youth

American Red Cross of Central Texas Youth Leadership Development Retreat

ljolley — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:12:12 -0500

Mission: The event will develop youth into community leaders through cultivation of individual strengths, team work, and leadership training.

Location: McKinny Roughs Nature Park

Nature of the Project:
The objectives of the project are to:
 Train approximately 50 youth in leadership techniques and club management including publicity, fundraising, member development, and organizational structure.
 Guide youth to discover and develop their strengths and recognize their weakness as leaders and organization members

Save A Teen / Do Something

dianekob — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:07:14 -0500

Kids Off The Block, a prominent community based youth organization in the Roseland Community of Chicago, IL, has ignited a passion across the city in response to an epidemic of youth violence that has claimed the lives of our children in the past year. We are embarking on our greatest challenge yet, the launching of our Citywide Campaign called “Save A Teen / Do Something”. This new Youth Anti-Violence Crime Prevention Campaign will develop sustainable processes and relationships that will address the violence, and social conditions that face youth in Chicago and across this nation.

Pujehun Youth Center for Peace and Wellness

esnowak — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:11:19 -0500

We are working for three months to build a Youth Center for Peace and Wellness in Pujehun, Sierra Leone. The community has been greatly affected by the country's ten-year civil war, and one of the groups most impacted has been the youth in the area. School dropouts, teenage pregnancies, violence, and sexually transmitted diseases are just some of the issues with which we are working. At the same time, there are countless cultural and traditional elements of the community that reveal its beauty and strength in the face of these challenges.

OASIS (Outdoor Action for Social and Intrapersonal Strength)

cmueller — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:51:12 -0500

OASIS (Outdoor Action for Social and Intrapersonal Stregth) is a project I am running at the Durham Nativity School in Durham, North Carolina. The Durham Nativity School is a nonprofit organization that provides free private school tuition to at-risk middle school students in the Durham area. OASIS is a supplemental retreat program for the students at this school. We take their students (approximately 15-35 students are expected to attend each retreat) on weekend long retreats to various areas that are relatively near (but outside of) the Durham area.

Kids Club

johnrdixon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:50:41 -0500

Just over two months ago, some friends and I started to notice that many of the kids in our community spent their days trapped in boring apartment complexes with nothing to do but play video games and get pregnant. We quickly recognized the need to show them something different; but not just anything different. We thought that maybe if we could put together a program to show them that there are more things to do than push buttons, and better things to look forward to than an unplanned pregnancy. A fun, safe, healthy place for kids to come on Wednesdays after school was developed.

Together We Build - معا نبني

joanna.maier — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:40:51 -0500

The Old City of Hebron is a highly disputed territory at the heart of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. International aid has focused on critical conflict intervention as well as medical and nutritional assistance. The children of the Old City, particularly the boys, are exposed to disruptive checkpoints, detentions, toxic tear gas, extended curfews, and physical searches. These affronts erode bodily sovereignty, both mentally and physically, which is vital to the development of healthy self-esteem.

Deaf Youth USA

DeafYouthUSA — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:03:24 -0500

Deaf Youth USA is committed to social justice through media and activism. Deaf Youth USA (DYUSA) is a new and "emerging" organization exclusively for deaf youth in America, between the ages of 18 - 30. DYUSA strives to empower, educate, and inspire deaf youth in making a difference in their own communities, through giving tools. We aim to have our first event this summer, which will be a 4-day camp, with forums, discussions, and workshops.

Writers Workshop

ren1973 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:58:08 -0500

Help kids with their writing, creativity and English skills.

Club Music

c3lticwolf — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:07:20 -0500

In the area, there really is nothing to do. constantly you'll see teenagers, and even children as young as 10 walking the streets and just basicly getting into trouble. Drugs, alcohol, and violence are constantly seen on every street corner. The adults and authority in the area complain about the problem, yet give no solution. If you have no car, your limited to going to see an overpriced movie, or going to the walmart or target. If you do have a car, your expected to drive anywhere from a half hour to an hour an a half to find something fun to do.

Endless Summer Fest

TurningPointYouthCollective — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:31:10 -0500

Turning Point Youth Collective is a non-profit youth organization in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Our mission:
To provide the Daytona Beach area with resources and space for producing all-ages music events and creating music related cultural products; empowering youth through alternative leadership development opportunities including a youth-directed model encouraging leadership through open governance practices and erasing the line between the people serving and being served; to actively improve the social well-being of Daytona Beach area youth through civic engagement.