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Kurn Hattin Graduate Wins Outstanding Youth In Philanthropy Award
Credit: Tim Green aka atoach/ flickr Lyssa Jackson of Keene, N.H. has been awarded the 2012 Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy by the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Northern New...
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Liberian Nobel Laureate Talks About Giving Back
Credit: Crossroads Foundation Photos/ flickr By James Butty Liberian Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee said she wants to use her Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa to provide educational and leadership...
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Researchers Say Acts Of Kindness Key To Students’ Happiness
Credit: arimoore/ flickr By Jessica Berman School children who make an effort to be nice to their peers are happier and may learn better than children who do not perform acts of kindness. Researchers...
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Political Activism Surges Among Youth In Argentina
Credit: blmurch/ flickr By Dina Gonzalez BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – Carina Silvina Gómez, 20, paces back and forth on a corner in Buenos Aires, the capital, handing out white leaflets with black...
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Africa’s ‘Demographic Dividend’: The Youth Will Decide
Credit: Akuppa/ flickr By Robert Bates Africa’s age structure is said to be reaching its ‘Goldilocks moment’ where things are ‘just right’. Falling birth and mortality rates mean there are more people...
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In Some Israeli Schools, It’s Arabic In First Period And Hebrew In Second
Credit: The Jewish Agency for Israel/ flickr By Debra Kamin TEL AVIV — Lian Jabbar-Rothschild is 11 years old, with a big, gummy smile and a lot to say. A student in the sixth grade at the Max Rayne...
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Building Schools For Morocco’s Rural Poor
By Valentina Crosato “School attendance alone is not sufficient. High-quality and diversified education is our objective. Just going to school doesn’t make children educated.” This is the belief of...
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Millennials Genuinely Think They Can Change The World And Their Communities
Photo: UK Parliament/Flickr By Ariel Schwartz Young people in the U.S. care less about the environment and are more optimistic than their counterparts in other countries. They’re more concerned about...
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Microsoft’s Game Plan: Help Today’s Youth Prepare For Tomorrow’s Jobs
Photo: Michael Kappel/ Flickr By Kyla Yeoman An evolving job market and outdated education system has left millions of youth around the world without the skills or opportunities to get a decent job...
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Maggie Doyne Went From High School Graduate To Surrogate Mother Of 40 In Nepal
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Doyne By Rich Polt One morning at the age of 18, fresh out of high school, Maggie Doyne awoke with the feeling that she was not yet ready to move into her freshman dorm....
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