Mission Milestones – Vern Lal Global Foundation

Two women stand and address a group of students seated at round tables with yellow papers in a classroom with white walls and natural light.

Becas Vallarta

Changing lives through education, Becas Vallarta empowers talented youth from low-income families to rise, dream, and create a brighter future.

Manos De Amor

Nurturing hope and healing, every child at Manos de Amor discovers the power to dream.

A group of people in colorful traditional clothing walk near a building and large water tanks outdoors on a sunny day.

Emariete School Rainwater Harvesting

Bringing clean, safe water to support the Emariete community and transform futures through sustainable innovation.

Aerial view of two green-roofed buildings surrounded by trees, with a group of people gathered in an open dirt area between them.

Emariete School Renovations

Essential renovations laid the foundation for a safe and inspiring place where children can thrive.

Two children stand by a sink, holding mugs and drinking water, with faucets running and an open door in the background.

New Hope School Water Well

Where once possibility was limited by thirst, a well now flows, nourishing hope, learning, and resilient new beginnings for an entire community.

Aerial view of a rural school with red-roofed buildings, trees, a water tank on a tower, and open fields under a cloudy sky.

New Hope School Renovations

A transformed campus now shines with hope and possibility, inspiring new dreams and brighter futures.

A two-story house with a sloped roof, yellow lower level, red upper level, multiple square windows, wooden door, benches, and potted plants in front, surrounded by trees.

Ananda School

Empowering roots and minds, Montessori teachers nurture Zapotec heritage into limitless futures.

St Joseph Montessori School

St. Joseph Montessori School is bringing early childhood education to Ndirma Litembo for the very first time, planting seeds of learning and hope in a rural Tanzanian village where opportunity has long been out of reach.

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Climbers of Color

Clearing new trails and lifting boundaries, cultivating a vision where Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are free to explore, connect, and flourish in nature.