About

Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Founded in 1995 by international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has a proven track record of success. The organization has received the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (also known as the Children's Nobel Prize), the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, and has formed successful partnerships with leading school boards and Oprah's Angel Network.

The primary goals of the organization are to free children from poverty and exploitation and free young people from the notion that they are powerless to affect positive change in the world. Through domestic empowerment programs and leadership training, Free The Children inspires young people to develop as socially conscious global citizens and become agents of change for their peers around the world.

To date, Free the Children has accomplished the following milestones:

***Built more than 500 schools-providing education to more than 50,000 children every day

***Established Youth in Action groups in more than 1,000 schools across the United States and Canada, engaging more than 20,000 young people in total

***Distributed more than 207,500 school and health kits sent to children in need

***Reached more than 350,000 across North America through motivational speaking tours

***Shipped more than $15 million US worth of medical supplies and built health care centers, impacting the lives of more than 512,500 people around the world

***Developed an efficient administrative model that allows 91 cents of every donated dollar to go to programs that directly benefit children

***Equipped 23,500 women to be economically self-sufficient

***Improved access to clean water and sanitation for 138,500 people

Givology is currently sponsoring the education initiatives of Free the Children's Adopt a Village program. Adopt a Village is Free The Children's unique holistic development program that supports four aspects of community development (Education, Healthcare, Alternative Income, and Water and Sanitation). Through this multi-faceted approach, children and their families are truly empowered to break out of poverty.