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ChangeMakers: World of Children Award World of Children Award provides funding and recognition to support life-changing work for children. By discovering and elevating only the most effective change makers for children worldwide, we set the gold standard in child advocacy.

#CharityHighlight: The Ryan Seacrest Foundation. #Ryanseacrest is truly one of the nicest guys in the business. Here's some info on his #Charity Organization.  The Ryan Seacrest Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring today’s youth through entertainment and education focused initiatives. RSF’s first initiative is to build broadcast media centers, named Seacrest Studios, within pediatric hospitals for patients to explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media. RSF’s aim is to contribute positively to the healing process for children and their families during their stay by developing these centers to bring an uplifting spirit to the hospital community.  http://ryanseacrestfoundation.org/ What a wonderful idea. #ChangingLives

#KidsWhoCare: The Jordan Thomas Foundation Can you imagine losing both of your legs? Pretty frightening thought. That's exactly what happened to Jordan at the age of 16.  He founded the #JordanThomasFoundation at the age of 16 while recovering from the loss of both legs in a boating accident. He realized that there were other children in the hospital who would not have the advantages that he did and who would go home without the limbs that they needed to have a full, active, and happy life. So, he decided to do something about it.  Learn more about this wonderful organization and how you can help. http://www.jordanthomasfoundation.org/

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Innovative Technology: This is awesome!!!!  19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Instead of moving through the ocean, the array would span the radius of a garbage patch, acting as a giant funnel. The angle of the booms would force plastic in the direction of the platforms, where it would be separated from plankton, filtered and stored for recycling. Watch his TEDx talk for a passionate speech on his invention. http://www.boyanslat.com/TEDx/

#GreenTechnology: A team of Chinese designers has developed a brilliant Waterwheel Washing Machine that combines the mechanism of modern spinning washing machines with traditional washing techniques used in ancient China. The Waterwheel Washing Machine is cheap, zero emission, and completely powered by water!  How amazing is this!?!?  You can read more about this innovative design here: http://bit.ly/1gGI7AR #Greenzones #ChangingLives #InnovativeDesign#WaterwheelWashingMachine

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#CharityHighlight: Farm Africa "We pioneer techniques that boost harvests, reduce poverty, sustain natural resources and help end Africa’s need for aid." #FarmAfrica provides the knowledge and the tools so that small-scale farmers in eastern Africa can increase their harvests, whether it is crops, livestock, fish or the forest that they farm. "We provide training in commercial enterprise and also teach farmers how to add value to their surpluses by milling, drying, or turning their produce into products that sell for a higher price. By generating reliable incomes from their businesses and providing better food for their families, farmers can build for the future." http://www.farmafrica.org/us/

March 25th was National Agriculture Day. A day dedicated to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. We want to thank the amazing people at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition for their continued and relentless efforts in working towards a more sustainable agriculture culture in the United States.  The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is a national alliance of family farm, food, conservation, rural, and urban organizations that advocate for the long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability of ag & food systems. What you can do to help is buy local produce and press your local grocery store to sell local GMO free products.