Ceryn's Daily Rant: Admirable

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HAPPY GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY!

Global Youth Service Day is the largest annual service event in the world. GYSD highlights and celebrates the difference youth make in their communities year-round through community service and service-learning. This weekend, millions of young will participate in and lead service projects in all 50 states and in more than 100 countries around the world. Young people, working with their families, schools, community organizations, faith-based communities, and businesses, will improve their communities and change the world by addressing critical issues such as global climate change, education & illiteracy, poverty, health, hunger, and homelessness. http://www.gysd.org/

Ways to get involved:

Find a GYSD project near you. If you participate in a project, take plenty of pictures and videos to upload to Flickr and YouTube.

Find volunteer opportunities and serve with young people you know. Take time to thank a young person you know who serves.

Read YSA President & CEO Steve Culbertson's letter to the editor in USA Today (Harness Energy of Young People to Serve Others), GYSD News on ServiceWire, or sign up for news & updates from YSA.

Spread the word about the importance of youth service to your community. Write your own letter to the editor or a letter to your local elected officials. Find contact information here. Post updates on Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter. (Use #GYSD as a tag.)

Join us online on our new youth social networking site hosted by Miley Cyrus to stay up to date on future service opportunities.

Generations!

Check out this great video about Human Rights:

Peace in the Puzzle!

go to the home page and listen to Jessica Beaudette's amazing song called "Peace in the Puzzle." I dare you not to get totally addicted to it!

xoxo Kelly

u @ 50--This video was created by a 20 year old.

as you listen intently, follow along with the words forward AND THEN backward......

This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20 year old.
The contest was Titled "u @ 50", by the AARP
This video won second place. When they showed it , everyone in the
room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause.
So simple and yet so brilliant. Take a minute and watch it.

the dream project

Hi my name is pricilla .t and I am so proud that I am doing this for the whole wide world . I am all so proud of my group that we got some infomation about want are we going to talk about the solution . I am so inspired with the man that came and told us what to do to make this a better world .

The Dream Project Roxx Jacqueline Garcia Goal #7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability

My experience with this project has been great. It was fun when we were told to close our eyes and have a vision of the future in 2015 if this goal were solved. I visioned that our Earth was a better place. Poeople and animals had stopped dying from water and air pollution. Anotherthing was that poeple started recycling. It was also fun when we pretended to be in 2015 at Paris and that I was a proffesional doctor. I was also known to be someone who helped when solving Goal #7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability in 2009. This project has been a facinating experience to me.

goal#8

My experience with the dreamproject has been great. How we have helped our goal is by writing an article about the past and the solution. We placed that article in the school newspaper. Our goal now is to try and put that article in more magazines so that more peaple can read about it and help us with it. goal #8 isnt the only important goal , all of the goals are important if we could fix them all then that will make our world a better place for everyone.
-natalie FEB.12, 2009

Goal#7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability

my goal is gaol # 7 ensure environmental sustainability. i feel happy about helping the dream project. i am helping the organization of the big green help from nick. i try to do everything to help them. on all the things and projects i get for this i always try my best to complete them. i never give up just because it came out wrong i just start all over. i already know what to do so i re do it. my group always have their mind into it and never give up either. i hope that the people from the dream project are happy for what they have accomplished because i am. and so is my group. i thank miss dumaua for letting the dream project come to our class.

yadira

february 11, 2009

Our Solutions Melina A.

Hi, My name is Melina I am blogging to inform you what I am doing to combat HIV/AIDS and other disease.What my group is doing to help our goal is creating a fundraiser to raise enough money to donate to the American red cross. Our goal is to at least save up to $250 to send to our organizations.I hope you like our solution.



Sincerily,Melina A.

Helping People With Dieases

Goal # 6 combat HIV/Aids Malaria and Other Di eases

Hi my name is Guadalupe .S. and I am goal # 6 Combat HIV/Aids and Other Di eases. The activities we did last time about the dream project show was amazing. It was amazing because we got to talk about our vision. On my vision i saw many of people around the world with HIV or AIDS. In my vision i was a doctor making cures every day and millions of people with many different disease. If Amanda, Kelly, and of coures Melinda I want to tell you thank you for letting my class be in THE DREAM PROJECT. I am really glad to be helping other kids not just helping myself.

THANK EVERY ONE AT THE DREAM PROJECT

Guadalupe .S.

Goal #5 Improve Maternal Health

Hi I'm Kevin and I'm working on Goal #5 Improve Maternal Health. I am working on a fundraiser with my group and we are trying to save more than $100 and send it to our community that were working with. My group and I have raised $70. 25. I feel very happy and confident about my group because we have achieved a goal that takes more than one person to achieve. We hope that with this money we have raised and will give to the community thats working with our goal, we'll build more hospitals.

