1 / 24

Free the Children

Free the Children. Rebecca Nelson WWU. What is Free the Children?. An international youth movement that began in 1995 by a Craig Kielburger Specializes in assisting developing countries Aims at getting youth involved in helping others. Courtesy of Googleimages. Courtesy of Googleimages.

ranger
Download Presentation

Free the Children

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Free the Children Rebecca Nelson WWU

  2. What is Free the Children? • An international youth movement that began in 1995 by a Craig Kielburger • Specializes in assisting developing countries • Aims at getting youth involved in helping others Courtesy of Googleimages

  3. Courtesy of Googleimages

  4. What do they do? • Implement their Adopt a Village development model when a need is discovered • Adopt a Village is made up of 5 pillars • Education To date 650 schools have been built 55,000 children attend these schools everyday

  5. Clean Water • It only takes $10 U.S. dollars to provide one person clean drinking water for life. Courtesy of Googleimages

  6. Sanitation • Over 1 million people have been provided with access to clean water, cleaner living conditions and health care that previously had none. Courtesy of Googleimages

  7. Courtesy of Googleimages

  8. Health • Over $16 million dollars in medical supplies have been collected and distributed to places that really needed them all over the world. Courtesy of Googleimages

  9. Alternative income and livelihood • Since 1995 30,000 women have been provided with skills and opportunities that allow them to support their families Courtesy of Googleimages

  10. Where do they do it? In 8 underdeveloped/developing countries. • rural China • Nicaragua, • Kenya, • Sierra Leone, • Haiti, • India, • Ecuador • Ghana.

  11. How funds are raised: • By children in classrooms across the globe • Some adult supporters • Grants • Corporate groups • Me to We: a business that donates half of their net profits to FTC

  12. Famous names that support FTC, WE Day, and Me to We • Natalie Portman • DemiLovato • Mia Farrow • Martin Sheen • Magic Johnson • MC Hammer • Jennifer Hudson

  13. Courtesy of Googleimages

  14. WE Day • Began in Canada in 2007 • WE Day is a day full of inspiration where children are recognized for their service to their community and the world • You can not buy a ticket to WE Day • You must earn your way by doing one local act to better your community and one global act to better the world

  15. Please see this video: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPvGuv3e4Tc

  16. I attended We Day Seattle this year Rebecca Nelson

  17. “We Day Seattle will bring together 15,000 young people to celebrate the power of youth to create positive change in their local and global communities. You can’t buy a ticket to We Day – you earn it through service. We Act  is a comprehensive service learning program that supports schools and youth groups in taking tangible action to make a difference in the world. Groups take on one local and one global action and report back to Free The Children to earn their way to We Day. In turn, schools and groups get tools and resources to make their We Act commitments come to life. More than an event, We Day celebrates a movement of young people leading change through We Act.” (Weday, 2013).

  18. This was the first time that We Day came to the U.S. Rebecca Nelson

  19. Setting up for the BIG day Rebecca Nelson

  20. 15,000 local kids earned their seat to this life changing day. • Children as young as 6 were inspired by the message and pledged to continue to make a difference. • One lucky 7th grader won a trip to Ghana so he can see the work that FTC does firsthand.

  21. 15,000 kids earned their seats to an amazing day Rebecca Nelson

  22. What big names appeared? • Russell Wilson • Jennifer Hudson • Martin Sheen • Nelly Furtado • Magic Johnson • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis • And many more

  23. Are you inspired? • Visit http://www.freethechildren.com/ to find out how you can get involved Courtesy of Googleimages

  24. Reference • All images courtesy of Googleimages • Kielburger, C. (2011). Free the children. Harper Collins.

More Related