will attend the Brownfields 2009 Conference.Mood: vital
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Pathways Resource Center of Drew County Arkansas
The Zuberi Foundation is a nonprofit agency providing mentoring programs for youth in the Drew County area. The program will form partnerships with local school districts and the juvenile court system. The Zuberi Foundations goal is to foster a commitment to young people that will promote pro-social friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and reassert a sense of hope in the future. Only through personal relationships can a sense of individual responsibility be reestablished that will give youth the commitment to follow through on path to adulthood with a sense of pride and accomplishment. Through repeated failures in the classroom and the development of destructive habits, at-risk young people have lost faith in the possibilities that await them if they are successful in putting their lives together. To accomplish this goal, young people must be in a caring, inclusive learning environment that promotes their best effort and reinforces personal respect.