Blog Post #3

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog, today I am going to be updating you on my progress with my action. My action is helping kids in any way through education. Now this is something that I became very interested in, but I had no idea how I would go about it. It took me way too long to figure it out, but I took to google and found that there are organizations that specialize in it. There are two that I found intriguing, Children Believe and Pathways.  

Children Believe it is international, they have helped kids in Africa, Asia and the Americas. “We support children, women and men in six countries in 400+ communities through child sponsorship. But it doesn’t end there. We’re also part of a global community of brave young dreamers, caring supporters and partners working together to drive change across countries, continents and social divides.” (1) This is directly off their website. You can look for yourself I have linked the website down below.  `

My other option is Pathways. The pathways are local. It is in Surrey and in Vancouver. They work with youths to help them graduate. They provided financial and social support and they also provided tutors. “For youth in low-income communities, Pathways to Education provides the resources and network of support to graduate from high school and build the foundation for a successful future.” (2) this is a quote from their website also found below which would be the second link. Pathways partners with a lot of different governments and organizations around Canada.  

I have emailed both organizations, for Children Believe I asked what I can do because their office is in Ontario, and it is not like I can get there, so I asked what I can do from here in BC. For Pathways I have asked what I could as a high school student because I can’t tutor but I can take to social media, help research and provided help in different areas that they might need.  

My biggest challenge is honestly finding something I can do. There’s not a lot of places that do volunteering and more donations which is fine and appreciated, but I was looking for somewhere I can volunteer and donate.  

A success that I need have was pathways did end up emailing back and said that I should contact our location in BC, which will be my next step. From there I will talk with them about what I can do to help them, what can I do as one person to help these worldwide organizations?  

1)  https://childrenbelieve.ca/believe-in-girls-like-me/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7pHb6aDeggMV0dHCBB18zwzwEAAYASAAEgLIZPD_BwE#/childbrides?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign={campaign}&utm_adgroup={adgroup} 

2)  https://www.pathwaystoeducation.ca/