TOPIC: CHILDREN & YOUTH (93)
Unicef
http://www.unicef.orgUNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
School Girls Unite
http://www.schoolgirlsunite.orgSchool Girls Unite began in a small café back in 2004 after a group of 12 year olds and young African women discussed the discrimination felt by girls in many developing countries. We aim to fight this discrimination, and advocate the powers of educating girls. We think education is the starting point to solving almost every other problem, including reducing diseases and ending poverty, and eventually increasing the number of women in leadership positions throughout the world.
School Girls Unite is comprised of chapters in the United States and Mali, Africa. Our incredible sister organization in Mali is called Les Filles Unies pour l’Education. We run a scholarship program in Mali, as well as provide leadership opportunities for youth in the US.
Do Something
http://www.dosomething.orgWe love teens. They are creative, active, wired…and frustrated that our world is so messed up. Do Something harnesses that awesome energy and unleashes it on causes teens care about.. Almost every week, we launch a new national campaign. The call to action is always something that has a real impact and doesn’t require money, an adult, or a car.
Smart Girls at the Party
http://amysmartgirls.comSmart Girls at the Party is an online network that aims to help the process of cultivating the authentic selves of young women and the young at heart.
Jumpstart
http://www.jstart.orgJumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community Corps members to serve preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. Our proven curriculum helps children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap before it is too late.
Apathy is Boring
http://www.apathyisboring.com/enApathy is Boring is a national non-partisan project. Our mission is to use art and technology to educate youth about democracy.
Volunteering India
http://www.volunteeringindia.comVolunteering India provides the safest Gap Year, volunteering and internship opportunities in three different regions in India: Delhi, Dharamsala and South India. Programs cover teaching, orphanage and childcare, working with street children, medical volunteering, women empowerment as well as dental and medical internship opportunities.
Drive Change
http://drivechangenyc.orgWe build and operate state-of-the-art, locally sourced, food trucks that hire and train formerly incarcerated youth.
Together We Rise
http://www.togetherwerise.orgTogether We Rise is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of motivated young adults and former foster youth. Our vision is to improve the lives of foster children in America, who often find themselves forgotten and neglected by the public. TWR has built a foundation of passionate volunteers who work tirelessly to transform the way kids experience foster care. Our foundation has allowed us to provide thousands of foster kids across the country with sports equipment, bicycles, and suitcases so that they dont have to travel from home to home in a trash bag.
PeacePlayers International
http://www.peaceplayersintl.orgBased on the premise that “children who play together can learn to live together,” PeacePlayers International's mission is to unite, educate and inspire young people in divided communities through basketball. Since inception in 2001, PPI has impacted more than 69,000 youth and trained 1,764 coaches from 15 countries in a groundbreaking peacebuilding-and-leadership development curriculum. Through year-round sports activities, PPI is bringing together children from opposite sides of religious, ethnic and cultural divides to develop friendship and mutual respect.
Soccer Without Borders
http://www.soccerwithoutborders.orgSoccer Without Borders is a 501c3 non-profit that runs community-led, year-round, youth development programs in under-served areas in the USA and abroad. We provide free programs to youth who are traditionally excluded from sports-based and extracurricular activities. Our activity framework and team communities provide participants with an avenue for positive engagement, a platform for personal growth, and a toolkit for a brighter future.
The Parent Centre
http://www.theparentcentre.org.zaThe Parent Centre is a registered non-profit organisation which has been operating successfully in the challenging South African context for the past 30 years. We provide a range of primary preventive services for parents and caregivers seeking the support and help they need before problems in their parent/caregiver-child relationship or child’s behavior becomes entrenched.
Lammily
http://lammily.comLammily is the first fashion doll made according to real female body proportions. The idea is to help children - girls and boys alike - develop a positive and realistic body image from an early age. As well as a normal physique, Lammily wears regular, casual clothes - like denim shorts and sneakers, so children can make their dolls look just like the real women in their lives.
Positive Impact for Kids
http://positiveimpactforkids.orgPositive Impact for Kids Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation striving to improve the lives of children and teenagers who are receiving inpatient medical treatment in the United States. We are raising funds to provide children’s hospitals with items from their wish lists. Hospital wish lists include: gift cards for the hospitalized children along with iPad minis and Xbox/Wii games for the children to use while hospitalized. Our goal is to decrease the hospitalized children’s pain and anxiety while increasing their self-esteem. We want the hospitalized children and their families to know others care. Positive Impact for Kids is funded through private contributions, fundraisers and grants. We operate on a minimal annual budget. Positive Impact for Kids has oversight by a non-paid and voluntary board of directors.
AZIAM Girlz
http://www.aziamgirlz.comThe AZIAM Girlz brand is dedicated to teaching girlz to love who they are, as they are. Using the basics of Yoga to teach positive self- and social- awareness, we have designed dolls, clothing, accessories, bags, yoga products, jewelry, headwear, games, programs and books to make the Yoga experience more colorful for our Goddess in Progress.