Making Partnership in the World

The world has wars and economy problems. My name is Brenda and my goal is #8 Develop Global Partnership for Development can help with those problems. We help by writing to important people. For example, we are going to write to the president, Barack Obama. We are going to write, if he could help other countries because some of them are poor.

Helping People

My name is Alejandra L. and my goal is # 6 Combat HIV/Aids Malaria and other Diseases. we are helping people making a fundraiser and selling candies and other stuff. It has been really fun selling it because we are helping people that are sick. the Dream Project has been a big opportunity because I can help the world out. the Dream Project is also a big opportunity for me to help people who need help.

The Dream Project

The DreamProject is a big opportunity for me because it is my first time on a website or camera. Sometimes I get too nervous but I know I could go through it like we are going to succed in finding our solution for our MDG's (Millenium Development Goals). I hope you also get the opportunity to be in the Dream Project. By 2015 I know we are going to finish our MDG's

Lorena S.

2-12-09

The Dream Project Rules

The Dream Project is so cool. I have had so much fun since I have been working with the Dream Project. I am in Goal 5 Improving Maternal Health Care. We are fundraising to help our goal and send money ot thr organization we chose. I have experienced alot. We are also doing a radio show that explains how we are helping improve our Goal. We May even chane the world and that feels good. The Dream Project Rocks.

Yesenia G

february 12, 2009

My name is Mario Tafoya and i am in goal # 7 insure enviormental sustainability i want to say that it has been a great honor to be in this organization because it feel's good to help other people. I like help people because many people don't even know what there harming untill they see it. I am her to prevent this type of stuff from happening.

[MaRiLiN]THE DREAM PROJECT!!

My goal is #5
Improve Maternal Health
I think that the dream is almost the best thing that has happened to me in
my whole entire life,It changed my life.It is the best in the whole world.I love the dream
project because it is not a boring project it is a fun and exciting thing where we
get to show how much we love babies and how we can help them.
MaRiLiN E;

The dream project

Hi my name is pricilla and the times that I being do the dream project it has being so intersting to me . I hope you like the writing that we gave you Amanda and Melina . I like the part that the the guy came and inspired me to do a better job . I and my group are so proud that we are doing a great job. Thank you

Dream project ROCKS

I like the way were working on the dreamproject were having fun and at the same time helping other people around the world that need our help. I have been having fun helping people around the world it doesn't just feel good it feels awesome the way we feel the way we have fun while helping people i think the dreamproject doesn't just rock it is one of the best things i have ever participating in if you help t least once you feel the need to do it again.





Vicente m.

Writing about the Dream Project

I have been working on the Dream Project and so far everything has gone great I think it's a honor that we great this oppurtunity to help people around the world. Like in my group we have been raising money to send to an organizatioin who is working on my goal so far we raised about ninety dollars then we will send it. My group is goal number five Improve Maternal Health Care .So thankyou Amanda, Kelly, and Melinda .


Goal #5 Improve Maternal Health Care
Ashley G.

The Dream Project ^^ Its Great! =D

I have been working on the dream project for about 2 months now. I have noticed how much the world needs change and how much we need to help it. So, i now know that the world isn't going to change on its own, we have to do something to change it. " The world needs dreamers , the world needs workers , but the world needs dreamers who work."As Albert Einstein also said," A dream is not a dream unless someone dreams with you." I have learned so much about things i never knew about. There are many people taht are dying from pollution and so are animals. We are fundraising to help them. We are also donating money to Kiva. I didn't know about many things that were happening in this world, i never even knew about the MDGs. This project has changed my life because now i see that people in other places and coutries do not have the same privledges and money etc. that we have. I am very grateful to what I have now that i know about these goals.

The dream project is great and everyone should participate in this great world helping project.
Help the enviroment~~!!!!! ^_^

Goal #7 Ensure Enviromental Substainability
Sincerely,
Jason~~ !!

The Dream Project Rocks

Hello my name is Jose Salgado and I am working on goal #5 Improve Maternal Health Care. For our sevicce project my group and I are working on a fundraiser. We are selling chocolate, cheesecakes bread , and other sweets for a dollar each. So far we have raised somwhere a round 100 dollars to 120 dollars. For me things are going good. But some of the stuff I am learning is really depressing. These things depress me because my mom is pregnant. And learning that most women that don't have health care die makes me wonder what if my mom was or could be one of those women. Besides that the Dream Project ROcks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello my name is Fernando and I am Goal #6 Combat Hiv/Aids Malaria and other diseases. we are doing a fundraiser. The organization that we are going to send it to is The American Red Cross. we have about $20.00 because we barely started to fundraise. We are selling candies to fundraise for my group. we are doing also posters for the future and it is fun working in the dream project.

