Kudos To Some Kiddos
But there are others that are driven to do something to help others in this world.
And this lens is to give a blue ribbon to a few of them to celebrate their social
conscience.
Blue Ribbon
Young African Boy Builds Windmills
Read the story of a remarkable young man from Malawi who uses the power of wind to build windmills in his village. Story Small Boy, Huge Heart
Has His Own Foundation
Small boy shows big heart with charity aimed at ending hungerJoshua Williams may be small, but he hopes to make a big impact with his nonprofit organization aimed at ending hunger.
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Another Inspiring Young Boy
"More than one million children are homeless in the United States. To highlight the problem, eleven-year-old Zach Bonner walked hundreds of kilometers from his home city of Tampa, Florida to the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, DC. Along the way, Zach helped out at shelters for the homeless. In this week's installment of our series, Making a Difference."Eleven-Year-Old Boy Walks to Help Homeless Children
Seventh Grader's Basketball Tournament Scores for Village Banking Campaign
Daniel used his love of basketball to raise $3,335.50 for The Village Banking Campaign."Inspired by years of fundraising projects for FINCA with his mother and ninth grade sister Claire, Daniel-an ardent Philadelphia 76ers fan-wrote to one of his favorite players, center Samuel Dalembert, to enlist the Haitian native's support for a project that would benefit FINCA Haiti and all of FINCA's 21 programs."
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Kids For Clean Water
Ragen Elementary's Kids Are Budding Entrepreneurs
From The Global WaterChallenge website "We visited Ragen this March and saw how a little investment can make a huge difference. The schools program provided water infrastructure and education about water safety. The students were inspired to start a "health club" to share what they had learned and track student health and attendance.
The results? Attendance is up, families are healthier, and Ragen is the number one academic school in the district!
When they discovered they could purify enough water for the entire school for only $16 a year, they took matters into their own hands and started a vegetable garden. The students hope that sales from their garden will earn them enough to buy WaterGuard, which keeps their water clean all year round."
Entrepreneurial Students Get Clean Water for Their School
The young entrepreneurs at Ragen Elementary in Kenya discovered that they could purify the entire school's drinking water for only $16/year. To pay for it, they started a garden to sell vegetables to the local community.
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Free The Children
According to their website "Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Founded in 1995 by international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has a proven track record of success. The organization has received the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (also known as the Children's Nobel Prize), the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, and has formed successful partnerships with leading school boards and Oprah's Angel Network."Here is an example of what it is all about.
It is unbelievable what a group of young students can do when they join their efforts for a common cause. In this case, the students of broward Conty concentrated on raising money to build schools in Kenya for the non-profit Free the Children. And raised money they did,.It added up to $93,450.14 -- enough to build 11 schools in Kenya.
Broward County students raised enough money to build 11 schools thousands of miles away in Kenya.
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Free The Children
A Short Video Promoting Free The Children Organization
Books That Make A Difference
The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference (Self-Help for Kids Series)
Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 11/07/2009) 
Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together (CitizenKid)
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 11/07/2009)
Make a Difference: The Founder of the "I Have a Future Program" Shares His Vision for Young America
Amazon Price: $21.95 (as of 11/07/2009)
Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others
Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 11/07/2009)
Raising Kids Who Will Make a Difference: Helping Your Family Live With Integrity, Value Simplicity, and Care for Others
Amazon Price: $11.86 (as of 11/07/2009)
5 year old girl helps feed nearly 18,000 hungry San Franciscans.
by Toan Lam, published on Huffington Post, July 25, 2009
Little Phoebe, from San Francisco, California has a big heart. That's an understatement. Actually, her kindness and compassion is bigger than most grown ups I've crossed paths with while reporting TV news for nearly a decade.It started off with a simple question by Phoebe, an adorable little girl with long brown locks, peach-colored cheeks and big doe eyes
Read The Rest Of This Inspiring Story "PHOEBE Food Bank
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Who's Talking About Kids Doing Good?
South Florida Girl Raises Funds To Help Haiti
Rachel Wheelermay be just 9 years old, but she's got punk. his young girl got inspired after learning that in" Haiti some children eat mud pies to curb their hunger,"according to the article.She decided to raise money to build decent homes for some lucky Haitian families.
Her goal is to build at least 13 of them. Each house cost about $2,600 U.S.dollars, and Rachel has already raised $4,500 U.S.
That's quite an accomplishment for such a young girl.
Kudos to Rachel.
The houses will be built by the non profit organization Food For The Poor.
Ryan's Well
Ryan Hreljac, at 6 years of age, was inspired by lessons learned in his grade 1 class about children who don't have clean water around the world.Now, over 10 years later, his message has reached around the globe and he continues to work towards his dream of clean water for all through the work of the Ryan's Well Foundation.
Ryan's Well
Watch A Wonderful Story Unfolding
What A Motivational Film
Ryan's Well - 52 min documentary
See full film here: http://www.booserver.com/projects.php?ProjectID=1430 Netflix link - http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Ryan_s_Well/70125646?lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=390534983_0_0&strackid=70f3a76c2e801e3_0_srl July 2003 This is the inspirational tale of a small boy's mission to help those less fortunate than himself. Ryan was just six years old when he learnt that not everybody in the world has access to clean water. Desperate to help, he worked day and night to save enough money for a well to be dug in drought-stricken Uganda. His ambition soon grew and his altruistic nature dragged schoolmates and ultimately most of Canada with him. An uplifting and wonderfully touching story that reminds us all that we can change the world if we really believe.
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High School Students Who Are Preparing For Their Future
Urban high school's rare feat: No dropouts
Alex's Lemonade Stand
From the introduction at Alex's Lemonade Stand we can learn how the movement started and how it iscontinuing despite the fact that Alex has unfortunately left us for a better world.
Alex was a Super Kid, she is an inspiration for thousands of people.
Give A Goat
"Jenison Sandy Hill Elementary second-graders help Kenyans by raising money to buy goats" writes Erin Albanese from the Grand Rapids News, edition of Monday April 27, 2009.Read The Complete Story
Nicholas Slagter, 7, pictured here, shows off a poster he made when his second-grade classroom raised money to buy 18 goats for a village in Kenya. Can you
believe that? Eighteen goats, that's a lot of happy news for this small village in Kenya.
Giving the gift of water
A group of eight graders come together with the community and set a huge goal to reach $10,000.00 for providing an Indian village with clean water.Photo Ebay Finds
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Evelyn_Saenz wrote...
So refreshing to see children outside helping others.
Thank you for sharing.
Posted September 13, 2009
LizMac60 wrote...
It's good to hear the good kids getting praised. Well done 5 stars
Posted July 27, 2009
marsha32 wrote...
nice to come and see that there is good out there...and that kids are taking part
Posted July 17, 2009
CCGAL wrote...
Such a nice topic - this deserves a lot of exposure, especially since we hear so much bad stuff kids do, when in reality there are more nice kids than misbehaving ones. Good to see the good kids getting some recognition.
Posted July 13, 2009
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