Sept. 2000 Newsletter Groups

PAGE 3 - Children of the World

GROUPS

Below we have listed several groups dedicated to improving the lot of the children of the world. Please take a moment to check them out on their own sites or read a brief synopsis of their work in our listing area....Educational Groups. You will find many other interesting and worthy educational groups there as well.

Schools

Robert Muller Schools

Teaching and using the World Core Curriculum.

For information write to:g the World rmswcc@airmail.net

www.unol.org/rms/index.html

Montessori's profound contribution to education was the creation of an environment, materials and teacher training system which responds to a simple truth - children teach themselves.

http://www.montessori.org/

Waldorf Schools
Dr. Rudolf Steiner

When children relate what they learn to their own experience, they are interested and alive, and what they learn becomes their own. Waldorf schools are designed to foster this kind of learning.

Waldorf education has its roots in the spiritual-scientific research of the Austrian scientist and thinker Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). According to Steiner's philosophy, man is a threefold being of spirit, soul, and body whose capacities unfold in three developmental stages on the path to adulthood: early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

There are many websites on Waldorf Schools.......this is a beginning point for North America:

http://www.awsna.org

GROUPS - BY YOUTH AND FOR YOUTH

What is DO SOMETHING?

Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference in their communities and take action to change the world around them. As part of Do Something, young people are asked what they want to do to make things better and then given the resources and support to bring their unique vision to life.

http://www.dosomething.org/

Cool kids! Global Kids Inc.

We are a young people's group that has many different projects and programs to get youth more involved in their communities, to grow their self-esteem, to raise their awareness about world issues and give them opportunities to know themselves and others in new and powerful ways.

http://www.globalkidsinc.org/

Yes World YES! has become one of the most successful youth-run environmental organizations in the world.

http://www.yesworld.or

The ONE DAY Foundation is dedicated to supporting the dreams and visions of young people throughout the world.

http://www.oneday.org/index.htm

Global Youth ACTION Network

http://www.youthlink.org/

The Global Youth ACTION Network is a collaboration among youth and youth-serving organizations to share information, resources and solutions. Its purpose is to promote greater youth engagement. The GYAN creates the opportunity for every young person to be heard, leverages their voices to impact national and global agendas and provides tools, recognition and financial support for youth who take positive action to improve our world - community by community.

Southern Poverty Law Center

In response to an alarming increase in hate crime among youth, the Southern Poverty Law Center began the Teaching Tolerance project in 1991. To learn more about this program go to their website at:

http://www.splcenter.org/splc.html

"There is much work to do, and when nearly a billion children go to bed hungry, neglected or abused every night, we cannot wait."

Charles MacCormack
President, Save the Children

Save the Children's unique self-help approach to relief, recovery, and ongoing development has nurtured the seeds of hope for millions of people.

http://www.savethechildren.org/index.html

UNICEF Voices of Youth

http://www.unicef.org/voy/

UNICEF Programmes work to protect children's and women's rights, so that children have the best possible care from birth and develop to their full potential, enter school healthy and ready to learn and navigate adolescence safely and surely.

http://www.unicef.org/

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