CTV News | Students, Dalai Lama gearing up for We Day

CTV News | Students, Dalai Lama gearing up for We Day: "Just weeks shy of her eighth birthday, Avery Johnson has spearheaded more charitable initiatives than most adults do in a lifetime -- and that's why she'll have one of the best seats in the house for Tuesday's We Day event in Vancouver."

DAILY NATION - Girl, 14, steps into Ongeri’s shoes

DAILY NATION - Girl, 14, steps into Ongeri’s shoes: "The chief guest at the fund-raising for Karura SDA Secondary School that netted Sh6.7 million was 14-year-old pupil Diana Onyonyi. Now girls at the school will have a new dormitory.

“Diana’s participation in charity work began in May 1997, a month to her third birthday, when she was declared the youngest finisher of the Freedom from Hunger Walk,” says her father Kennedy Onyonyi, an officer at the Kenya Revenue Authority."

Students to get marks for charity work - Times Online

Students to get marks for charity work - Times Online: "University students who volunteer with a charity or complete work-placements during their studies could earn marks towards their degrees, under a new nationwide credit-based system.

Under a new credits system, to be introduced in England from September 2009, students will be able to build up credits, or points, for the number of hours of work put in to their study and the level of achievement attained."

The Electric New Paper, Singapore - The Electric New Paper News

The Electric New Paper, Singapore - The Electric New Paper News: "One hundred and eleven educational institutions including junior colleges, secondary and primary schools, an international school, and some kindergartens joined in the celebrations. To date, more than $190,000 has been raised for charity."

Compassionate teener builds homes on her 17th Birthday - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Compassionate teener builds homes on her 17th Birthday - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "Habitat for Humanity is particularly proud of a very special, dedicated volunteer. She is 17-year-old Alexandra Madrigal Eduque. Exposed to Habitat through an immersion program run by the school she attends, International School of Manila, Alex’s “Habititis” became so intense she spent an entire summer building homes for the needy at Baseco Bagong Buhay Village in Tondo, Manila."

The Electric New Paper, Singapore - The Electric New Paper News

The Electric New Paper, Singapore - The Electric New Paper News: "WHILE everyone was having fun at the school carnival, one student was busy barking instructions and questions into a walkie-talkie in one hand and a handphone in the other. Click to see larger image

Despite the din and chaos, Charles Lee, 16, had a perpetual smile on his face. After all, this was his event and things were going well. Charles had to celebrate the recent National Day differently from other students. It was a perfect occasion to help the less fortunate, he thought. So, five months ago, the Secondary 3 student at Presbyterian High approached his principal with this suggestion - let's hold a National Day charity carnival."

Youths discover gift of birthday giving - Yahoo! Canada News

Youths discover gift of birthday giving - Yahoo! Canada News: "ALGARY (CBC) - A handful of children and teenagers are making donations instead of accepting gifts on their birthdays, in what some are calling a growing trend in philanthropy. ADVERTISEMENT 'We are seeing more recent examples here in Calgary,' said Keith Steel, director of the Institute for Nonprofit Studies at Mount Royal College. 'I think that there's an increasing degree of social consciousness among young people, and they actually want to do something.'"

Charities Aid Foundation - Students should not be charity mugs

Charities Aid Foundation - Students should not be charity mugs: "Students should not be charity mugs 17 August 2007 Mother holding childThe Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) has warned that students wanting to volunteer during their gap year should check charities' credentials."

Plan for new 'teenage call-up' | Communities | SocietyGuardian.co.uk

Plan for new 'teenage call-up' | Communities | SocietyGuardian.co.uk: "Compulsory community service for the sake of social cohesion is suggested in a government report

Jo Revill, Whitehall editor
Sunday June 10, 2007
The Observer

Plans for every young person in Britain to enrol in a national volunteering scheme that could become compulsory are at the centre of a government report into improving social cohesion.

The possibility of mandatory community service is put forward today by Darra Singh, chair of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, the body created by Tony Blair after the 7 July bombings in 2005 to promote more unity. It echoes the concept of National Service, which ended in 1960, that required all men between the ages of 18 and 26 to serve in the military for up to two years."