As part of its charitable giving program, jcp cares, jcpenney is supporting Teach For America, an organization committed to developing teachers and leaders to make America’s schools great. Throughout the month of September, jcpenney customers can round up their store purchases to the nearest whole dollar and donate the difference to Teach For America.
Teach For America works in partnership with communities to expand educational opportunities for children facing the challenges of poverty. Each year, the organization recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding individuals of all academic disciplines to commit two years to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the movement to end educational inequity. Today more than 10,000 corps members are teaching in 46 urban and rural regions across the country.
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Fifteen-year-old Chengo Chewe from Lusaka, Zambia, has turned his life around through the Children International Youth Program. Raised in an extremely volatile community, he lost his father at a young age; few expected him to escape this terrible cycle of poverty and violence. Yet, in 2009, 12-year-old Chengo participated in the United Nations International Youth Day in New York City. Today, Chengo is in high school and plans to study political science in college. His biggest dream? Returning to the United Nations as a diplomat.
Chengo credits Children International for the positive track his life has taken. “I would like to say thank you to Children International for the opportunities they have given me, the opportunities that have opened in my life.”
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As part of its charitable giving program jcp cares, jcpenney will be supporting Share Our Strength, an organization helping to end childhood hunger in America. From Nov. 1-22, jcpenney customers can join jcpenney in its support by rounding up their store purchases to the nearest whole dollar to support Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® campaign.
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Children International, a leading humanitarian organization, is providing fuel-efficient Ecocina cookstoves that can save lives among poor families in rural Honduras. The stoves are also better for the environment because they reduce wood consumption and harmful pollutants – a great reason to celebrate on Earth Day. In stark contrast to modern kitchens where burners can be turned on and off at will, “kitchens” in rural areas of the developing world often consist of open flames inside highly flammable primitive homes.
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Imagine starting a company from nothing and selling it six years later for over $100 million? Finally, here’s a book about how to prosper in business and life by someone whose only advantage from poverty to success has been to live the three simple steps he teaches. Try them yourself. Find out more here, http://bit.ly/IWxRh6 Non-Fiction
Official trailer for "The Journey Home" a memoir by Patrice M. Foster. A story of strength, courage and determination, Patrice M Foster’s moving journey from poverty, neglect and abuse is a tribute to the human spirit.
Visit http://patricemfoster.com to purchase the book or for more information. Coming soon to Amazon.com.
Video production by Castelane in association with Readers' Favorite.
Two-thirds of children living in poverty have no books at home, according to the 2010 RIF study. That's why Kellogg's® has teamed up with Scholastic as well as dad, children's book author and actor Taye Diggs to give kids great starts with great stories by placing 200,000 books into home libraries, schools and local communities. There are two ways to help:
1. Collect Kellogg's Great Starts Great Stories codes from participating Kellogg's products to receive a free book or
This is My Australia looks at the inspiring stories of recipient and nominees of the Australian Of The Year Awards.
Channel 10, Friday Jan 24th at 10:00PM
Ballet Director and inspiration for film Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin is one of eight finalists for the prestigious Australian of the Year Award 2014
Born into extreme poverty in rural China, Li became one of China's foremost ballet dancers. He became Principal Artist with the Australian Ballet in 1995, and his autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer, was translated onto the screen in 2009. Today, Li inspires many Australians with his personal story of hardship, perseverance and success.
When asked to identify three Australians that he's taken inspiration from, Li named his wife, Mary Li, scientist Professor Ian Frazer and America's Cup skipper John Bertrand.
Too many children in India are unable to realize their potential due to poverty and malnutrition. Under-nutrition is a grave problem that hits children the hardest affecting survival and even their participation in education. With an aim that no child should miss out school due to hunger, this organization provides food for education(mid day meal) to 1.3 million school children every day in India.
Donate online just Rs.750 and feed a child for one whole year to continue their education.
Know more about Akshaya Patra: http://www.akshayapatra.org
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Twelve social issues, three activists, one God. Cofounders of the dynamic Activist Faith movement, a pastor, a professor and a media director call on us to act as the Bible tells us to on matters such as abortion, poverty, war, human trafficking, immigration, homelessness and more. Christians, regardless of political beliefs, are called upon to know, speak and do as God instructs. Hear personal stories and find practical guidance in Activist Faith From Him and For Him by Dillon Burroughs, Daniel Darling and Dan King. Find out more about the book at http://bit.ly/ActivistFaith and find out more about the movement at http://activistfaith.org/. Video provided by NavPress. Christian
Shell today pledged an additional $6 million to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, which aims to save lives and protect the environment through the use of improved cookstoves and fuels. This follows $6 million of Shell funding announced in 2010, and the secondment of a Shell employee to the Alliance. Shell is the single largest private-sector contributor to the Alliance.
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Children International, a U.S.-based humanitarian organization, has seen that comprehensive, targeted programs provided in a caring environment empower youth to escape the traps of poverty. The organization’s 2012 Youth Report explains how.
More than one-third of the world’s population, nearly 2.5 billion people, live on less than US $2 a day according to The World Bank. Employment can be life-changing for these people, but poverty is a hard trap to escape when it is all you know. Children International’s comprehensive youth programs provide young people with thoughtfully designed tools and experiences that can open doors to a life beyond poverty.
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