THE SANNEH FOUNDATION

Dreamline is an academic intervention program serving low-income, under-performing students in public middle schools and high schools. Dreamline “coaches” partner with students in public schools located throughout Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud and Rochester to provide services on-site to students identified as most in need of intervention, whose teachers and administrators have identified as failing or near failing, and whose academic futures are in the greatest jeopardy. Dreamline’s goal is to partner with these students to increase their academic performance, improve school connectedness, and develop leadership and relationship skills in order to become positive contributors to their school and community.

The program utilizes a holistic approach to advance academic achievement through: Culturally competent prosocial intentional relationship building; Full-day in-school academic assistance; Culturally relevant afterschool enrichment and capacity building activities.

The Sanneh Foundation saw an opportunity to expand its reach in the Saint Paul community through Conway Community Center. Conway was in danger of closing its doors so being true to its mission; empowering kids, improving lives, and uniting communities, TSF signed a Management Agreement with the City of Saint Paul to take over operations and programming at Conway Community Center.

Today, Conway is a thriving public space that offers diverse and free youth programming and a safe place for local youth to spend out-of-school time. Many view Conway as their "home away from home" and the staff takes pride in knowing all youth by name. Conway is a special place, with over 18 languages spoken and activities ranging from sports to dance to girls' and boys' empowerment groups.

When school is out, Conway comes alive.

KidzTyme is a safe space for youth after school, as well as enrichment. Activity areas include:
Arts Learning
Literacy Learning
STEM Learning
Civic Learning
Community Building
Social Emotional Learning
Large Motor Physical Activity
Nutrition & Wellness Learning
Homework Help

The Haitian Initiative is a collaboration of partners working together to bring sustainable programs to Haiti using soccer as a catalyst to combat the cycle of poverty. The program is designed to motivate kids to stay in school. Regular school attendance and passing grades are a requirement to participate in the program. Practice and games occur six days a week. After every practice, the players receive a hot vitamin fortified meal provided by another Minnesota based organization known as Feed My Starving Children. For the vast majority of HI participants, this meal represents their only meal for the day.

As a result of this program’s sustained success, The Sanneh Foundation is one of only nine organizations worldwide chosen by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to lead and implement an International Sports Programming Initiative (ISPI) reciprocal exchange program on behalf of the Department of State’s SportsUnited program.