- ASCEND, A Humanitarian Alliance
ASCEND, A Humanitarian Alliance is a multi-national non-government [http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization.asp?tn=1212352] organization that teaches life-skills mentoring with sustainable solutions in education [ASCEND Interviewed by Oprah’s School.com http://www.oprahsschool.com/2007/April/Oprahs-School-Blog-Interviews-ASCEND.htm] , enterprise, health and simple technology to people in Africa and Latin America. ASCEND currently serves in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Bolivia [SVU's Returned Missionaries Improve Bolivian Businesses, Gentry, Bryan. Meridian Magazine. October 17, 2006. http://www.meridianmagazine.com/churchupdate/060206svu.html] , Peru, Mexico [Rani Villarreal tells the Spanish Community about ASCEND on TV Univision 32. http://www.kuth32.com/noticias/9602807.html] and Ecuador with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. [“Garrett’s light shines on,” Laplante, Matthew D.; Salt Lake Tribune, December 25, 2004. http://ascendalliance.org/article.php?cmd=view&id=111 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=allfields(Kevin%20Bardsley)%20AND%20date(2004)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=2004&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=("Kevin%20Bardsley")&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no ] Volunteers including expedition participants and interns join permanent staff to mentor children, families and communities in need. [ [http://www.ldslivingmagazine.com/articles/show/1371 LDS Living Magazine - Family Vacations with Heart: Humanitarian Travel ] ]
ASCEND’s National Advisors include Lavell Edwards [“Lavell Edwards, His influence is felt across the World,” Shulte, Scott; Davis County Clipper, November 2006. http://www.clippertoday.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=140&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=17891&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1005&hn=clippertoday&he=.com] , Kurt Bestor [Sixteen Celebrities Join Together Promoting a Life Changing Cause http://ascendalliance.org/article.php?cmd=view&id=152] , Steve Young, Dale Murphy, Sharlene Hawkes, and Richard and Linda Eyre [“An unforgettable Christmas in Mexico,” Eyre, Richard. http://eyrealm.blogspot.com/2007/12/unforgettable-christmas-in-mexico.html] [How to Unspoil your Kids, Values Parenting with the Eyres “Good Things Utah” http://www.abc4.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=75690@video.ktvx.com] .
----History----ASCEND was organized in 1982 as the Andean Children's Foundation by Dr. Timothy S. Evans. This foundation was later reorganized as Chasqui Humanitarian, led by Joel Madsen. In 2005, the Engage Now Foundation, organized by Dr. Tim Evans and Carolyn Dailey, with origins dating back to 1984, merged with Chasqui Humanitarian and became known as ASCEND, a Humanitarian Alliance.
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http://ascendalliance.org/index.php
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