2014 A NOTE FROM OUR LEADERS Dear Friends and Supporters, From the entire Free The Children family, thank you for being a part of this exciting movement. We are sincerely grateful for your support. It’s hard to believe that this year marks our 20th anniversary. When we started Free The Children in 1995, we were just a small group of twelve 12-year-olds, Be the change, eager to change the world. And while at first we weren’t quite sure how, we had the passion to know it was possible and the commitment to make it happen.

It is this shameless idealism that has allowed us to build schools in Haiti, set up health clinics in Kenya and reach out to thousands of youth, educators and Craig Kielburger Marc Kielburger Scott Baker supporters who inspire us every day. Together, we’re leading a global movement that proves it’s cool to care. Our journey up until now has been an incredible one and we’re thrilled to share the achievements of the past year with you.

In 2014, Free The Children’s Year of Education initiative exceeded its goal of fundraising to build 200 schools in developing communities! Riding high on this incredible feat, this past fall we launched the Year of Empowerment to equip 25,000 families with the skills and resources they need to take charge of their future. Through our educational program, youth in North America and the UK have been leading through service and action, making positive changes for themselves, their communities and the world. Entering into 2015, our movement for change roars even louder as We Day debuts in Illinois, expanding our reach to thousands more youth.

TABLE OF 4 10 24 CONTENTS A CHARITY UNLIKE INTERNATIONAL DOMESTIC ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING PROGRAMMING Our Model ...... 5 Adopt a Village ...... 11 Living We 365 Days a Year . . .25 Financial Responsibility . . . . . 6 Education ...... 12 We Day ...... 26 Shifting the World from Clean Water and Sanitation . . . 14 We Act ...... 28 Me to We ...... 8 Health ...... 16 We365 ...... 30 Alternative Income and Livelihood . 18 Profiles ...... 32 Agriculture and Food Security . . 20 Profiles ...... 22 A NOTE FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dear Friends and Supporters, dollars raised for local and global causes. Our holistic, sustainable Adopt a Village development model is breaking the cycle of poverty by providing education We can’t think of anything more rewarding than children helping each other to to children, clean water and health care to communities, alternative income live free and healthy lives. This message is at the heart of Free The Children programs for families and food security throughout the year. and a movement that we’ve been honored to witness over the past two decades. All of our achievements were made possible because of your generosity. From Craig and Marc’s living room to 13 offices around the world, On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you for your dedication and Free The Children has grown into a community of millions of like-minded enthusiasm as we continue to grow our organization and venture into people that empower the Me to We generation—a movement of informed and a new year of exciting opportunities. compassionate global citizens motivated to shift the world from a focus on the individual to the power of the collective.

We are grateful to the passionate youth, educators and trusted partners who have stood by us over the years. Your continuous support has allowed us to evolve We Day from a modest event in one Canadian city to a series of 12 stadium-sized celebrations spanning to Atlantic , Seattle Michelle Douglas to California, and even across the pond to the UK. Eva Haller

With your help, our year-long educational programming encourages young people to discover their unique gifts and take action on issues they’re passionate about. This commitment to service among youth has led to tens of millions of

34 DID YOU KNOW? More on OUR TEAM p.25 Staff and Volunteers . . . . . 35 91% Celebrity Ambassadors . . . . 36 Profiles ...... 38 OF YOUTH ENGAGED IN OUR Board of Directors ...... 40 PROGRAMMING BELIEVE IT’S  We Day Co-Chairs ...... 41 COOL TO CARE ABOUT Outstanding Partners and SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS Supporters ...... 42 A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER

OUR INNOVATIVE MODEL IS DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, EMPOWERING YOUNG LEADERS EVERYWHERE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL AS ACTIVE, COMPASSIONATE AND INVOLVED CITIZENS. THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE SET OUT TO SHIFT THE WORLD FROM ME TO WE—FROM A WORLD FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL TO ONE THAT’S FUELED BY THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. 4 A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER OUR MODEL WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT

When you give with Free The Children, you’re joining a movement to shift the world from “me” thinking to “we” acting. Our holistic and sustainable model is built on the belief that every community has the potential to lift itself out of poverty— children just need the chance to discover their gift to learn and lead. Our focus on empowerment sets us apart and also enables us to create unique impacts by providing cutting-edge service-learning programming to help youth build their skills and discover their passions.

