YAP in Collaboration with Onitsuka Tiger and Wendy MacNaughton

We are in planning stages to have a fundraising event in San Francisco (1553 Haight Street) on August 13-14. We are displaying creative art by Wendy McNaughton with generous support of Onitsuka Tiger/Asics to raise funds and awareness for orphanages across the world. The art event will coincide with Outside Land Music Festival. I am asking everyone to join us and support our cause, purchase art, and Shoebiz and Onitsuka will match dollar for dollar with all the purchases that we make. In addition, Shoebiz and Onitsuka Tiger will match every dollar you donate to Youth Against Poverty. I have to emphasize, YAP does not collect money, we provide money to youth and orphans in need.  

I will be at the event, so if you have any questions, comments, etc, please feel free to talk to me about it.

 

Earthquakes Soccer Tickets to Charity

We have just listed our San Jose Earthquakes Soccer tickets online. All the proceeds go to charity such as the organizations and orphanages we support. The dates for all the games and the links to buy the tickets are: 7/3, 7/31, 8/14, 8/21, 9/11, 9/15, 9/29, 10/16, and 10/20. 

Remember, all the proceeds will go to the orphans in need.

 

Youth Against Poverty supports Inspire the Youth Foundation

Inspire the Youth Foundation is a non profit organization that is greeting you from the state of Alabama, USA and from our affiliates and/ or programs in Burundi, Mali and Zimbabwe, Africa. Our aim is to support the lives of the children who are being cared for by their grandparents, brother(s) or sister(s) or an agency.  Our direct impact is focused on education and the well being of the child. Inspire the Youth pays for school fees, purchases school materials (uniforms, shoes, sweaters, tracksuits, etc.) and school supplies (books, paper, pens, rulers, etc.) as well as providing access to medical attention.  Thus, we are always looking for assistance to keep this effort moving along such as:

 

  • Shipping collected items to benefit the needy
  • Sponsor the education and health of orphaned, vulnerable and deserving children
  • Sustain affiliate centers (supply rural areas with farming materials & classroom necessities)
  • Provide boreholes in city and rural areas (need access to clean water)
  • After-school programs such as sports that help in building a motivated character 
  • Structure income generating projects for sustaining development to help widows and elderly
  • Provide lunch lines in impoverished areas
  • Contribute to the youth community service projects (clearing debris, planting trees & mentoring peers)
  • Building of a children homes and education centers

For more about this organization, click here.

To go their website, go to www.inspiretheyouth.org.

If you want to donate to this organization, their address and contact is:

INSPIRE the YOUTH FOUNDATION, INC.
P.O. Box 831209
Tuskegee, Alabama 36083
USA
334.552.0897

If you want to contact Dingani Nkuchwayo (founder and director of Inspire the Youth), his email is director@inspiretheyouth.org.

 

Technical Email Problem

We are facing a technical problem with our email account. If you want to contact us, or if you have tried to email us through our Write To Us tab and have not been replied back, please email us at shawnesmaili@gmail.com. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. 

Donating Earthquakes Soccer Tickets for Charity

Youth Against Poverty is planning on donating San Jose Earthquakes soccer tickets for the cause of charity. The proceeds from all tickets will go by its entirety to the orphanages and organizations we support. We have 4 tickets to every game. Dates for the games are: 5/29, 6/02, 7/03, 7/31, 8/14, 8/21, 9/11, 9/15, 9/29, 10/16, and 10/20 and each ticket costs $25.00. 

If you are interested to buy one to four tickets, just send me an email at shawnesmaili@gmail.com and I will give you the details

Go to a soccer game while helping the poor. Tickets are going fast and many people want to buy these tickets, so please do not hesitate.

Help The Orange Giraffe Orphanage in Uganda

The Orange Giraffe Orphanage and Children's Home is a program in Uganda (Africa) under the Foundation for Rural Development and Action Research (FORDAR). The orphanage was targeted as a preschool center for orphans and needy children in order to provide them with food, clothes, soap, shelter, medicine, and education. To learn more about this orphanage click here.

