who we support
As a foundation, redseven will partner with and support charities that further youth education globally. We are happy to announce that we have partnered with Free the Children for our imagine a world… campaign. It is redseven’s goal to raise $12,000 for Free the Children in order to build a school in India.
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about our supported charity
Free The Children is the world’s largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in its innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. It was founded in 1995 by 12-year-old international child rights activist Craig Kielburger.
Since inception the organization has received the World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child (also known as the Children’s Nobel Prize), the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, and has formed successful partnerships with leading school boards and Oprah’s Angel Network.
The primary goals of the organization are to free children from poverty and exploitation and free young people from the notion that they are powerless to affect positive change in the world. Through domestic empowerment programs and leadership training, Free The Children inspires young people to develop as socially conscious global citizens and become agents of change for their peers around the world.
about our first campaign: raising $12,000 to build a school in Lai Gow, India
Why India?
- 44% of Indian children under the age of five are malnourished
- 398,000,000 people in India live on less than $1 a day
- only 50% of girls and 63% of boys in India are enrolled in secondary school
- children under 14 constitute 3.6% of the total labour force in India
- in India there are more illiterate children than any country in the world
- 268,000,000 people in India are illiterate
Why Lai Gow?
Sohan is 12 years old and lives in the community of Lai with his parents and nine brothers and sisters. Although he’s still just a child, it wasn’t long ago that Sohan was working as a child labourer along with his younger brother. with no access to an education children like Sohan have no way to break the cycle of poverty. Lucky for Sohan a school was built in his village, giving him and his brother access to an education, which sadly, is a privilege.
No longer constrained by child labour, Sohan and his brother have an opportunity for a better future. Students like Sohan are grateful, responsible, empowered and dedicated. Every morning, Sohan wakes up early, cleans the house and prepares breakfast for all of his 11 family members and then he heads off to school. At 4:30, the school bell rings and Sohan heads home, does his chores and, finally, goes to bed.
Sohan is incredibly excited to be attending school, and grateful that he and his brother no longer have to work. Sohan loves to study and he hopes to keep learning as he hopes to be a leader in the development of his community. Sohan is also a talented artist and actor, and he’s always eager to participate in school ceremonies and performances. He truly has become a responsible, empowered and dedicated member of his community.