As a pilot project, “Adopt a Student” this year is dedicated to Indonesia. Each donor would contribute a donation in the amount of $15 a month per one adopted student toward the Indonesian students’ education for at least one full year.  Through such a donation, the Indonesian students should be able to afford their academic expenses at their schools either fully or partially. Donors are encouraged to communicate with the recipients for mentorship and friendship.  Both the donors and the adopted students will hopefully develop a lasting friendship with conscience for social justice.

Qualifications

1. Applicants have to be students who are currently registered at either a middle/high school or a university.
2. The applicants should have good academic standing as demonstrated in their GPA of 80 (for the total score of 100), 8 (for the total score of 10), or 3.0 (for the total score of 4.0).
3. The applicants should have financial need. A letter from their schools demonstrates such a need.
4. Only students who are formally registered at 1on1frienship.com eligible to apply.
5. Applicants’ Resume with credentials in social justice activities and volunteer works are preferable.
6. All applications (a current transcript, a letter certifying the financial need, 2 letter of recommendations, a personal essay on excellence, compassion and service, and resume) are due on February 28, 2016.

How to apply

1. Applicants will fill out an application form online.
2. The applicants will ask their teachers/professors to write two letters of recommendation.
3. Global Aliya Foundation will collect the letters of recommendation directly from the teachers/professors, who will sign and submit the letters electronically.
4. Global Aliya Foundation will nominate the recipients and announce the winners on our website.
5. The fund will be dispersed to the recipients at the beginning of the academic year.

One-on-One Friendship is an online cross-cultural network that allows individuals to create friendships with people of different cultures. Members can then share their experiences in a fast and easy way.  One-on-One Friendship brings friends from different cultures and communities to work collaboratively and make an impact locally and globally on social justice issues. To join One-on-One Friendship, click  1on1friendship.com.

Features of One-on-One Friendship

• Members can share their knowledge and skills by mentoring students and offering workshops. Members may simply learn what they want to know from this website.
• Members can interact and chat with other member online. Hopefully, such interaction sparks dialogue and collaboration.
• Members can broadcast event and lectures to the world.
• Members can mentor, teach, and lead online and make impact locally and globally.