Here are a couple pictures of the Orange Giraffe Orphanage. To look at more pictures, go to the Photo Blog (on the bottom left hand column) and click on Orange Giraffe Orphanage 

The Experiential Learning International (ELI) is able to accept your donations to the Orange Giraffe Orphanage in Uganda. If you would like to donate, please mail a check to the ELI Associates to this address:

Experiential Learning International

2828 N. Speer Blvd., Suite 230

Denver, CO 80211


Check Out Our Photo Blog

Youth Against Poverty recently uploaded their pictures on orphanages and fundraising events. To view these pictures, click on the Photo Blog link on the bottom of the left column. 

Salima Orphanage still needs a lot of our help and support and they are in need of food and clothing. We have posted pictures of the orphanage on our Photo Blog. If you want to help them, please Write To Us and we will let you know how to help. 

Conditions of an Orphan

When I visited a few orphanages, I learned how differently they lived from how we live and what restrictions they have rather than us.

The biggest problem about being an orphan is that they have no privacy. Since they have to live with 20-200 people, they have no one to confide with. They never had an adult love and care for them and do not know how it feels like. Orphans have no, as we call it, "alone time". They have to share rooms, T.V, toys, games, and sometimes beds. The only items they have are their clothes.

Another problem about being an orphan is that unlike us, they cannot spend their money on what they want. They do not have the luxury to go out and spend money on whatever they want, whether it is clothes, toys, or games. Orphanages are almost always in need of money, so that places many restrictions on the orphans.

Lastly, orphans do not have as great a chance to achieve their lifelong dream, meaning most of the time they are not what they wanted to be in the future. For example, if an orphan wanted to be a doctor, there would be a very slim chance that the orphan would be a doctor since they do not have parents to guide them and encourage them. They have an orphanage director who has to take care of many orphans ranging from 20-200.

Because of all these restrictions that orphans have and all the advantages that we have, it is our duty to help them and to ensure of them of better lives. If we do not help them, that is simply unfair because we were born fortunate and they were not. Orphans deserve an equal chance to achieve their lifelong dream.

Youth Against Poverty Supports Red Cross

YAP supports Red Cross, one of the most reliable charity organizations in the world. Red Cross offers neutral humanitarian aid to the victims of war and aids victims of natural disasters.

Please click here to donate and support Red Cross. There are many ways to help, but because of the many natural disasters that occurred recently, any way of help would be the best.

REMEMBER, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO HELP THE ONES IN NEED!!!!!!!!

Are you willing to sacrifice?

Are you willing to sacrifice one coke a day?

Did you know that the cost of one coke can give a chid in Africa one full meal? In other words, if you sacrifice one coke in a day, you can give a child a full meal.

Did you know that the cost of a pack of gum can give a child a full day's supply of food?

If you sacrifice two cans of coke and one pack of gum every day and donate, you can give two kids a full day's meal. Now that is a good deal.

 

HELP THE ONES IN NEED

Recently, there have been a few natural disasters, such as the earthquakes Chile and Haiti that have occured. Although the earthquake in Haiti happened a few months ago and the earthquake in Chile happened over a week ago, it is still never too late to help the victims, especially the orphans. The orphans are the most vulnerable and they are the ones that need help the most. The most reliable organization to donate to help the victims in Chile and Haiti is unicef.org.

REMEMBER, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO HELP THE ONES IN NEED

HELP THE VICTIMS IN HAITI!!!

 

Ever since the 7.0 magnitude in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12, tens of thousands of children have been orphaned. One 13 year old child, Jean Peterson Estime, was outside playing soccer when his house pancaked and his parents and five sisters all died. Now he is on the streets, rummaging for food in rubble and really wants someone to take him in. Everyday, more and more orphans come desperately needing help such as food, water, and shelter. In one orphanage, the director of an infant orphanage died, leaving the infants on the back of a truck, completely helpless.

Please watch this video about the orphans in Haiti.