STEP 1 REMOVE BARRIERS TO YOUTH SUCCESS

STEP 2 EDUCATE & EMPOWER YOUTH

STEP 3 TRANSFORM YOUTH & COMMUNITIES A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER 5 SOURCES OF INCOME Ending December 31, 2014 * 3% GOVERNMENT

37%CORPORATE

11% ADULT TOTAL INCOME $49,554,736 TOTAL EXPENDITURE $48,166,521

21% FOUNDATION 27% YOUTH

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Free The Children’s vision for sustainable change empowers young leaders at home and transforms communities overseas. It is reflected in all aspects of our work—and our fundraising model is no exception. By honoring every donation, from creative coin drives led by students to corporate partnerships, we have an industry-leading policy of financial responsibility that ensures all contributions are spent effectively to create meaningful change.

Imagine Canada works in partnership with other charitable organizations, companies, governments and individuals through programs that help strengthen charities and their operations. Its list of Sector Champions include some of the A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER country’s most prominent charities and non-profits committed to advancing Imagine Canada’s goals of enhancing the 6 sector’s impact and building a more robust Canada. 42% 49% 9% INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS & DOMESTIC PROJECTS GENERAL & ADMIN GLOBAL EDUCATION

BREAKDOWN OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE Ending December 31, 2014 * $48,166,521

*All figures are consolidated for Free The Children Canada and USA. Free The Children is audited annually by Kestenberg Rabinowicz Partners LLP in Canada and Roy A. Pasieka, Certified Public Accountant in the USA. **Funding income includes cash and in-kind donations.

A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH ME TO WE TWO MILLION DOLLARS Our unique partnership with Me to We Social Enterprise makes our DONATED TO FREE THE CHILDREN fundraising model unlike that of any other charity. As an innovative DURING THE 2014 FISCAL YEAR. social enterprise and Free The Children’s partner in changing the world, Me to We offers better choices for a better world, from international volunteer trips to socially conscious and environmentally 8.5 MILLION DOLLARS friendly products. Even better, half of Me to We’s net profit is donated DONATED TO FREE THE CHILDREN to Free The Children while the other half is reinvested to grow the business and its social mission. This partnership allows Free The Children SINCE 2009. to scale its operational capacity while keeping one of the lowest administrative rates of any charity. *Me to We has a formal donation agreement with Free The Children. Drafted by Torys LLP, the agreement ensures that all cash and in-kind donations are being met. A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER Cash donations and net income are independently evaluated by auditors Kestenberg Rabinowicz Partners LLP on an annual basis. 7 SHIFTING THE WE DAY WORLD FROM in 11 major North ME TO WE American cities OUR IMPACT HAS LOCAL AND 8,500 SCHOOLS GLOBAL REACH engaged in Canada and the U.S.

We’ve all heard the age-old African proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.” At the same 7 ACTIVE WE ACT time, it takes children to build community—a belief reflected in our work. CAMPAIGNS in North America In Africa, Asia and Latin America, we aim to establish a comprehensive, child-focused development approach that gives community members the education, skills HAITI and opportunities to lift themselves out of poverty. In North America and the UK, we engage youth through service learning and active citizenship so that they NICARAGUA can be free to achieve their fullest potential as 15 COMMUNITIES engaged in Nicaragua, agents of change. Ecuador and Haiti Both our models are built on the understanding that the world we share unites us. Our domestic and ECUADOR international programming work together to provide young people with the tools and knowledge they need to lead meaningful action.

