By Dolores Kitchin
Sponsorship works, and CI’s Youth Program is proof! That’s the conclusion I reached when I started working at CI seven years ago. I saw happy, ambitious teens who looked past their poverty and lack of resources to the hope of living better than their parents’ generation.
This week, Children International released its 3rd annual “Youth Report Card” – a kind of exit interview of youth graduating from our youth program. The youth told us some great things about our sponsorship and youth programs. The vast majority (85%) of graduates said they received assistance from CI for their education, while 81% rated their educational support from CI as very helpful. Just as importantly, the graduates also told us that they felt more capable of changing their communities and motivated to reach their goals.
What this information really means is that sponsorship and CI’s youth program truly are changing the lives of thousands of teens around the world! I am not speaking as an employee, but as a witness to the change that takes place when teens are provided with scholarships, reproductive education, and leadership training. These tools give the 135,000 youth program members confidence that they are productive members of society with expectations to succeed. Congratulations to our graduates!
To read more about our 2009 Youth Report Card, visit http://www.children.org/YouthReportCard.asp.
Dolores Kitchin is the Director of Public Relations for Children International.
Sponsorship works, and CI’s Youth Program is proof! That’s the conclusion I reached when I started working at CI seven years ago. I saw happy, ambitious teens who looked past their poverty and lack of resources to the hope of living better than their parents’ generation.
This week, Children International released its 3rd annual “Youth Report Card” – a kind of exit interview of youth graduating from our youth program. The youth told us some great things about our sponsorship and youth programs. The vast majority (85%) of graduates said they received assistance from CI for their education, while 81% rated their educational support from CI as very helpful. Just as importantly, the graduates also told us that they felt more capable of changing their communities and motivated to reach their goals.
What this information really means is that sponsorship and CI’s youth program truly are changing the lives of thousands of teens around the world! I am not speaking as an employee, but as a witness to the change that takes place when teens are provided with scholarships, reproductive education, and leadership training. These tools give the 135,000 youth program members confidence that they are productive members of society with expectations to succeed. Congratulations to our graduates!
To read more about our 2009 Youth Report Card, visit http://www.children.org/YouthReportCard.asp.
Dolores Kitchin is the Director of Public Relations for Children International.
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