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Allpeoplebehappy Building a Better World Through Collaborative Projects and Global Experiences.

AllPeopleBeHappy connects, inspires, and improves the lives of individuals and communities through global learning experiences and sustainable development projects.

10/02/2026

Our annual AllPeopleBeHappy Virtual Summit is coming up, and we’d love for you to join us! 🌎

Whether you’re an organization, partner, site leader, student, educator, or simply curious to learn more about our work and global network, there’s a place for you.

📅  October 9
⏰ 10 AM–12 PM

Come connect, learn, and hear more about the work happening across our global community!

Sign up today at allpeoplebehappy.org/virtual-summit-2026.

09/21/2026

What happens when we move beyond the classroom and into the world? 🌎

For Eric Hartman, education is not just about what we learn, it’s about how we learn to understand one another, engage across difference, and build stronger communities together.

This fall, AllPeopleBeHappy is bringing educators together for a four-part webinar series exploring experiential education, dignity, judgment, and civic engagement.

Learn more and join the conversation through the link in our bio.

This past month, we welcomed a new playground and an incredible group of young leaders thanks to our partner AllPeopleBe...
09/11/2026

This past month, we welcomed a new playground and an incredible group of young leaders thanks to our partner AllPeopleBeHappy. 🙌

AllPeopleBeHappy is a global nonprofit that funds community development projects and organizes service travel to help improve lives worldwide. 🌎

They helped make our new playground possible and coordinated a service trip bringing youth from Ecuador alongside the non-profit Nido de Vida. 🇪🇨🇩🇴

Our group of volunteers had opportunity to immerse themselves in Dominican culture and life, in addition to helping us prepare our school for the new academic year by painting murals 🎨🖌️, setting up our classroom spaces 📚, and taking part in our Playground Inauguration. 💐

We are so honored to have been able to facilitate cultural exchange between Nido De Vida and our community in Batey Libertad 💛

Swipe Right and check out some of our trip highlights! ✨

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Este mes pasado, dimos la bienvenida a un nuevo parque infantil y a un grupo increíble de jóvenes líderes gracias a nuestro socio AllPeopleBeHappy. 🙌

AllPeopleBeHappy es una organización global sin fines de lucro que financia proyectos de desarrollo comunitario y organiza viajes de servicio para ayudar a mejorar vidas alrededor del mundo. 🌎

Ellos ayudaron a hacer posible nuestro nuevo parque infantil y coordinaron un viaje de servicio, trayendo jóvenes de Ecuador junto a la organización Nido de Vida. 🇪🇨🇩🇴

Tuvieron la oportunidad de sumergirse en la cultura y vida Dominicana, además de ayudarnos a preparar nuestra escuela para el nuevo año escolar pintando murales 🎨🖌️, organizando nuestros salones de clase 📚, y siendo parte de la Inauguración de nuestro Parque Infantil. 💐

Estamos muy honrados de haber podido facilitar este intercambio cultural entre Nido de Vida y nuestra comunidad en el Batey Libertad. 💛

¡Mira algunos de los momentos más destacados de nuestro viaje a continuación! ✨

We are thrilled to announce the latest round of allpeoplebehappy Impact Funding! 🌍✨Our Impact Grants support community-l...
09/10/2026

We are thrilled to announce the latest round of allpeoplebehappy Impact Funding! 🌍✨

Our Impact Grants support community-led initiatives around the globe, empowering local partners as they address essential priorities in inclusion, sustainability, education, and community well-being.

Swipe through to learn about this round’s inspiring grant partners and projects:

🇪🇹Visions Global Empowerment (Ethiopia) – Expanding sign language, literacy, hearing support, and academic care for rural Deaf youth.

🇺🇸Magpie Community Foundation (United States) – Planting 80 trees on the Pine Ridge Reservation to restore native ecosystems and build community resilience.

🇧🇴CEOLI (Bolivia) – Providing vocational and life skills training to empower young adults with Down syndrome and intellectual disabilities.

🇳🇵Rukmini Foundation (Nepal) – Hosting a residential camp for over 200 adolescent girls focused on digital wellness, leadership, and mental health.

Visit allpeoplebehappy.org to learn more about our partners and follow along with their incredible work! 💛

09/07/2026

AllPeopleBeHappy is funding 5 volunteer experiences around the world 🌎

Applications for the 2027 AllPeopleBeHappy Volunteer Service Award open September 15th.

Five individuals will receive funding to spend several weeks working alongside one of our community partners around the world, contributing their own skills and interests while learning directly from the people leading change in their communities.