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ADOPT A VILLAGE COMMUNITIES WE ACT REGIONS

8 A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER WE DAY in 11 major North American cities WE DAY in the UK

1,500 SCHOOLS engaged in the UK

RURAL CHINA 25 COMMUNITIES engaged in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Kenya INDIA

SIERRA LEONE GHANA 26 COMMUNITIES engaged in India and rural China KENYA

THE 2.3 MILLION YOUTH INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMMING 60% CURRENTLY PROVIDE 60% OF FUNDING FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK. A CHARITY UNLIKE ANY OTHER 9 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING

WE BELIEVE THAT THE KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ABOUT A HAND OUT, BUT A HAND UP. WORKING ALONGSIDE DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS IN EIGHT COUNTRIES, WE OFFER A MODEL THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITIES TO LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY AND THRIVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

10 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING ADOPT A VILLAGE EMPOWERING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE

Our Adopt a Village model began with a single pillar: education. We soon realized that poverty requires a holistic solution. Without clean water, health care, alternative income and food security, children would miss school due to illness, having to fetch water or support their families’ farms. The five pillars of Adopt a Village are not only owned and maintained by the community, but are also designed to keep children in school, as education is the road to opportunity. 85%

OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN UDAWAD, INDIA, REPORTED BEING MORE FOOD SECURE AFTER JUST ONE YEAR IN OUR PROGRAMMING

SCHOOLS IN KENYA INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMS FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS HAVE SEEN ATTENDANCE RATES AMONG GIRLS INCREASE BY 67% INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 11

EDUCATION Our education pillar goes beyond school-building. We also provide teacher training, extracurricular programs, books and basic school supplies so that children can focus on their studies without worrying about absent teachers or a lack of learning materials.

12 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING THE IMPACT OF EDUCATION OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE RESULTED IN AN 85 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FEMALE GRADUATES WHO ARE NOW ABLE 85% TO ATTEND SECONDARY SCHOOL. INCREASE

SPOTLIGHT ON HAITI

ATTENDANCE MANAC PRIMARY INCREASED BY RATES SCHOOL OVER 400%

SINCE 2010, THE ATTENDANCE RATES AT MANAC PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HAITI HAVE INCREASED BY OVER 400%.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 13 CLEAN WATER & SANITATION Without water, a community can’t grow. We help communities install hand pumps, boreholes, wells, pipes, washing stations, rain catchment systems and latrines. Clean water gives families the chance to raise healthy children, run sustainable farms and send their girls to school.

14 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING THE IMPACT OF CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION OUR CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAMS HAVE LED TO A 40 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGED IN SAFE WATER USAGE. 40% INCREASE

SPOTLIGHT ON INDIA

TWO WELLS WATER 800 FAMILIES

IN THE COMMUNITY OF UDAWAD, INDIA, TWO WELLS WERE REHABILITATED IN 2014, PROVIDING CLEAN WATER TO OVER 800 FAMILIES AND ENSURING WATER IS ACCESSIBLE DURING THE DRY SEASON. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 15 HEALTH A healthy community is a sustainable community. When children are well, they are less likely to miss school or drop out. And when parents are free of illness, their family businesses are more likely to thrive. By offering health training, clinics, medical supplies and workshops to developing communities, we’re helping families grow to their fullest potential. 16 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING THE IMPACT OF HEALTH OUR HEALTH CARE INITIATIVES HAVE HELPED SO MANY FAMILIES THAT THE BARAKA MATERNITY WARD IN KENYA WAS VOTED THE BEST MATERNITY WING IN ALL OF NAROK COUNTY. BEST MATERNITY WING IN NAROK COUNTY

SPOTLIGHT ON KENYA

BARAKA 3,000 MOTHERS 213 HEALTHY AND MATERNITY WARD WITH PRE-NATAL CARE SAFE BIRTHS

THE MATERNITY WING AT BARAKA HEALTH CLINIC HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 3,000 MOTHERS WITH PRE- AND POST-NATAL CARE, INCLUDING ULTRASOUND AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, AND HAS HELPED DELIVER 213 HEALTHY BABIES. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 17 ALTERNATIVE INCOME & LIVELIHOOD

Entrepreneurship doesn’t just give parents the means to provide for their family—it empowers a generation to discover new skills. Free The Children works to help parents, especially mothers, create new economic opportunities through leadership sessions, financial literacy workshops and vocational training.

