When I moved to Costa Rica to start up my new nonprofit organization, I planned to create an after school program to help kids with homework, learn English and do some environmental education. This endeavor turned into much more than I ever could have imagined. From being a mentor to a counselor to a big [...]
When I saved up money to buy a cruiser. I gave it to my brother so he could buy a dog. I felt really good about myself. Brody, 15, USA
The other day I was riding home on my school bus. There were two second graders who had fallen asleep with their heads resting on one another’s. One child was a Caucasian girl. The other child was an African American boy. I knew they were best friends because my mom was friends with the girl’s [...]
I read an interesting story about one girl who had to cut off her hair and became bald because of cancer. She was afraid to go to school the next day, she thought her classmates would laugh at her. But she was mistaken. In the morning somebody knocked at the door, it was her classmates, [...]
My first day at high school I didn’t know or have any friends, and there was no one I could talk to. Then two girls came to me and I was so happy to talk to someone. These girls and I are now friends. It was a very good moment in my life and I [...]
My magical moment happened in May this year when l was invited to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates by an old school friend l hadn’t seen in 14 years. While l was there, l attended a Snoop Dog concert in the famous Ferrari world ground, shopped at the exotic marina mall and the [...]
This morning, I left the house and went to drop off an art proposal at the American Embassy, not realizing what day it was: December 6. I dropped it off and then I walked on Vas. Sophias towards Syntagma square to the post office. But lo and behold, as I was getting closer to the [...]
Yesterday two of my friends fought and they broke up. I decided to talk with them but individually, so I began my job as a helper. I talked with one of them and I asked him about what happened that night. He told me that they didn’t want to break up but the circumstances did. [...]
On my birthday last year, I was having a horrible day thanks to the fact that I had a lot of problems with someone. I had spent the day at school barely smiling, and later, got home and cried. My mom told me she was going to take me to Starbucks to have a piece [...]
It happened two years ago in the summer of 2009 when I was 9. I went to the river with my classmates. I couldn’t swim and had a special rescue rubber life belt for bathing. Then somebody called me, I turned around and I was suddenly blown with the wind. It was awful! I couldn’t [...]