All Within My Hands Foundation encourages not only vocational education, but also the fight against hunger and other social initiatives
THE Metallica since 2017, the NGO has maintained All Within My Hands Foundation. Named after a song from the album St. Anger (2003), the institution’s objectives are to support professional training, collaborate in the fight against hunger, invest in sustainable solutions, among other social issues.
In 2024, a great achievement was achieved in the educational field. Together with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the foundation runs a program called Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI), which focuses on professional training and support for schools. About to enter its sixth year of operation, the project managed to reach all American states, in addition to the overseas territory of Guam, in Micronesia, belonging to the United States.
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MSI started to support 18 new schools, totaling 60 educational institutions. Each receives a contribution of US$75,000 (more than R$400,000 at current prices) to improve infrastructure and the student experience.
In a press release, the vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield commented on the important milestone achieved by the project and celebrated the results. He said:
I am so proud – we all are – to see how this program is changing lives by providing much-needed resources to empower students. It’s great that we were able to make our largest donation yet to support these students and future workers. We’ll get even further in year six of the Metallica Scholars Initiative. This year, our program will be in 60 schools in all 50 states! All thanks to your support.”
In 2019, when it began, MSI operated in 10 schools in the United States. More than 25 areas of professional education were covered, such as civil construction, engineering and health.
At the end of the sixth year, the foundation All Within My Handsthrough the Metallica Scholars Initiativewill have helped around 8 thousand students, most from needy families. In total, the NGO has already invested around US$10.5 million in education alone and US$15 million in all areas combined.
About the All Within My Hands Foundation
Created in 2017, the All Within My Hands is a philanthropic foundation maintained by Metallicaboth its members — the vocalist and guitarist James Hetfieldthe guitarist Kirk Hammettthe bassist Robert Trujillo and the drummer Lars Ulrich — as well as people on your team. Its operation consists of directing donations to institutions that need help in the areas of education, fighting hunger and containing damage from natural disasters and wars.
In addition to education — led by the MSI program — the foundation is also very active in food banks across the United States. In this way, he played an important role in donating food to people affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine.
THE Metallica it also hosts events and concerts to raise funds for the organization. One example was the acoustic performance performed by the band in 2018, which resulted in the live album Helping Hands…Live & Acoustic at the Masonic (2019). The concert raised US$1.3 million for the All Within My Hands. The next edition of the event takes place on December 13th, at the YouTube Theater, in Los Angeles.
Collaborated: André Luiz Fernandes.
Source: Rollingstone
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