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Empowering children to change their world. In making people aware of the extreme poverty of this world she felt they would want to help.

Pathways To Children was founded by Grace Strangis as a result of her many years of traveling the world with her Corporate Travel Agency. She grew up with limited opportunities in a small Minnesota farming community and had no concept of the broader world needs and that so much of the world was engulfed in poverty. After seeing the thousands of orphaned and abandoned children on the street with no

school or medical care, she decided the best way she could help was to use her vast travel knowledge and travel coordination skills to bring volunteers to see, hear, touch and hold this vast segment of humanity. She also recognized the opportunity to raise funds for the NGO’s (Non Government Agencies) that are working to provide for the needs of the needs of these children and their families. The result is that the volunteers who accompany Grace not only change the life of a child but their lives are also changed forever! Volunteers provide not only the “human touch” but also expertise in their field. They also are inspired and inspire others when they return to provide financial support which has enabled Pathways to Children to financially support it’s projects of schools, medical facilities and orphanages.

02/05/2024

You can now read the Pathways 2024 Update Letter from Executive Director Grace Strangis and the Board of Directors on our website at www.pathwaystochildren.org . 2023 was a productive year!

04/16/2023

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
As part of a longstanding relationship with the University of Minnesota, Pathways is beginning a new chapter of support with the U’s Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility (CGHSR). Support from Pathways to Children will build on CGHSR’s work of critical global health education programs for graduate students and community learners. Pathways donors and supporters are invited to participate in CGHSR education programs. Learn all about it at pathwaystochildren.org

01/23/2023

New pictures from Belessa, Ethiopia of the two school classroom additions completed in 2022.

09/21/2022

Two new classrooms are nearly completed as additions to the school Pathways built in Belessa, specifically for the purpose of educating more girls in Ethiopia. The construction began in April 2021, which progressed slowly due to political upheaval. Gender-based violence, early marriage, and teenage pregnancy greatly affect girls’ and women’s access to education in Ethiopia. Offering basic education is a proven, effective way of providing girls with power, autonomy and independence to make positive choices over their lives, their families and their community.

The pictures are the most recent picture, a prior construction in progress with local teacher and students and celebration reception at dedication for the original school. We anticipate offering a donor and volunteer trip to dedicate the classroom additions when it is safe to travel to Belessa. We welcome donations to finish the school and for school supplies. Donations call be made online at www.pathwaystochildren.org

12/20/2021

Happy Holidays from Pathways to Children!
https://pathwaystochildren.org/pathways-2021-holiday-letter/

10/17/2021

Grace Strangis, Founder and Executive Director of Pathways to Children, was recognized last week by the University of Minnesota for helping School of Public Health Students gain international experience. University’s website with article honoring Grace at https://www.sph.umn.edu/news/day-1-supporting-international-public-health-experiences/

08/16/2021

Two new classrooms are being added to the school Pathways built in Belessa specifically for the purpose of educating more girls in Ethiopia. The construction, funded by Pathways, began in April 2021 and is slowly progressing due to political upheaval. The classrooms are expected to be completed in time for the beginning of the upcoming school year which starts mid September.

Gender-based violence, early marriage, and teenage pregnancy greatly affect girls’ and women’s access to education in Ethiopia. Offering basic education is a proven, effective way of providing
girls with power, autonomy and independence to make positive choices over their lives, their families and their community.

You can donate here https://pathwaystochildren.org/donate/ to help furnish school and fund supplies.

07/28/2021

Pathways 2020 Annual Report is now available to read on our website! https://pathwaystochildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Pathways-2020-Annual-Report-_Final.pdf

12/22/2020

Happy Holidays from Pathways to Children! Read a holiday letter from Executive Director Grace Strangis, covering accomplishments during 2020 including the establishment of U of MN Public Health Ralph Strangis Memorial Fund at www.pathwaystochildren.org

06/11/2020

Pathways makes news for supporting U of M School of Public Health!
Pathways funds U of M public health graduates each year to travel to India to work and enrich their education at Jan Seva, the Pathways funded school in Kolkata, India. This year students returned home shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic exploded. What they found there underscores the importance of public health efforts, and how hard this pandemic will hit the poorest in the world. Read this recently published article by Minnesota Alumni to find out more.
https://www.minnesotaalumni.org/stories/the-education-of-a-public-health-worker

01/29/2020

Pictures are from the recent dedication of Zemene's school in Ethiopia. Now 325 children have the opportunity to receive an education. Villagers were eager to show their gratitude, including giving Grace Strangis, Pathways Executive Director, a prized goat.

01/17/2020

Lots of pictures of recent volunteer trip to Kolkata, with Grace Strangis, Executive Director and some board members, graduate students from UMN School of Public Health, dentists from UMN Dental School, seminarians from St. John Vianney and others at https://tinyurl.com/India-Pictures.

01/15/2020

Insights from a Dental Volunteer in Kolkata
"Over two days, we had two pediatric dentists from the United States and two local dentists from Kolkata screen 207 children at the Jan Seva School. These children ranged in age from 2 to 7 years old and included several children with special health care needs. Amounts of dental decay found mirrored and were slightly larger than their American counterparts. Fortunately, despite the large amounts of decay, we only saw two children with deep dental infections, also known as abscesses....."

Continue reading at https://pathwaystochildren.org/dentist-blog-kolkata-2020-trip/

01/14/2020

You can read about the recent Pathways volunteer trip to Kolkata in the eyes of three public health UMN students that were on the trip at http://tinyurl.com/health-student-blog . Some very compelling reads!

01/05/2020

Grace Strangis, Executive Director of Pathways, along with seminarians from St. John Vianney and other volunteers have arrived in Kolkata, India to begin service work both at Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity and Jan Seva School. Blogs can be read at www.pathwaystochildren.org

12/19/2019

Happy Holidays Everybody! You can read our Holiday letter on our website at www.pathwaystochildren.org Soon we head to Kolkata, India with University of Minnesota School of Public Health graduate students, seminarians from St. John Vianney and a host of other volunteers. We'll be updating as the trip unfolds.

12/01/2019

Photos from Bogota, Colombia as Cristo Rey student trip nears its end. You can read latest updated blogs from students on pathwaystochildren.org

11/29/2019

A Quote from Day 6 on which the students built a house! - "Today, we served others instead of eating, eating, and watching football all day. We did celebrate with a thanksgiving meal ending the night with dancing and pictures. We are blessed."
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis, MN and Colegio Anexo San Francisco de Asis (CASFA) in Bogota, Colombia have an international partnership made possible through Pathways to Children. CASFA is a school operated by the Rochester, Minnesota Sisters of St Francis. The 2019 trip the students are on now is the third time Pathways has arranged and sponsored this very successful student exchange. Updates to the daily blog can be seen on Pathways website - www.pathwaystochildren.org

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