TOPIC: CHILDREN & YOUTH (93)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Drive Change
http://drivechangenyc.orgWe build and operate state-of-the-art, locally sourced, food trucks that hire and train formerly incarcerated youth.
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.
One Young World
http://www.oneyoungworld.comOne Young World is a charity that gathers together the brightest young people (aged 18 - 30) from around the world, empowering them to make lasting connections to create positive change. At the annual One Young World Summit, young leaders debate, formulate and share innovative solutions for the most pressing issues the world faces. At the 2013 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1,250 young people from 190 countries were joined by a prestigious line-up of One Young World Counsellors including: Kofi Annan, Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Sir Bob Geldof and Professor Muhammad Yunus. After attending a Summit, delegates join the network of One Young World Ambassadors working the world over to effect positive change. They do this by founding their own initiatives or lending the power of the One Young World network to those already in existence. The next One Young World Summit takes place in Dublin, Ireland from 15-19 October 2014.
Ethioskate Project
http://ethioskate.tumblr.comEthioskate uses skateboarding as a tool for empowering youth, to create new opportunities and to be the potential for change. The community includes boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 19 in the Intoto area of Addis Ababa.
The Kids Cook Monday
http://www.thekidscookmonday.orgThe Kids Cook Monday initiative encourages families to set aside the first night of every week for cooking and eating together as a family.
InfiniScroll
http://www.curioushat.com/infiniscrollInfiniScroll is the open-ended storytelling tool for curious minds. The app breaks the rules of linear storytelling by creating a never ending magical visual exploration of the wonderful drawings by Francesco Chiacchio.
Change Heroes
http://www.changeheroes.comChange Heroes is a friend-funding platform that enables anyone to raise $10,000 to build a school with Free the Children. Our mission is to one day see a world where every child has access to free education. Want to help us change the world?
Zoobean
https://www.zoobean.comZoobean helps families find books and apps they will love at home and at the library.
Modern Parents Messy Kids (MPMK)
http://www.modernparentsmessykids.comModern Parents Messy Kids is a lifestyle and design blog cataloging usable information on parenting, child development, enriching play activities, arts and crafts, new products, and the latest design trends.
Red Ted Art
http://www.redtedart.comWelcome Red Ted Art - your one stop shop for crafts - be it to find craft activities for kids or tutorials for adults. From easy sewing, to crafty cheats and messy fun with kids.
Bringing Colour & Art to children's hearts!
Built By Kids
http://builtbykids.comBuilt by Kids is created WITH, BY and FOR children. We celebrate the parents, families, caregivers and educators who value the power of creative development and are nostalgic for a time when weekends were set aside for building a fort or making models.