From environmental education and conservation in Ecuador to working alongside young people in Sri Lanka and supporting programs serving the deaf community in Ethiopia, these experiences go far beyond traditional volunteering.

They’re an opportunity to listen, learn, build relationships, experience a place beyond what a tourist sees, and come home with a deeper understanding of community-led change.

✨ Five fully funded positions
🌎 Summer 2027
📅 Applications open September 15
⏰ Applications close November 15

Ready to see where this opportunity could take you? Visit our website on September 15th to explore the program and apply.

Head to allpeoplebehappy.org to learn more.

09/05/2026

This summer, AllPeopleBeHappy Volunteer Service Award recipient Katie Boyes traveled to Ghana, where she worked with Peace Humanity International on education and menstrual equity projects.

From teaching at Divine Kids Academy and helping students begin a composting project, to sharing meals with her host family and experiencing Ghanaian culture firsthand, Katie’s time in Ghana became about so much more than service.

It was about the relationships she built, the things she learned, and the people who made her feel at home thousands of miles away.

At AllPeopleBeHappy, we’re all about creating transformative experiences that, as Katie put it, you’ll hold close to your heart forever. 🌍❤️

09/02/2026

What if a classroom project could actually make it out into the world?🌎

In Ecuador, a community looking for better ways to grow food began exploring aquaponics, using fish water to help plants grow when traditional farming conditions make things difficult.

Through AllPeopleBeHappy, they connected with Professor Travis Johnson and his students at the University of Illinois, who worked alongside the community to design and prototype two systems.

We then funded the $3,500 project to help turn those prototypes into something the community could actually use.

The system is still evolving, and that’s what makes this project exciting. It’s not a finished case study sitting in a classroom. It’s being tested, adjusted, and used by the people it was designed for.

And that’s exactly where we want ideas to go!

08/31/2026

One of the things that continues to surprise us about the relationship between AllPeopleBeHappy and Yspaniola is just how deeply our values align.

For years, the community of Batey Libertad dreamed of having a park where their children could play, gather, and simply be kids.

They brought that dream forward as an Impact Project with AllPeopleBeHappy. Together with Yspaniola, we helped turn that idea into a reality.

With an investment of approximately $8,000, the new park will directly benefit around 200 children, creating a space they can enjoy not just once, but day after day, for years to come.

Last week, we had the privilege of being in Batey Libertad for the park’s inauguration. A group of teenagers from Ecuador joined the celebration, witnessing what can happen when a community’s ideas, hopes, and determination are met with partnership.

There was music, laughter, and children playing. There was a community celebrating something that belongs to them.

Now, the celebration is over. School is back. And the park begins its real life — as a place for children to play after school, families to gather, and a community to enjoy something they dreamed of and helped bring to life.

This is what community partnership is about: listening first, supporting a community’s own vision, and helping create something that lasts. 🌎❤️

Ready to connect, inspire, and build a better world? 🌍✨ AllPeopleBeHappy is expanding our team in Pittsburgh to help dri...
08/27/2026

Ready to connect, inspire, and build a better world? 🌍✨

AllPeopleBeHappy is expanding our team in Pittsburgh to help drive global learning experiences and support sustainable, community-driven projects around the world.

We’re currently hiring for two full-time roles:

Development Associate: lead fundraising, powerful storytelling, and creative communications to showcase our impact.
Outreach Assistant: manage operations, facilitate community-based learning programs, and engage partners.

If you’re passionate about making a real difference in the world, we’d love to have you on our team!

Or, if you know someone who is looking for a role like this, send them this post!

📩 How to Apply: Send your resume, cover letter, and list of references to [email protected] with the position title in the subject line.

Swipe through the slides for the full job details! 👉

08/21/2026

Climate Change in Svalbard ⛅

Standing at the edge of the Arctic is a reminder of two things: how incredibly beautiful our planet is, and how incredibly fragile it is.

Svalbard is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth, and seeing that change firsthand makes the climate crisis feel a lot less abstract.

But I don't believe the answer is purity or perfection, it's progress.

The experiences that connect us to the world can also deepen our commitment to protecting it.

At AllPeopleBeHappy, we are honoring that commitment by restoring forests on the Pine Ridge Reservation in Tanzania, supporting organic farming in Nepal, restoring ecosystems in Puerto Rico, and empowering communities around the world.

Meaningful change happens when we move in the right direction.

We don't have to be perfect, we just have to act.

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