Community service ideas
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Short animated film aimed to educate the younger generation about the importance of doing the small things in order to look after our planet. Written by Mark Hickman. Voice of Paul Tonkin. Directed and Animated by Robin Littlewood.
Achieving our goal of ending global hunger often means providing food for people in need, but we know that more is needed to ensure people enjoy food security. This video explains what food security means, and how it relates to ending global hunger.
By empowering countries to grow their way out of poverty, we can break the cycle of hunger and build a more stable world for future generations.
Community service ideas for kids! Finding volunteer opportunities and service project ideas for kids can be a challenge. Here are some creative ways kids can make a social impact. Through my work with hundreds of nonprofits, I’ve helped thousands of people of ALL ages find volunteer opportunities. There really are some amazing ways to give back for kids in elementary school or middle school or home school. I’ve heard from so many folks how hard it can be to find community service projects and volunteer opportunities for kids. But when kids can participate in the perfect volunteer opportunity, they can build up their leadership and other skills, make new friends, and have fun - ALL while making a social impact. The volunteer opportunities I share vary from ongoing to one-time projects, service projects you can do from home, or even in school.
Equality is when each person is seen as equal in the eyes of the law. A government that protects human rights makes one set of laws for everyone, not different laws for different people. Social justice is when each person can exercise their rights within a society. A government that promotes social justice ensures that everyone has physical security, education, healthcare, and employment. This is part of the Learning for Life and Work section of BBC Bitesize Secondary (KS3) level.
In today's adventure, Kid President explores people's different ideas about how to make the world better. What do you think is the best way to change the world?
Students between the ages of six and twelve offer sage advice at the National Invention Convention on solving real-world problems, big and small. Behold: the Blackberry Picker, Storibot, and the ChemotheraPop.
Innovation
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Making the world better
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Whether it happens among students in a classroom, or engineers in a laboratory, innovation is a process, a series of steps that begins with imagination, and results in the creation of something of value for society. “Science of Innovation” is produced in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Kids change the world every day - meet 7 of those dedicated to making the planet a better place. Disability, tragedy, and poverty were no match for their love and mission to make a difference. Music by Jonny Easton
Matt and Jack Webb have traveled the United States in search of kids who are making a difference in the world. Their message is clear: we have to empower kids to believe that “Kids Can Change the World.” Jack and Matt Webb are just two of a five-member family of filmmakers and storytellers who took to the road for a year-long road trip to meet kid change-makers in all 50 states. Having collected 75 stories from across America, their hope is to share those tales in films, book, and events that inspire and equip others to make the world better. They want to celebrate amazing kids and help other children create sustainable movements of change in the world.
Sparsh Shah wants to show people how they can transcend every difficulty that comes their way in life and how they can start a chain reaction to be a guide for other people who want to turn their life around as well. Sparsh is a 13-year old child prodigy, singer/song writer/rapper born with brittle bones (130+fractures), but an unbreakable spirit. He became a worldwide internet sensation with his Purhythm versions of Eminem covers. He aspires to inspire and sing in front of a billion people one day. Sparsh has been learning Hindustani classical music for the last seven-and-a-half years and American vocal music for the last three years. Sparsh is multi-talented. He performs at community events and has appeared on local radio stations and television shows, besides hosting shows as an MC.
A Blue Apple Digimedia in association with Photografix. Starring : Gaurav Lavate Directed and Edited by : Aakash Dhote Cinematography : Aakash Dhote, Om Pathre, Mayuresh Hendre Director of Photography : Aakash Dhote Special Thanks : 'IES ORION School' & 'I for an Eye'. We See Soo Many Things In this World, A Few of which make us want to Shut our Eyes and Look Away. Yet there are those among us, who will Never have the Opportunity to see the World, through Our Beautiful Lens, This Goes out to Them. I Know you're probably Thanking God its Friday, but take 5 minutes of your Time and watch this Film and Spread the Message.
In a fascinating talk, applauded with a standing ovation, Gitanjali dazzles the audience with her ideas on innovation, STEM education for girls and what it means to be a child today. She talks about how her device could solve the crisis of clean water in Michigan, India and many other parts of the world. The video also includes a demo to her awarded device. Gitanjali is just 12 years and she was just recently named America’s Top Young Scientist of 2017 by the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge with a device to detect lead in water faster than any other current techniques. She is a Davidson Young Scholar since 2012, and has received several scholarships and awards for achievements in science, arts and community service. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
One 12-year-old hacker from Texas is raising awareness about growing cyber threats and how to protect digital information. David Begnaud meets with Reuben Paul, a self-proclaimed "cyber ninja" who hacks household items to demonstrate how they can be exploited to spy on or even harm people.
Guy Kawasaki at TEDxBerkeley 2014: "Rethink. Redefine. Recreate." His talk is titled "The Art of Innovation." Guy Kawasaki is a special advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google. He is also the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
This episode is sponsored by Bill Gates. Check out Bill Gate's Blog on Innovation: http://b-gat.es/2eJrfMT Subscribe for more videos: http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written: by Rachel Salt and Mitchell Moffit Illustrated: by: Max Simmons Edited by: Sel Ghebrehiwot