Fundraiser to Support IBREA Foundation

290 Merrimack Street,Lawrence MA 01843

05 November, 2022

Description

The IBREA Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit founded by Ilchi Lee, works with the United Nations to bring Brain Education to communities around the world. Their most successful project has been in El Salvador, where they've transformed the most dangerous, gang-ridden neighborhood in San Salvador (the capital city) to come together in peace and well-being. The goal of the Institute is to create peace in individuals and communities in El Salvador through the study and practice of Brain Education, and to serve as a reference for other countries in the Central American region that share similar social issues as El Salvador. Since Brain Education was first introduced in El Salvador in a pilot project in 2011 by IBREA Foundation, it has been helping schools transform their gang violence, absenteeism, and low academic performance into harmonious relationships, communities working together, increased academic performance, and students having hope and ambition for the future. Because of these positive changes, in 2018, the government of El Salvador awarded Ilchi Lee, as the President of IBREA Foundation and creator of Brain Education, the José Simeón Cañas Slave Liberator Order, one of the highest national awards. While visiting El Salvador to accept this award, Ilchi Lee was inspired by what was happening in the country and decided to establish the Brain Education Institute for Peace. On May 3, 2019, the Ministry of Education signed a grant to the IBREA Foundation to train 300 selected teachers as Brain Education Leaders in the fourteen regions of the country. These leaders will teach educators Brain Education in their respective regions, with the goal to create sustainable health, mental wellbeing, and good performance in schools and the communities they belong to. With this national network of Leaders, IBREA Foundation will establish the Brain Education Institute for Peace.I This year with new leadership in El Salvador IBREA has also been asked to train 20, 000 teachrs. The 300 teachers trained above as "Leaders" will be directly involved in the training of these 20,000 teachers.