Change for Change. Pencils of Promise. Literacy Partners. Pajama Program. Our Mission Pajama Program provides new pajamas and new books to children in need, many of whom are waiting and hoping to be adopted.
These children live in various situations including group homes, shelters and temporary housing facilities and are shuffled often from one place to another. Hungry for Solutions: Can the Youth Fix the Future? On a recent late summer morning in Portland, Oregon, I walked past the downtown farmers' market, where vendors were setting up their lush displays of fruits and vegetables.
Food was on my mind, but for a different reason. I was on my way to a forum for young people about how they could help fight world hunger. The Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian organization headquartered in Oregon, hosted the Portland Youth Summit as part of its Global Citizens Corps. According to Erin Thomas, who served with the Peace Corps before working with Mercy Corps, the organization is increasingly looking to young people to help find solutions for global problems such as hunger. No Kid Hungry. WFP. A Billion for a Billion. Heifer International. FreeRice. FreeRice Video. Waterkeeper Alliance. Charity: water. Children’s Safe Drinking Water. Safewater. Teachers Without Borders. Doctors Without Borders. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. IFRC.
Women In Need - Charity for Homeless Women. West End Residences. Forty to None Project. Ali Forney Center.