Children Helping Children

When Craig Kielburger was 12 years old he decided that he wanted to help fight child labor, so he started Free the Children in 1995. Can you believe at the age of 12 he would start the world's largest organization of children helping other children be free in under developed countries? At 12 most children spend their money on materialistic things like computers, and cell phones. Not to fund their own Activist Projects. This organization is set up so that children who have it better here in North America, can help those who need it in other countries.

Free the children has currently built more than 500 schools around the world and has reached more than one million youth in North America alone. The main goal of the organization is to free children from poverty and exploitation. It lets those children who think they are powerless take a stand for positive change where they are from, and around the world.

When I was in high school my school had a club dedicated to bringing awareness to social issues around the world. Though I was not apart of this club, I did all I could to support anything they organized to help organizations such as free the children. My school was very involved in the Me to We program sponsored by Free the Children. They would sell t-shirt where most of the proceeds went to help the organization. What I really liked about my schools involvement with the Me to We project, was that they were supporting the main message of the program by selling these t-shits. By buying a t-shirt you were supporting the children in other countries, which was the organizations main message children helping children. It is consumerism with a cause. I personally own a Me to We t-shirt and am very proud of my contribution to this cause.

Their are many programs that involve youth and educators to help out whether it be to building a school or adopting a village. If you and your friends raise $8,500 you can build a whole school, which is pretty amazing. So I urge you to help out so that all children have the chance to be free, giving anything helps. All children deserve a chance.

Source:

"About Us." Free the Children. 2008. 26 Nov. 2008 http://www.freethechildren.com/aboutus/index.php.