J
Philippines
Thank God my parents decided not to abort me as they planned it to be. As a human being, born to poor parents and witnessed a s imple but charmingly-living neighbors, I am now much inspired to do a task impossible to bear. My youth organization, my church and the legacy I can sweetly leave to this God-given life strengthens my will and passionate to help my fellowmen and the youth of the world in the best that I can. My teachers who molded me are the greatest supporters of my... (read more)

Dave
New Zealand
I’ve found that the different tools and resources from the TakingITGlobal site really attracted the kids, so I thought it would be good to use the TIG and TIGed tools to get the kids started on thinking about the global community and caring about the planet and caring for other people. We’ve only just touched the surface with the possibilities, so this year, I want to use TIGed to go a lot further and expand into the global community. By using a format like TIG, we can actually change... (read more)

Sean Amos | 45
Kenya
The issues that matter to me most are youth employment and empowerment. I was once faced with the challenge of being unemployed, I decided to get involved with Compassionate Acts International, a non-profit organization in Nairobi, where I learned how to start up my own small to medium size organization. Later, as a result of an academic scholarship, I was able to get involved with the United Nations Development Projects (UNDP), One Stop Information and Youth Resource Centre-Nairobi, and... (read more)