Working with the Dream Project

Working with the Dream Project is a great experiance. It has taught me so much about all the MDG's. I'm in goal number 5- Improving Maternal Health Care, and learning all about the problems is so crazy. I never knew that women are dying every day because they don't have proper birth. The Dream Project and I are working to see if we can accomplish all the millenium Goals by 2015. The Dream Project saves a whole lot of lives, and we are so greatful that we are able to help and not just ourselves, we are alos helping the whole world. Working in the Dream Project is so so so so Great!=) By-Crystal

Hello my name is Alexis C. and i am part of goal #6. We are combatting HIV/AIDS, Maleria and other diseaeses. we are raising money by buying and selling candy. so far we have about $20 abd we're going to give that to the American Red Cross. we're also going to make a video to post online so that everyone knows what we're doing, and we may get some more supporters of the dream project and molennium goals. now we just have to see wher ethis gets us and if it makes any differance in the world.

Dreamproject

I like being part of the dreamproject. I like the dream project because we get to do many fun activities Such as visualizing things and making posters and helping people understand that fighting , wars , and gangs are terrible things. That is why I like being part of the dreamproject

Goal #6

Hello my name is Jose A. I'm in goal #6 to combat HIV/aids malaria and other diseases. My group, and I are fundraising money by selling candies to give to the American Red Cross. So far we have about $24. We are hoping to raise even more mony to donate to them so that the American Red Cross can try and find more cures.

The most AMAZING Lady!

Today I met the most amazing lady. Her name is Penpa Negi. She is Tibetan and lives in India. The photo to the left is one of her and her mother. She and her brother, Lama Tenzin, a Tibetan monk, rescue children from the boarder of the Himalayas/Nepal/Tibet and bring them to safety. Not only do they save the lives of these children that would other wise live in great poverty (or worse, be picked up by the Maoist terrorists), but they give them an education and the chance to live a life of dignity and purpose.

Penpa, Lama Tenzin, along with a group of eleven children recently took a 30 day journey through the Himalayas to reunite with the children with their parents after seven years of separation...but while they were there, they rescued a baby that was left to die because she was born with a cleft pallat. This baby, Tendral Metok (Harmony Flower) has now received a surgery to fix her cleft pallet from Operation SMILE in Atlanta.

I am so impressed and inspired...I wish you all could meet her...maybe the Nimitz students will interview her for their radio show!!!

To help Penpa and Lama Tenzin help more kids, donate to CED:
http://himalayankids.org/ced/oldweb/index.html

Kelly Sullivan Walden
2/3/09

Working Toward a Solution in Bolivia

I had the honor today of getting to share a bit with the two classes at Nimitz Middle School about my recent trip to Bolivia and Peru, where two friends of mine are working with an organization called "Sustainable Bolivia." Through this organization and the 22 grassroots organizations it supports, they are helping Bolivia to work toward achieving the United Nations Millenium Development Goals in this part of the world.

In Bolivia, 65% of people live below the poverty line. Many people have trouble accessing clean water and other fundamental facilities, such as safe roads, schools and hospitals, due to a poor infrastructure in this area.

In Bolivia and Peru, specifically in rural areas, many children don't attend school because it is too far away or too expensive. If one child does get to go school, it is usually the boy because the girl is just going to grow up and have babies, so why does she need an education? At least, this is the opinion of many people there.

Lots of people within countries like Bolivia are working hard, though, through various organizations to make life better for society. In Bolivia, both foreign and local people are involved with a number of organizations doing all sorts of things, from helping disabled adults and children who have special needs, to installing ecological kitchens in rural villages. Some organizations travel to local villages to talk to women and children about human rights, food safety, health, and to help the women look for jobs. Other people, who have experience in economics and business, go to rural villages to help people establish their own small businesses. Why is this important? Because it's sustainable. This means that once these people have started their own businesses, they will be able to keep supporting themselves. Some of the other organizations work with healthcare centers, some of these healthcare centers specialize in helping pregnant women and children under five, and some of them help everyone. Other groups work with orphanages, education in local schools, and even promoting sustainable environmental practices in farming!

I definitely saw a lot on my trip, and it opened my eyes to alot of the issues people face in this part of the world, as well as a lot of the great work being done for people to help each other.

Nimitz students, as y'all continue development of your service learning project, if you realize you're not yet sure what organizations you might want to support and you're interested in supporting a group in this part of the world, check out www.sustainablebolivia.org/programs.html for a few ideas!

Y'all are doing such a great job, I can't wait to hear more about your ideas tomorrow!

