Our youth create social enterprises. They change lives. They change themselves. Everyone wins.
Jahkil Jackson started his social enterprise at five years old. Today, at twelve, he has served over 20,000 homeless people.
Together we are helping our youth create the future, one person at a time
Social Entrepreneurship
Preparing Youth to Create the Future Today
Dreams for Kids trains and mentors youth as social entrepreneurs, providing practical education, real-world training, and contemporary job skills as they create enterprises that provide solutions to society’s critical social issues.
What?
The Dream Leaders program delivers the Youth Enterprise Solutions (YES) curriculum and instills an entrepreneurial mindset, providing the necessary preparation for the new economy, and the complex demands of 21st Century global citizenship.
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The inquiry and project-based, digital curriculum drives student learning into the world and is delivered by teachers in class and supported by mentors beyond school.
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Youth, grades 10-11, learn how to become entrepreneurs and create social enterprises that are profitable, sustainable and provide solutions to society’s critical social issues.
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