Free the Children
Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, having directly impacted over one million children in 45 countries through their programs.
Craig Kielburger and a group of his 12-year-old classmates founded the organization in 1995. Free The Children is in partnership with the United Nations and also with Oprah's Angel Network.
Free The Children believes that education gives the highest return of any social investment in the developing world. Through the voices and actions of young people, Free The Children has:
- Built more than 450 primary schools in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- Provides 35,000 children in the developing world with education every single day.
- Shipped $11 million US worth of essential medical supplies to 40 countries.
- Implemented alternative income projects, helping more than 20,000 women and their families.
- Delivered 200,000 school and health kits to students around the world.
- Provided 123,000 people with access to proper sanitation and clean water.
Through the Adopt a Village campaign, students will help poor and marginalized children and their families meet their basic human needs. This includes access to:
- Primary education (building schools, and supporting teacher wages and training).
- Aternative income projects
- Health care services
- Clean drinking water and proper sanitation systems