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A World of Difference
Many girls around the world live in towns that have been = war-stricken. Lots=20 of girls have been sexually assaulted and some suffer from HIV. Many are = not=20 getting an education. Check out these programs that are reaching out to = girls.=20 It=E2=80=99s all about the sisterhood!
The Girl Effect This campaign=E2=80=99s message? The = world is one=20 big whopping mess. The solution? Girls! The Adolescent Girls Initiative = kicked=20 off The Girl Effect by donating millions of dollars to educate girls in=20 developing and post-conflict countries, such as Afghanistan, Nepal, = Rwanda and=20 South Sudan. The philosophy is that with training in areas like = agriculture,=20 business, public works and health care, girls will turn this world = around!
Because I am a Girl The Plan UK campaign tells it = like it=20 is: =E2=80=9CGovernments are failing girls on a massive scale.=E2=80=9D = A shocking 2008 report=20 found that one in five countries has used girls as child soldiers, 20 = million=20 girls in war zones are not in schools and far too many are at risk of = being=20 raped, beaten or abducted. Recently, 20 girls and boys were kidnapped by = rebels=20 in eastern Congo. Yes, the facts are brutal.
Being a HERO Twenty-one stellar teens were selected = as Youth=20 Ambassadors to take part in Being a HERO 2008, a six-week volunteer = effort in=20 Namibia and South Africa, where the YAs are building homes and = classrooms for=20 kids in Africa, among other things. It=E2=80=99s part of a United = Nations Association=20 Campaign to provide care for children in need.
Girls For a Change This nonprofit org for urban = girls just=20 wrapped up a national tour, hitting 25 schools in a monthlong trek = across the=20 United States. GFC taught thousands of girls to take action within their = communities. =E2=80=9CThe girls spoke of the killings they=E2=80=99ve = witnessed, the gunfire=20 that makes it unsafe to walk out their front door, abuse, global = warming, racism=20 and the bailout! These girls are on top of it,=E2=80=9D says program = director Carrie=20 Ellett.
Dear World Two hundred and seventy-five girls, ages = 7 to 17,=20 from across the United States and Canada wrote letters about growing up, = then=20 recited them on videotape for the world to see. =E2=80=9CDear World = celebrates the=20 passion, imaginative spirit and intelligence of girls,=E2=80=9D says a = Girls Inc.=20 spokesperson. Your voice counts!
Spotted by Spygirl
Invitation Only... =E2=80=A2 Up-and-coming pro skier Meryll Boulangeat, =
France The Winter X Games, will air live January 22-25, 2009, on =
ESPN=E2=80=99s networks to=20
over 122 countries and territories.
The world=E2=80=99s =
best athletes are=20
gearing up for the ESPN Winter X Games 13 in Aspen, Colo., where men and =
women=20
will, for the first time, receive equal prize money in this competition. =
Here=E2=80=99s=20
a piece of the invite list:
=E2=80=A2 Recent Grand Prix=20
halfpipe winner Kelly Clark, United States
=E2=80=A2 World Cup ski =
cross champion=20
Ophelie David, France
=E2=80=A2 Slopestyle competitor Silvia =
Mittermueller,=20
Germany
=E2=80=A2 Seventeen-year-old rookie snowboarder Helene =
Olafsen, Norway
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