Beyond the Surface is a nonprofit corporation in the United States, currently applying for 501(c)3 tax-exempt charity status. Our mission is to eradicate youth homelessness in coastal communities worldwide and empower street children through the sport of surfing.
Beyond the Surface sponsors three international nongovernmental organizations:
For just $20, you can help rescue a child from the streets and give them a chance to escape from a lifetime of homelessness. Your donation will assist Beyond the Surface in placing children in one of our three educational self-empowerment surfing programs.
Beyond the Surface forges a connection between surfing and sustainable development through empowering surf programs.
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WAVES for Development
PERU
The Umthombo Surf Club
South Africa
The Kovalam Surf Club
India
But you can help! By donating to Beyond the Surface, we can rescue homeless children from the streets by enrolling them into one of our personal empowerment surfing programs.
Through surfing, Beyond the Surface provides rescued urban youths in coastal regions with new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction, education, and self-empowerment programs. The children develop skills in healthy habits, environmental sustainability, civic responsibility, the arts, and of course, surfing! Beyond the Surface works to further provide our program participants with the basic necessities, rights, and medical attention all children deserve. By using surfing as a new form of identity, the children can learn empowerment skills, healthy coping habits, positive ways to stay off the streets, and develop attainable goals for a bright future.
In 2002, UNICEF estimated 100 million children were growing up on urban streets. Homeless children are subject to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and elimination by "cleanup squads" hired by businesses.
In Latin America, a reoccurring cause for homeless youths is abandonment by poor families unable to feed all their children. In Africa, a significant common cause is AIDS. India is home to the world’s largest population of street children, estimated at 18 million.
Many children become addicted to cheap dangerous drugs in an effort to escape from their harsh realities while others join gangs to create some sense of community and identity. These youths do not have the option of joining traditional youth groups or club sports teams.
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Emi Koch is a 20 year old native San Diegian surfer and student studying Anthropology and Justice and Peace Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
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