Children & Youth

YES! is a nonprofit organization that connects, inspires, and empowers young change makers to join forces for a thriving, just, and sustainable way of life for all. Since 1990 YES! has spoken in person to more than 629,000 students in school assemblies, led hundreds of daylong workshops, and held more than 90 weeklong camps and YES!

World Centers of Compassion for Children International is a non-profit organization founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams in March 1997.

The Ricky Martin Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is the well-being of children around the world in critical areas such as education, health, and social justice. To aid the children who continually fall victims of illiteracy, illness, and abuse in all continents, we at the Foundation truly believe in alliances.

Global children's alliance.

www.onemindonevoice.org

Kids in crisis... they're everywhere. Faced with physical and emotional abuse, drugs, peer pressure and the like, many kids today just don't have the resources or support to handle the pressure. That's why KidsPeace offers a wide range of residential and community services, including a free-standing psychiatric children's hospital, juvenile justice programs and specialized foster care.

Children of the Congo-Children of the World is a charitable association with the intention of improving the living conditions of the people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, specifically children. A terrible statistic is that malaria continues to kill more than 3000 African children per day.

Educating youth for future leaders of tomorrow.

www.heartinaction.com

In September 2004, in the middle of the holy land a group of Palestinian and Israeli families decided that they wanted to build a better future for their children and themselves, and established a school for children from both communities.

GYAN is a youth-led organization that unites the efforts of young people working to improve our world. The Network connects many thousands of organizations in over 190 countries and a growing membership is now helping to shape the future direction of GYAN.

In 1985, cultural activist Laurie Meadoff founded The CityKids Foundation as a non-profit, multicultural youth organization dedicated to actively involving youth in finding solutions to the issues that faced them.