GH Mission

economically challenged participants. The organization works to restore self-worth to individual participants and give hope to underprivileged children and their families. GH Mission intends to work closely with the Department of Social Services, schools, and other community agencies to identify children from homeless and low income families or those who are experiencing hardships or lack resources due to a particular set of events (illness, divorce, death, etc.) GH Mission will provide clothing, household goods, educational training, and resources that promote self-sufficiency and self-directed behaviors in the local community. Unfortunately, many families we serve may not have the means to provide literacy resources for their children. Therefore,

GH Mission will provide age-appropriate books and vocabulary-based games like Scrabble to assist in early childhood development to target generational cycles of educational and socio-economic poverty for children. Adult family resources will be provided as well to insure parents are given knowledgeable information that assists in continual family development which results in positive outcome behaviors. GH Mission’s goal is to also provide occupational and educational services to children and adults. GH Mission will focus on families in the Durham and Raleigh North Carolina communities and neighborhoods with high unemployment and dropout rates, illiteracy, gangs and poverty. The number of disenfranchised communities continues to rise as the level of unemployment increases and the rate of school dropouts skyrockets. Currently, it is estimated that close to 50% of poor young men and women across the country may drop out of high school. These Individuals generally have limited options and means which can lead to a life of poverty, crime, violence and despair. GH Mission will serve as a bridge for individuals to change their future. Through our programs and assistance, individuals will have access to educational and occupational training that can give them the tools to enhance their quality of life. Life skills are usually associated with managing and living a better quality of life. They help us to accomplish our ambitions and live to our full potential. The basic classes we offer are the personal skills we need to help maintain a healthy body and mind. How we recognize, manage and cope with emotions demonstrate how important it is for us to be aware of our and other people's emotions. Anger and stress can both be detrimental to our personal relationships and health. Learning about anger and stress, recognising what may trigger them (in ourselves and others), what the symptoms are and how to control or manage such emotions can greatly enhance our the quality of our lives. Managing Stress is a key modern life skill. Nutritional Guidance - taking care of our bodies since we are what we eat. We should all be aware of the benefits of a healthy diet and our class on nutrition can help you understand why our diet is so important. You will learn what is protein, what is fat, what are carbohydrates and learn about the basic food groups. Stress, Nutrition and Diet explains some of the ways that stress can be managed through what, and when, we eat. Alongside diet, exercise can play an important role in improving our sense of well-being and maintaining a healthy body and mind. As well as improving muscle strength, exercise can help you to maintain a healthy weight, increase your energy levels and improve your brain function. Communication is a complex subject but communication skills are important life skills. Interpersonal Skills are the skills we use when interacting directly with other people. For example, at a basic level, we use both verbal and non-verbal communication techniques when engaged in a face-to-face conversation. Well-developed listening skills are key to understanding and empathising with others. Cultural Awareness is the foundation of communication and it involves the ability of standing back from ourselves and becoming aware of our cultural values, beliefs and perceptions. ultural awareness becomes central when we have to interact with people from other cultures. People see, interpret and evaluate things in a different ways. What is considered an appropriate behavior in one culture is frequently inappropriate in another one. Misunderstandings arise when I use my meanings to make sense of your reality. GH Mission cultural awareness workshops provide opportunities for all types of individuals, businesses and organizations to discuss the concept of culture and how it relates specifically to them or their organization. Setting goals and objectives for projects is an essential step because they identify your destination and also provide a road map for getting there. Projects will only succeed if they have clear goals and objectives. This is true of any project you wish to achieve personally or professionally. Asking the right questions will help you identify meaningful project goals and objectives. GH Mission offers a goal setting and project management course to advance your project education, management and career skills while adding to the intellectual wealth of individuals and organizations. Almost every job these days requires some level of computer knowledge. Our introductory courses are for people who have no computer experience or who need a little extra training. Gain computer skills that will help you find employment! Sharpen keyboarding skills and become familiar with the computer desktop. Learn how to use email in your job search including creating an email address and sending/receiving attachments. Find job openings using career websites and learn tips on completing online job applications. WE offer free basic and intermediate level computer classes in both English and Spanish. Classes include a combination of instruction and one-on-one help. Clerical professionals do tasks such as filing, answering phones, compiling reports, handling daily mail and operating copy machines. Clerical courses are normally taken as part of a diploma, certificate or degree program. Clerical classes include learning clerical procedures, keyboarding, word processing and customer service skills. Most people communicate, at least some of the time, using the written word - through letters, emails, reports, text messages, social network feeds and a host of other methods. Being able to write clearly and concisely is a very powerful way to communicate, either one-to-one or to a much larger audience. We provide articles that will help you to improve your written communication and learn or refresh your knowledge on some of the fundamental rules of writing. We offer a Numeracy Skills class that teaches basic math and easy-to-follow, real-world examples of basic numeracy. Curriculum includes: Understanding Percentages, Calculating Area and working with decimals and fractions. GH Mission adult financial literacy presentations are interactive and engaging. The lesson plans are designed to motivate participants to take positive action toward improving their financial situation. The adult personal finance curriculum uses practical, hands-on learning to the participants reap the benefits of improving their financial situation. Meditation - Scientist have recognized that there's a special functioning level of the brain where the mind operates in an extremely high intuitive, creative and expanded capacity. They call this the Alpha level. They also found that we all dip into the Alpha level throughout the day, but rarely realize it. So we end up functioning as lesser people too much of the time. The goal of this meditation program is to hlep you learn to consciously function in an Alpha state at will, wherever and whenever you decide. We help you to learn basic techniques you can use to make virtually any life situation easier to deal with. We help you to learn to apply these techniques to insomnia, smoking, headaches, poor memory and weight gain. With these techniques you can learn to rule your body by controlling your mind, be more vital and happier. GH Mission offers courses in English as a Second Language (ESL) program to non-native speakers to provides non-academic, life skill courses for adult non-native English speaking residents, living and/or working in Durham County. Classes offer practice in the four main language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The classes are divided into levels for beginners, low intermediate, high intermediate, and advanced levels. The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP) helps you receive college credit for what you already know, for a fraction of the cost of a college course. Developed by the College Board, CLEP is the most widely accepted credit-by-examination program, available at more than 2,900 colleges and universities. Pass any of the 33 CLEP exams and achieve your college and career goals.