vrancea, Calarasi, Galati

Currently 2.800 youth actively involved in IMPACT clubs; Over 1250 youth actively involved in IMPACT over 7 years;

Over 500 committed volunteers that work as IMPACT leaders;

Over 300 community service projects implemented by IMPACT clubs with over 35000 direct;

Viata Adventure Camp: over 5000 participants to date and celebrating its 10th anniversary!

In Honduras, 5 fully functioning and 7 IMPACT clubs being developed in partnership with www.ajs-us.org and others (see report).

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Recent modifications on this website:

New Horizons Foundation website design modification - modified on January 21, 2009;

IMPACT & Theatre for Justice - modified on November 25, 2008;

IMPACT INNOVATORS awards - modified on November 25, 2008.

New Horizons Foundation employs Adventure Education and Service Learning strategies for (inter)personal development.

To develop responsibility, young people need to have responsibility; to learn to care, they need to perform caring acts; and to learn to care about the common good, they need to contribute to it.

Thomas Lickona

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