18 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING THE IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD IN 2014 OUR ALTERNATIVE INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS HAVE LED TO A 20 PERCENT INCREASE 20% IN THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NOW EARNING A INCREASE SUSTAINABLE INCOME.

SPOTLIGHT ON ECUADOR

160+ WORKSHOPS LEADERSHIP PUBLIC SPEAKING ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FOR GIRLS’ CLUBS SKILLS SKILLS SKILLS

IN 2014, OVER 160 WORKSHOPS WERE ORGANIZED FOR GIRLS’ CLUBS IN CHIMBORAZO, ECUADOR. THESE HAVE HELPED GIRLS DEVELOP LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SKILLS. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 19 AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY Nutritious food fuels growing minds and thriving communities. With support from our founding partner PotashCorp, we help provide school gardens, family farms, nutrition programs, agriculture training, improved seeds and irrigation projects so that communities can achieve long-term health and access stable food sources. 20 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY OUR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS HAVE LED TO A 26 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH REGULAR ACCESS TO WELL-PREPARED, NUTRITIOUS FOOD. 26% INCREASE

SPOTLIGHT ON KENYA

250 ACRE 12 NEW 2 MILLION EXPANSION GREEN HOUSES MEALS

IN 2014, OLELESHWA FARM EXPANDED TO INCLUDE 250 ACRES OF LAND AND 12 GREENHOUSES TO INCREASE ITS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT STUDENT LUNCH PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. TO DATE, IT HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 2,000,000 MEALS. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 21 MUSIC EDUCATION UPLIFTS STUDENTS IN HAITI MUSIC LESSONS CONTINUE TO MAKE SCHOOL FUN AND EMPOWER STUDENTS WITH A NEW SENSE OF CONFIDENCE

The latest news from Terre Cassée is music to our ears. On evenings The program is the brainchild of Haiti’s president, Michel Martelly. and weekends, you can hear the faint sound of violins, trumpets and A musician himself, President Martelly was inspired on a recent other instruments drifting from inside the white and green school diplomatic trip to South America where he attended a concert held by building. Students are eager to stay at school after classes to practice students enrolled in a special music program intended to encourage or even just jam with their friends. school attendance. These developments are part of the school’s new program: the “Institut We couldn’t be more proud of our partnership with Terre Cassée. National de Musique d’Haiti.” Dedicated to teaching music to young The program has been so successful that it is now a permanent part people in Haiti, it offers students the opportunity to learn new skills of their curriculum and there are plans to expand it to other schools. and they are now regularly performing local songs like “Mèsi” or Music lessons continue to make school fun and empower students with “Les p’tits oiseaux” in youth orchestras. a new sense of confidence. Note by note, the song of change plays on. 22 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING HERDING CHANGE THROUGH ALTERNATIVE INCOME “I SAW THAT LIFE IS HARD. BUT IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU CAN END UP SUCCESSFUL.” – DAISY BARENGETUNY, 23

Daisy Barengetuny is surely the hardest working 23-year-old in Kenya. When Daisy received her money, she purchased some tea and started With eight children, her parents were too poor to send her to high making milky masala chai to sell to farmers working on nearby fields. school. She married as a teenager and worked as a farm laborer to With those small profits, she bought a small shop where she made survive. She seemed on track to live in poverty, like many child brides even more money. Daisy didn’t stop there. in her community. She used the money she made from the shop to buy some goats, which But when she was 20, Daisy joined a merry-go-round started in her provided milk that she fed to her baby, Michelle, and sold to members community with the support of Free The Children. She and other of her community. Her next big plan is to buy a plot of land to build a women learned how to earn, save and invest money. Each member home on. But her ultimate dream? puts a few Kenyan shillings in a locked box each month, and once a “I want to give my daughter the education I never had,” says Daisy. year, each woman gets a pot of money to invest in something. “One day, I will send my daughter to college.”

