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Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty

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About Me

We are a teen-run organization based in the Chicago suburbs and reaching around the world. We aim to inspire teens to team up and create a movement of unprecedented change.
Join us! Add us to your friends, post a bulletin to spread awareness, and stay tuned for weekly ideas on easy ways YOU can make a genuine difference to kids living in poverty.
Teens with a Vision's Mission Statement and Goals
Mission: to empower the upcoming generation to eliminate poverty
Goals:
1. To direct teens to ways they can make a genuine difference, and empower them to take action.
2. To help impoverished children by encouraging local church members to sponsor a child through Kenya Children's Fund.
3. To encourage teens to spread awareness about child poverty.
4. To spread the gift of literature to children around the world through fundraisers for Room to Read.
5. To significantly contribute to the elimination of global poverty.
Kenya Children's Fund Bulletin
Kenya Children's Fund Video
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My Interests

Teaming Up to Nourish Impoverished Kids

Contact: [email protected]

Donate to Kenya Children’s Fund through our Teens with a Vision Facebook page.

The Better Hour Contest

I'd like to meet:

Teens or teens at heart willing to dedicate themselves to eliminating global poverty.

Teens with a Vision has selected one excellent cause in each child poverty category. Click on the links to check out an organization and discover awesome ways you can help out.

Child Sponsorship:

Child Literacy:
Room to Read

Modern-Day Slavery:
Loose Change to Loosen Chains

Kids for Kids:
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Child Soldiers:
Invisible Children

Child Hunger in America:
Read "Help Fight Childhood Hunger" about The Great American Bake Sale .
http://teenink.com/ExtraInk/060207.html

HIV/AIDS:
Read "Shop and Give Back" about joining (RED) ,,.
http://teenink.com/ExtraInk/021607.html

Meals for Kids in Developing Countries:
Feed My Starving Children
GoodSearch for Feed My Starving Children.

Read Bible quotes about poverty and oppression on this page of the Feed My Starving Children web site.

Is there a category and organization you think should be included? Message us your suggestion.

Music:

Add the Hands & Feet Project as your friend!

Movies:

Help educate others about child poverty. Put the Youth Against Poverty Promo Video on your MySpace and website by pasting the code below onto your page.

Television:


Books:

Be the Change by Zach Hunter, Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America by Mike Yankoski, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children by Faith J.H. McDonnell and Grace Akallo, Hands and Feet: Inspiring Stories and Firsthand Accounts of God Changing Lives by Audio Adrenaline, On the Move by Bono

Heroes:

Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Grace Akallo, Zach Hunter, Mike Yankoski and Sam Purvis, Audio Adrenaline, Jars of Clay, and YOU for helping kids in poverty

“Recall the face of the poorest and the most helpless man whom you may have seen and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he be able to gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny?” ~Mohandas K. Gandhi

My Blog

Guest Blogger on Alek Wek: Sudanese Refugee Turned Fashion Star

Guest blogger Keri S. from Wheaton, Illinois wrote this week’s Teens with a Vision blog. After finishing Alek Wek’s autobiography Alek: From Sudanese Refugee to International S...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:14:00 PST

Food Pantries Across U.S. Suffering Shortages--And How You Can Help

Today is not a good day to be picking up food from a food pantry, or receiving a meal from a soup kitchen. Due to the increasing cost of food, more people who need assistance, and less government dona...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:15:00 PST

Teens with a Vision Cause Page Now on MySpace!

Check it out on our profile, join our cause, and invite all your friends through MySpace! All donations go toward Kenya Children’s Fund, a humanitarian and child sponsorship organization (kenyac...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:05:00 PST

Today is World Water Day!

Watch the UNICEF video about World Water day and the Tap Project here. And then check out how you can tap into the movement for clean water around the world.You can also join the World Water Day walk ...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:31:00 PST

After Devastating 22-Year War, Hope for Peace Finally Emerges in Uganda

Two decades of violence have drenched Uganda in blood. The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have captured children, forced them to become soldiers, and brainwashed them with terrible lies. They defi...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:26:00 PST

Join Dumbledores Army This Friday! Plus breaking news from Uganda

February 29th is International Be Awesome Day, the finale of Be Awesome Month (February). Be Awesome Day is dedicated to the loving actions you can take today, whether it's to brighten someone else's ...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:12:00 PST

Update from Last Week’s Love 146 Way to Make a Difference

Watch the new Love 146 Valentine's Day video here.And here's yet another idea for a way to show your love this Valentine's Day: Make your own Love 146 T-shirt. Just copy a photo of the Love 146 logo f...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:24:00 PST

2 Weeks of Sacrifice: Saving Africans Dollar by Dollar

Fill up your water bottle and get ready for an awesome way to help provide kids in Africa with water. For the next two weeks, Teens with a Vision challenges you to drink only water. No jui...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:16:00 PST

Show Some Love This Valentines Day By Wearing a White Band and Supporting Love 146

Buy a white band, available at one.org or noexcuse2015.org, and wear it on Valentine's Day. The white band symbolizes the fight against poverty, and reads "One" (for the ONE Campaign to make poverty h...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:44:00 PST

Bead for Life: Support Ugandan Women This Valentines Day

Through Bead for Life, you can buy bracelets and necklaces made by Ugandan women and help a nation of people devastated by war and poverty.Watch MSNBC's coverage of Bead for Life to check out how they...
Posted by Teens with a Vision: Nourishing Kids in Poverty on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:46:00 PST