Donations Are in and Some Familys Now Have Animals

After many months we have finally gotten enough to buy
These were bought through Plan Canada.

2 Calfs

1 6 Pack of rapidly reproducing rabbits

1 3 Pack of baby chicks

1 Sheep

1 Goat

And last but not least...

2 Mango trees

Thank you all for making this possible and an especially great thank you to Mrs.Hodges for teaching me about world poverty.

New Total!

Our new fundraising total is $367.44 !!

Hi this is the article I sent to the Glebe Report.  I've been doing this to show that adults aren't the only people that can make changes in the world.  I'm hoping that we can get enough money to buy 5 different families a cow.  That would be $1,000.  I will be accepting donations on my blog and at my home.  Here is the article

Be the Change you want to see in the World

By: Charlie Hood

I’m writing this for kids out there my age (10) or around that age. I'll start with what inspired me to start Kids can Kare. 

There was a poster inside a school I went to and it said “Be the change you want to see in the world.”  Now I’m in kindergarten at the time and I don’t really understand it until grade 3 when I realized that I needed to stop waiting for other people to do something; that the people in developing countries couldn’t wait anymore, they needed help now and I wanted to be one to help them. If there’s one thing my teachers have taught me is that you’re never too young to do something.

When I was doing a project in school, I saw that 1 billion people in the world were starving and that 16 000 children like me die every day from starvation.  The only difference between me and those other kids is that I have resources and we have so many resources at the flick of a handle, like water and food that we take for granted. Imagine if we could give some of these resources to those in need, the deaths would be cut in half. So think next time before you eat your food; thank God (if you have a different religion thank your God) for the food that you were lucky enough to have. Think of those little things that turned huge.   Remember Terry Fox, he had a dream to raise money for cancer but instead of some people who just sat there waiting for an opportunity he went out and followed through with his dream.  He didn’t let cancer stop him; he didn’t let an amputated leg stop him either.  Now I realize that I have to stop waiting for an opportunity I need to make one. Just simple things like getting your friends together and doing a walk for money to donate to places in need.  If everyone chips in like that we can make the world a better place. So I have realized it’s time for me to be the change I want to see in the world.

Charlie Hood is a grade 5 student at Mutchmor school. He is the founder of Kids can Kare, an organization that brings children together to make a difference.  Charlie has raised $ 367.44 to date for world poverty.  His goal is to raise $1,000 in order to buy 5 cows for families in need. To get involved and help Charlie achieve his fundraising goals, please visit: http://worldpoverty-charlie.blogspot.com

Update on Donations

Donations Goin' Great

Hi Everybody,

Thank you so much for your donations

to World Poverty!

Here is the total amount of donations received to date:  

Total to Date:  $347.44   

Let's keep it up!

Our goal is to try and buy 5 cows.  This will cost $1,000.

Got Some Loose Change?

Today I brought in a donations box to my class to raise money to put through plan Canada and get a family a cow. No one knew about it then I told them it was to get family's cows, hens, pigs, etc. After a while one of my friends came and he donated $15.00 then another one of my friends donated a dollar and pretty soon everyone was taking all their loose change saying they would bring more tomorrow. I just couldn't believe it. At least 18 people started grabbing all their loose change to give. They didn't even know about the fundraiser before but they still gave their loose change to help stop world poverty. Then when I was walking home I realized that poster was right. I did have to be the be the change I wanted to see in the world.

Project on World Hunger/Red Cross

Red Cross

History:

Some of the history of the Canadian red cross was during Louis Riel's North West Rebellion. A man named Dr. George Sterling Ryerson needed to find a way to distinguish the horse drawn wagons being used to move the wounded people from the war and ordinary people heading of to war. So he found two red strips and made a red cross on the front of a white sheet so that people would know that that wagon carried the wounded.

   Who started it and why:

The worldwide founder of the Red Cross was Henry Dunant. He started it because he couldn’t bear to see so many people suffering in the world. But the tipping point was when he witnessed suffering on an Italian battlefield in 1859. So then he started an organization soon to be known as the Red Cross to help people suffering in places like Haiti and Pakistan.

What places they help at the moment:

• Haiti (Earthquake)
• Pakistan (Floods)
• Gaspésie (Rain Flood)  
• New Brunswick (Floods)

                             What do they donate:

Money

 How many people in the world are Starving:
The number of people starving in the world exceeds 1 billion.
How many people in Canada are starving:
Several hundred thousand people across the country do not have enough food to eat on a regular basis.
How many children each day die from starvation:
About 16 000 children die each day of starvation.
Facts about Haiti
What factors effect hunger in this area:
The earthquake caused anarchy which caused people to start blocking streets and burning anything in there way causing hunger for everyone.
How much does it cost to feed someone in Haiti:
About $20.00
How can extreme hunger affect children:
There so hungry that they will eat ANY FOOD they find which makes them sick
       Paragraph about food waste in north America and how we compare to other parts of the world:
            Food waste in north America is one of our biggest enemies because we have tons and tons of fast-food and most of the time we end up throwing 30%-at least-of it out. Compare this to places that have extreme hunger the amount that we throw out in a day would be enough for them to have breakfast, lunch and dinner. So we are a pretty wasteful continent compared to places like Haiti.
They  can’t go to school because they have to spend their days looking for food and water.

Donation box

Hi classmates I'm just telling you that tommorow (March 1st.) I will bring in a jug. This jug is a classroom project and I'd love it if you all brang in money. I will use the money to buy animals like cows and hens for familys in need through Plan Canada.

PS I will except donations throughout the week.(:

Hope you donate

Charlie

Facts That are Just sad About World Poverty

• That over 1 Billion people in the world are starving

• That the amount all the militarise in the world spend each day would be enough to solve world hunger for a year.
• That several thousand people in Canada are starving

• That the amount of food Toronto wastes each month is like 20,000 African elephants rolling down main street