Our “Rise and Thrive” initiative will focus on experiential learning for children and youth. Quite often, our youth are not exposed to the diverse sectors of the community. This diversity exists due to the conditions that many families grow and live in. Understanding the community that we all live in, requires engaging with all sectors of the community. Exposure to conditions that are different than what we are used to, fosters compassion and empathy.  Our “Rise and Thrive” initiative gives a platform to the aspiring volunteers through internships that focus on experiential “hands on” learning. These internships will be result oriented and supported by well-formed team. Rise and Thrive brings the youth to realize and utilize their knowledge and conscious learning in a quest for a good cause. We intend to recognize their efforts with publishing their approved articles, projects and reports in external publications like journals, magazines, newspapers & web.