The events, which highlight young leaders who are making a difference in their communities, will be held in Chicago, Milwaukee, Wilmington and Raleigh-Durham. Start a mentoring or internship program in your organization that will help young people gain significant experience in international development. They identify candidates and service opportunities and help subsidize internships with nonprofit organizations. Invite young people to serve on your board. Amigos de Las Americas gives young people an opportunity to spend a summer working on public health projects in Latin America.
CARE has a variety of programs geared toward young people.
Its GlobeTrek curriculum offers teachers engaging lesson plans about global issues, and it is developing a newsletter for pre-teens. On the Thursday before Thanksgiving, students skip a meal or more and donate to Oxfam the money they would have spent on food. As part of last year's Fast, winners of a national student essay contest about Africa were sent to Washington to meet with policymakers about development issues. The Peace Corps' World Wise Schools program allows students in U.S. classrooms to correspond with area volunteers who are stationed around the world. The National Peace Corps Association encourages returned Peace Corps volunteers to visit schools.