Groton School Kids to Kids Club Bakesale – Lizzy’s Story
Last year when I went to my very first Kids to Kids meeting, I started talking to a girl in the grade above me, Kate, who had never been to a Kids to Kids meeting before either. Somehow we started...
View ArticleFundraising Tips from Lauren
Lauren organizing a fundraiser with her school's Kids Connect Club 12/16/10 – Fundraising events are a powerful tool for young people to raise money to support World Connect projects; but how do you...
View ArticleProject Update: All Roads Lead to Green
12/21/10 – One of our big goals for World Connect in 2011 is to be GREAT storytellers by finding new and creative ways to share the amazing stories that we hear from our partners around the world....
View ArticleField Notes
Written 9/1/12 by Marina – When we set out on our trip from Cusco to visit World Connect’s projects in Tuti, I had no idea what to expect, but I was excited. Our drive lasted eight hours, the first...
View ArticleOur Commitment to Rwanda
Emily and Sarah Nuss, co-founders of “Kids Connect” and members of World Connect’s Youth Advisory Board, spent Summer 2012 in Rwanda, volunteering with an organization called” Spark MicroGrants. This...
View ArticlePutting Faces to the Projects: Outstanding Persons Series
This “Outstanding Persons” series was curated by Gideon Lovell-Smith. Gideon spent this fall working as a games keeper on an estate in Scotland, joining World Connect this past winter. Gideon is...
View ArticleA Saint in Siloe
A light has gone out in Haiti. In 2012, World Connect began working with the Center for the Arts in Siloe, a tent community in Port-au-Prince established after the 2010 earthquake and populated mostly...
View ArticleReflecting on our work in Kenya
World Connect has been working in Kenya since 2011 in partnership with many dynamic, talented grassroots leaders and community-based organizations, as well as committed Peace Corps Volunteers placed in...
View ArticleBrooklyn to El Salvador
Since 2009, World Connect has partnered with schools across the country to engage youth in international development, philanthropy and service learning. Through Kids Connect, students choose a project...
View ArticleKids Connect US Expansion
World Connect’s Kids Connect program is partnering with more schools, programs, and students every day. From Massachusetts to California, students and teachers are forming Kids Connect clubs, piloting...
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