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Learning about people in other parts of the world and the issues they face can raise more questions than answers. Sometimes, we learn about struggles and we want a way to help. Use the links below to learn more and take action:

http://mollyjacobson.glogster.com/tanzania-teaching/
 * Travel...for a change in perspective:** A teacher shares pictures and thoughts about time spent teaching in other parts of the world.

www.heifer.org
 * Heifer International’s** mission is “to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth.” A part of their work involves providing animals to people in need.

www.kiva.org
 * Kiva** connects organizations working in many different countries providing microloans to people in need with people who have money to lend. People, including students, contribute loans as small as $25.

www.amnesty.org
 * Amnesty International** is an organization working worldwide to promote human rights. Their website has news and information about issues related to human rights.

www.greenbeltmovement.org
 * The Green Belt Movement** was started by Wangari Maathai, who was the first African woman awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Green Belt Movement has its roots in reforestation and planting trees, but it has grown into an organization that empowers women.

www.idealist.org
 * Idealist** is a resource for people looking to help each other and promote human rights. On this website, you can find jobs, ways to volunteer, organizations to connect with, internships, and like-minded people.

www.movingwindmills.org
 * Moving Windmills/William Kamkwamba** William is a young man from Malawi. As a teenager, he used a textbook, materials other people had discarded as junk, and determination to build a windmill to bring power to his family’s home. His work has grown, and on his website you can learn more about his work and ways you can help the Moving Windmills Project support “African solutions to African problems.”

www.ted.com
 * TED** stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. TED has a wealth of short presentations on all kinds of interesting, novel, and compelling topics, many of which involve global issues and new ways of thinking.

http://www.facinghistory.org/ students_alumni/bethechange
 * Facing History and Ourselves: Be the Change** is a website for Upstanders, people who stand up in support of human rights activism. It has many stories of teens who are Upstanders, as well as ways to be engaged in your own life and your community.

[|The experiment in International Living.]
 * The Experiment in International living** is an organization which allows young people to live with a family in another country for several weeks. While most programs of this type require the participant to be at least 16 years old, now is a great time to look into programs like this. One of the organizers of this Wiki went to Sicily with this organization when she was 17 and it stands out as one of the best experiences of her life.