The I Have a Dream Foundation (IHAD) is a charitable trust that was founded in 1981 by businessman Eugene Lang.
[2] Its aim is to motivate and empower children from low-income communities to reach their education and career goals by providing a long-term programme of mentoring, tutoring and enrichment, along with tuition assistance for higher education.
[2] This organization aims to lessen high school drop out rate by providing educational opportunities, recreational programmes, social support and financial resources that they might otherwise be denied.
[1] In 1981, Eugene Lang began the first "I Have a Dream" Project for students at Public School No.
121 in East Harlem, New York City a school he had attended 50 years earlier.