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Our Mission is to create
opportunities for people to acquire self-sustaining education, so that they and
their nations can survive and then thrive.
This idea comes from our vision that by expanding basic education and higher
education throughout the world, cultures can better understand one another and,
therefore, better work together. In this way, individuals prosper, economies
prosper, nations prosper, and the world moves away from conflict and
destruction.
WWW UNITED forms global partnerships to unite worldwide wisdom to work toward
the goals of leaving no child illiterate and no family without opportunity. We
believe that as the families of a nation go, so goes the nation, and, by
extension, the world.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN:
As the news media carried story after story about the devastation of the
September 11, 2001 attacks on America, Josanna Smith of Houston, Texas could not
help considering that the world would be much safer if countries could
understand one another’s cultures and learn to appreciate their differences.
After the tragic events of
September 11, Josanna Smith reacted quickly to organize and found a 501 (c) (3)
non-profit organization called Worldwide Wisdom United, Inc. (WWW United).
She began mobilizing a
powerful group of people who believes as she does: that education is the most
essential tool for people to access good, self-sustaining jobs, which, in turn,
will allow their countries to enjoy sound economies.
Her goals with this
organization are also based on her knowledge from living overseas for 17 years
and her belief that education is a crucial element for people to begin
understanding each other’s cultures. Mrs. Smith believes that this combination
of stronger economies, self-sustaining individuals, and global understanding
will help put our world on the path to a more stable future with less
destruction and wars. Clearly, this is more and more important in these
troubled times.
To this
end, the main purpose of WWW United is to promote education, starting with
literacy, for those in areas of the world where even simple learning instruments
like paper and pencils can be scarce or non-existent. Numerous individuals and
organizations like the Girl Scouts, churches, and school groups have volunteered
and greatly assisted in the work of WWW United. For instance, they have helped
to make thousands of Learning Boards™, (sturdy, hand-held chalkboards containing
eraser and a supply of chalk). Once these boards are made, they are shipped into
areas like Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, Vietnam, and Africa, with the pro bono aid
of corporate partners and others. Also, an international relief organization
shipped many school supplies and chests into Afghanistan for WWW United, where
their reception has been overwhelmingly positive. And, some in the State
Department have also helped point us in the right direction. Plans are in place
to bring these supplies into more than 20 other countries across the globe.
WWW United has come to be an
innovative partnership of individuals, volunteer organizations, corporations,
communities, schools, churches, and government. It demonstrates what can be
done when different groups within a society work together toward a common goal.
It also proves Mrs. Smith’s theory to be correct when she stated, “It is crucial
that we heed the wake-up call of 9/11. And, we civilians need not be bystanders;
there are many, many things we can do to help, similar to what our citizens did
during World War II.”
WWW UNITED is providing access to education for citizens of troubled nations,
which moves the entire world toward global harmony.
WWW UNITED equals World Wide
Wisdom United, which also equals a Win-Win-Win for our World.
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