Amanda A.
January 26, 2009

Afghan Girls, Scarred by Acid, Defy Terror, Embracing School

Hey Dream Project Heroes...especially those working on goals 2 & 3 (primary education for all and woman's equality). Take a look at this article and blog about your comments: http://www.nowpublic.com/world/afghan-girls-scarred-acid-defy-terror-embracing-school

Here's some of what it says:

These girls are to be admired.

Ir will take time, years, but

eventually women should and

will be allowed to live normal

lives in Afghanistan.

Then the man pulled Shamsia’s burqa from her head and sprayed her face with burning acid. Scars, jagged and discolored, now spread across Shamsia’s eyelids and most of her left cheek. These days, her vision goes blurry, making it hard for her to read.

But if the acid attack against Shamsia and 14 others — students and teachers — was meant to terrorize the girls into staying home, it appears to have completely failed.

Today, nearly all of the wounded girls are back at the Mirwais School for Girls, including even Shamsia, whose face was so badly burned that she had to be sent abroad for treatment.

Source: nytimes.com

An organization thats working in my community is Children's International.We could start a fund raiser and then sponsor a kid.we will show our work by making a video.You need to call the number on the screen. Javier hernandez

help the hungrey

hi my name is Antonio Ruiz my goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger goal 1. you can go on free rice.com to help so every question you get right you give 20 grains of rice to every question you get right that is won way you can get involved. we can tell our story be making a video. you don't need to call anyone you just go on free rice.com. so please go on freerice.com.

hi our goal is to eradicate poverty and hunger we did some research and we found you can go to freerice.com and every quetion you get right you give 20 grains of rice to hungery people. you could justonline and help chilren please.that is the way other people could help.

ways to help

hi! our goal is to achieve Primary Education which is goal #2. We did some research and we found an orginization called developement in literacy. The way we can get involved is by fundraising, and donating the money we get. Our group has decided to make a video to represent our goal. For the orginization we found there phone number which is (714)-895-5345. There addres is 8001 E Roper st Long Beach Ca 90808 Usa. Theire email is office@dil.org.

Helping Out

Hi my name is Ramon and I am trying to help the an orginization. The orginization I found was help was Feed the Children. The first thing I will do is start selling candy and will send all the money I got and send it to that orginization like Feed the Children. I can also start a video about how people are in hunger and poverty and I would want people to help the orginization Feed the Children. I can contact their phone number and inform them that I am trying to help. There phone number is 1800-627-4556


by Ramon Bramasco

Povrtey and Hunger

Hi our group name is Christopher, Daniel, Pedro the new student in the class also our goal is number 1 reduce poverty and hunger. We are helping the LA food bank to donate food for the hungery children in the poor country and also we try to tell every one for their support. We are going to get involved by putting a banner in the whole neighbor so we can tell them to get involved with the un millenium goals. We will contact people by making a video so we can tell the whole world what is happening in the world. We need to contact the founder of L.A. FOOD BANK. Even you could go to www.FreeRice.com to donate rice to the poor countries in Africa.

Helping Others

Hi this is Genesis, Ashley, Hugo,and Nicholas we are goal number 4 reduce child mortality.
We want to inform you about another organisation that helps the people around the world. There is a organisation that is called A Glimmer of Hope foundation. Me and my conpanians would get involved by giving them our ideas through a letter or video. As a creative way that we can help or to get involved is by making a video clip that informs you and others about the problems that many people have.If you are intrested you can contact them www.aglimmerofhope.org. To send them a clip, video, or somthing else you can locate them at 3600 N Capital of Texas HWYBidg. B, Suite 330 Auatin Texas 78746

Thank you ..

Helping Women's Organizations info!!!

1. What organization in your community are already working on solutions for your MDG?
The organization helping our MDG (Goal #3 Promote Gender Quality and Empower Women) is Healing Bridges (website healingbridges.org)

2. How can our group get involed? How can your group help?

We can help this organization by donateing money and toys. We can protest. We can blog about it. We can join an organization or a club about the cause. We can write letters who do something about the cause like healing bridges. We can tell other people to see if they can make a diffrence by donating or funrasing. We can make it a law by talking to someone who can make it possible. We can make a website for all of the people so people can see and spread the news.

3. How can your group tell your story about the cause. (video/ song/ art/work/story.

We are going to tell our story by using art.

4. Who does you group need to contact the organzation?

We can contact the organization healing bridges by mailing letters to the adress

1137 2nd Street Suite 205Santa Monica, CA 90403

Or we can call the organization healing bridges at

310 576 2672

Lastly we can email Healing bridges at

info@healingbridges.org

By Mrs. Zambron group 3 women rights