July 2010 - Sent 200 cards of hope in Spanish to Claudia Hernandez Martinez, one of the many women in San Salvador Atenco, who was assaulted and imprisoned by police without explanation. Part of our Women of Atenco Cards Campaign, which started in June 2010 and will last until June 2011!
World To Form
Submitted by h3yitselaine on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 01:12
the problem:
FINDING HOPE IN ART
50% of the 27,000,000 people that are enslaved today are youth under 18 years old. We promote art therapy and education for trafficked youth/people.
vital stats:
people impacted:
134people involved:
10why it's important:
World To Form is a youth-led organization dedicated to one mission: finding hope in art.
Art therapy has proven to improve mental and emotional health, self-esteem, and reduce stress. We advocate the issue and important of human rights while focusing on art therapy/education.
The most important fact is that human trafficking and slavery can happen in our backyards. It is never just a distant or overseas issue, but it is truly a global and universal problem.
I founded the organization because of a human trafficking case in a nearby city I read about. There was no organization I knew about in the community that focused on human rights.
the plan of action:
Donate art supplies for the 110 youth at Covenant House Hollywood. FINISHED!
how you can get involved:
n/aproject updates:
Final Grant Update
01/30/2011
Elaine Truong
10
110
The grant gave us much-needed money to donate $600 worth of supplies to a shelter we felt is in good hands. The shelter has evening art lessons (which we plan to participate in soon), so we know that they understand the importance of art education and therapy. It completed Part 1 of our Operation Covenant House plan!
1. Our organization in the spotlight: we were contacted for an interview by a graduate student and Youth! offered us membership into their organization, which we gladly accepted. I don't think this would have been possible if our project were not awarded the grant.
2. Finally donating the art supplies! Our long-awaited donation set off the three-part collaboration with Covenant House.
3. Our involvement with Do Something: Do Something has become our go-to resource in resolving our troubles. The organization definitely would not have been pieced together without our members attending the Do Something Boot Camp, using the website's tips, and communicating with the helpful staff.
The project unfolded as more of a vision but simple things like new members or the Do Something Boot Camps helped us solidify our goal.
We targeted Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking's (CAST) list of shelters for children in Los Angeles serving domestically trafficked children (http://thectrp.wordpress.com/social-services/). I hope our donation to Covenant House will result in a strong focus on the arts at the shelter, as well as serve as an overall inspiration to the youth at Covenant House.
By working at a more local level, more opportunities and collaborations opened up to us. Our donation of art supplies is only the first of our three-part collaboration with Covenant House. The second part is interacting with the youth there in an art lesson led by our organization, joined by San Gabriel High's Art Club. The final part of the collaboration is an art gallery.
07/31/2010
06/21/2010
June 2010 - Sent 231 cards of hope in Spanish to Suhelen Gabriela Cuevas Jaramillo, one of the many women in San Salvador Atenco, who was assaulted and imprisoned by police without explanation.
06/21/2010
May 2010 - Sent 211 cards of hope to Alisher Karamatov through his wife, Namuna Karamatova in Uzbek, Turkish, and Russian translations!
04/15/2010
April 2010 - Sent 264 cards of hope to Lê Thị Công Nhân's prison camp in Vietnam!
04/09/2010
Sent 48 pieces of canvas, 24 sets of six acrylic paints, and two sets of six 1 pint refill paints to Children of the Night, a youth shelter in Van Nuys, CA, that assists 11-17 minors who were forced into prostitution on the streets.
03/25/2010
March 2010 - Sent 204 cards of hope directly to Nguyen Van Dai's prison camp in Vietnam
02/28/2010
February 2010 - Sent 118 cards of hope to Shi Tao
01/30/2010
January 2010 - Sent 200 cards of hope to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Comments
you should apply for a DO SOMETHING GRANT at dosomething.org/grants
Hay! you are Good of sweet wine and i believe you are making a head way for the youth of the world. I am Amin and new in this site and also hoping in helping the world by DOING SOMETHING. I congratulat you for you work and your reward is in HERVEN. See you.
The Youth to World to Form!
My name is Cory Ley and I was looking @ your project and would really like to network, help expand your idea with funding/marketing and to give you some insight about our "Vision" for our company. My cousin and I started a company called the Youth LLC and we ARE going to impact 19,000+ Youth in Central Minnesota, also thousands of others nationally and internationally with FB, Twitter, DoSomething.org, Cafepress and other upcoming affiliated sites. "From BMX, Skateboarding, Inline, Music, to Art, Leadership and Entrepreneurship." Also, join us on Facebook with our weekly "Youth! Think" events! Click here to check out the Youth!
Please send us a response to TheYouth@charter.net!
With much thanks and gratitude!
C. Ley
Youth! LLC