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Poverty

Over one billion people in the world live on less than one dollar a day.

Education Inequalities

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Is it fair that being from a different town gives you access to less quality education?

Global Poverty

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Every minute, 18 children die due to poverty-related causes.

Homelessness

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1 in 3 homeless people in the US are under the age of 18. Homeless youth are up to ten times more…

Hunger

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The financial crisis is causing a growing number of middle class working families to seek food assistance…

Malaria And Preventable Disease

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Malaria is just one of a number of preventable diseases that claims millions of lives every year…

Millennium Development Goals

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In 2000, 189 nations came together and made a promise to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015.



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August 12: International Youth Day

Every day is youth day here at DoSomething, but Wednesday, August 12th is International Youth Day, as endorsed by the UN ten years ago.

IYF was created to bring awareness to issues that face our youth around the world, to recognize the contributions young people make to society and to celebrate their potential.

Young people make up more than 18% of the world’s population and with their ambition, energy and improving levels of education have strong potential to address environmental, societal and economic challenges. But:


Share a little comfort

Kraft is hoping to help people hit hard by the recession by donating a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese for every click to a button! That’s right! Visit the Share a little Comfort website, click on the “Click Here to Donate a Free Box” button and for a limited time Kraft will donate 10 boxes of mac and cheese to Feeding America. Normally it’s one click, one box, so take a few seconds out of your day to tap that button.


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