Helping Others Globally

United Nations Children's Fund:
The good work of UNICEF is known by millions. Their new Web site design allows young people around the world to communicate on a wide range of topics. Find out about this important work and get in touch with other teens too! http://www.unicef.org/ Check out where their present projects are located at http://www.unicefusa.org/.

Right Sharing of World Resources:
This is a Quaker organization that devotes all of its resources and efforts to serving persons in need around the world. A grassroots organization if there ever was one.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rswr/rswr.html

Children's Defense Fund:
From their Web Site: "The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities." This organization was founded and continues to be lead by Marian Wright Edleman. http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Child Welfare League of America:
From their Online Mission Statement: "We are committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm." http://www.cwla.org/default.htm

Heifer Project International:
From their Home Page: "Heifer International combats hunger, alleviates poverty, and restores the environment by providing appropriate livestock, training, and related services to small-scale farmers worldwide." http://www.heifer.org/

Tolerance.org:
This site brings together many views from various cultures and religious traditions. Has great material for young people with lots of opportunities for teens to dialog with one another. http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

The Global Children's Art Gallery:
Have a bad day? Take in something visually affirming, full of hope and joy and potential. http://www.naturalchild.com/gallery/home.html

Through The eyes of Bosnian Children:
From their Web Site: "Our mission for the Bosnian Children's Art Project is to unite children from different cultures through their art and help them understand that turmoil, struggle and reconciliation are universal in human experience. Most important, it serves to remind us that the spirit of renewal (obnova) is always possible through the aesthetic sensibility in each of us." http://www.pitt.edu/~obnova/