 

Please click here to donate to the victims in Haiti. The most reliable organizations to donate are UNICEF and CARE.

Remeber, never hesitate to help the orphans in need, because they need us the most.

Youth Against Poverty Supports UMaY

Youth Against Poverty supports UMaY (Uplifting Men and Youth in Africa). Its vision is: To aid in the development of a society that lives in unity and cohesion, regardless of gender, race, tribe, or HIV status, in which communities develop and manage their own sustainable initiatives.

UMAY was established to support the following target groups:

  • HIV+ Men & Youth living in Informal Settlements (full medical, educational, counselling and support programs)
  • HIV+ Men & Youth from the wider Kenyan community (confidential counselling and support services)
  • Youth in Informal Settlements - regardless of their HIV status (supporting youth groups, sports programs, education, etc)
  • Single Fathers with Dependant Children – regardless of their HIV status (training on cooking, child nutrition, etc)
  • Elderly & Vulnerable people in Informal Settlements – regardless of their HIV status (medical & psychosocial support)

If you want to learn more about this organization, click here.

If you want to donate and sponsor this organization, click here.

How To Help The Orange Giraffe Orphanage in Uganda

The Orange Giraffe Orphanage and Children’s Home is a progam in Uganda (Africa) under the Foundation for Rural Development and Action Research (FORDAR). The orphanage was targeted as a preschool center for orphans and needy children in order to provide them with food, clothes, soap, shelter, medicine, and education. To learn more about this orphanange, click here.

 

The Experiential Learning International (ELI) is able to accept your donations to the Orange Giraffe Orphange in Uganda. If  you would like to donate, please mail a check to the ELI Associates to this address:
Experiential Learning International
2828 N. Speer Blvd., Suite 230
Denver, CO 80211


Don't Forget To Join us on Facebook

If you want to support our organization, go to our Facebook page, join, and make a difference. Click here to go to our Facebook page.

It's never to late to help the ones in need.

Never Hesitate to Help

Please remember to never hesitate to help the ones in need. On the left hand column of the site there are multiple organizations that you can help in order to make a difference to the world. Orphanages that you can donate to are the Orange Giraffe Orphanage in Uganda and The Salima Childrens Center in Kenya. If you want to support these orphanages, please write to us on the right hand column of the site and I will specifically tell you how to help.

Remember, it's never too late. Make a difference to the world!!!!

The Season To Help!

For all the supporters of YAP and for all the youth, please remember that this is the month of giving. This is the month where we help the impoverished and disadvantaged and give them better lives. I am working very hard to get in touch with orphanages and organizations that you can all support, so CONSTANTLY CHECK OUR PAGE FOR UPDATES. Also, suggest to all your friends to support our organization.

YAP supports Roslin Orphanage

Youth Against Poverty YAP supports Roslin Orphanage. The orphanage was built for all the orphans who suffered so much in recent years due to war, displacement, and economic hardship in Timur, Indonesia. The founder of the orphanage, Soehardi Budi, was voted one of the top ten candidates for CNN Heroes. Please support this orphanage and donate in order to make a difference to these orphans. To learn more, click on the link below.

Roslin Orphanage

Roslin Orphanage (panti asuhan Roslin) Matani, Desa Penfui Timur, dusun 01, RT 01, RW 01,(dekat seminari tinggi Klaret)Kecamatan Kupang Tengah,Kabupaten Kupang,Nusa Tenggara TimurIndonesiafor a package being sent please write alsoIbu Peggy 081319616551

World Hunger Statistics

I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving today. I want to let everyone know about the world hunger statistics in the world right now.

Over 1 Billion people are undernourished in the world right now.

 

Over 12 Thousand people died of hunger today.

Over 9 Million people died of hunger this year.

I just want everyone to know that while we are so excited to eat our Thanksgiving turkey, there are people dying of world hunger at the moment. If you want to help the ones in hunger, click here. Please make a difference and stop world hunger immediately.

Again, have a Happy Thanksgiving