New Global Citizens

CHI and AIL are delighted to feature donor New Global Citizens on this site.  The young people of NGC and Oxford Academy are an inspiration and a testment to the difference caring individuals can make to the lives of people half a world away. Thank you to all 

involved in this great fundraising and awareness raising effort and for choosing to support CHI and AIL.

Sakena Yacoobi 

Information from New Global Citizens 

New Global Citizens educates, equips, and mobilizes young people to help solve the greatest challenges faced by communities around the world through partnerships with grassroots organizations that are finding local solutions to local problems. NGC Teams are part of a growing movement of young people across the countrywho are taking action to create the world they deserve to inherit.

Over the course of an academic year, student-led NGC Teams focus on mobilizing support for their grassroots partner project.  Students address issues stemming from—and causing the perpetuation of—extreme poverty.  From HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa to health care for women in Mexico, students support grassroots partner projects in three important ways—by generating and giving funds, by acting as advocates, and by educating their local community in the United States about the issues facing their partners.  Students' work helps address urgent global problems today, and equips young people to support sustainable solutions.  NGC is equipping a generation of new global citizens—young people who play a role in creating a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

www.newglobalcitizens.org 

 

NGC Team:  Oxford Academy, California

 

Project:  Afghan Institute of Learning, Afghanistan

Intermediary Partner: Creating Hope International 

 

About the School: Oxford Academy is a large, public charter high school    located in Cypress, California. 

About the Team:

The NGC Team at Oxford Academy to work in partnership with the Afghan Institute of Learning. They advocated on behalf of womens’ and childrens’ issues in Afghanistan to raise awareness on their campus and within their community. In doing so, they urged students to take action and fight for basic human rights in Afghanistan, by supporting AIL in empowering women and children through education and medical attention. Throughout the year the team focused on Afghanistan in order to make the biggest impact and change they possible could. 

Team Events/Activities: 

Throughout the year the team educated 1,300 people and raised $7,000 US. Some of their amazing events included: 

1. Screening of the “Kite Runner”movie- They had great attendance, and discussed themes of the film in relation to their project.

2. Awareness Week-  They held various activities like “day without desks”, “day without a voice”, “letters for peace” which were symbolic of the oppression that women face in Afghanistan and the lack of resources in Afghanistan. An Afghan refugee also spoke to 100+ community members. They raised around $1,700 by selling shirts, bracelets, and patches, and had a huge impact in their community. 

 3. Band Aid Carnival- They held a Fundraising Week and had activities from “Adopt a Child” to various class competitions to donations and the support of sponsors – which culminated in a Benefit Concert and Carnival. They got two local bands, Burning Tree Project and Far East Movement, to perform.  The event was hugely successful with 700+ people attending and $5,000 raised!