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 23 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING

WE OFFER A UNIQUE APPROACH TO LEARNING WHERE RESULTS ARE MEASURED NOT BY GRADES, BUT BY POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT. WHETHER STUDENTS ARE COLLECTING CANNED FOOD TO TACKLE LOCAL HUNGER OR SELLING BAKED GOODS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR EDUCATION INITIATIVES OVERSEAS, THEY’RE RALLYING FOR CHANGE WHILE GAINING VALUABLE VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES. THESE EFFORTS ARE CELEBRATED AT AN ANNUAL STADIUM-SIZED EVENT THAT EMPOWERS A GENERATION OF COMPASSIONATE YOUNG CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. 24 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING LIVING WE 365 DAYS A YEAR DOMESTIC EMPOWERING A GENERATION OF ACTIVE GLOBAL CITIZENS

Whether it’s our year-long educational program, series of events or mobile app, our domestic model is inspiring PROGRAMMING change. By awakening the spirit of volunteerism in young people, anything is possible—injustices can be stopped, our local and global communities can be transformed for the better and children everywhere can feel empowered to pursue their dreams. 91%

OF YOUTH ENGAGED IN OUR PROGRAMMING BELIEVE IT’S  COOL TO CARE ABOUT SOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS 89%

OF YOUTH ENGAGED IN OUR PROGRAMMING FEEL EMPOWERED TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 25 WE DAY THE MOVEMENT

Combine the energy of a live concert with the inspiration of hearing the remarkable stories of people leading change and you get We Day, a movement that brings together world-renowned speakers and performers with tens of thousands of youth to celebrate the power young people have to change the world. Students can’t buy a ticket to We Day—they earn it through service by participating in one local and one global action.

26 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING WE DAY IMPACTS

CELEBRATION, 12 BRINGING YOUNG SERVICE LEARNING AND STADIUM-SIZED EVENTS PEOPLE TOGETHER LEADERSHIP BUILDING

IN 2014 THERE WERE 12 WE DAYS WHICH BROUGHT YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR A DAY OF CELEBRATION, SERVICE LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP BUILDING.

98% SAID THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD 179,000 PARTICIPATE IN YOUTH ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND THE UK WE DAY

OF THE 179,000 YOUTH WHO ATTENDED WE DAYS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND THE UK THIS YEAR, 98 PERCENT SAID THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 27 WE ACT 365 DAYS A YEAR

Our program challenges apathy. It gets students off their chairs and out of the classroom. Through service- based learning, it engages students to develop the skills to succeed academically, in the workforce and as active citizens. Our program is more than curriculum, educational resources and action campaigns—it’s a movement of students and educators who believe that some of the most powerful lessons come from making a meaningful difference in the world.

28 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING WE ACT IMPACTS

10,000 7 2.3 MILLION SCHOOLS CAMPAIGNS YOUTH INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMMING

IN 2014, 2.3 MILLION YOUTH WERE INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMMING, WITH A TOTAL OF 10,000 SCHOOLS ENGAGED IN SEVEN DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS LED BY FREE THE CHILDREN.

76% REPORT HAVING A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO A SOCIAL CAUSE YOUTH ACROSS NORTH 4 MILLION AMERICA AND THE UK VOLUNTEER HOURS

YOUTH INVOLVED IN WE ACT PROGRAMMING HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOUR MILLION HOURS TOWARDS LOCAL AND GLOBAL CAUSES. SEVENTY-SIX PERCENT REPORT HAVING A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO A SOCIAL CAUSE. DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 29 WE365 THE APP

What if everyone took one challenge, big or small, every day to make a positive difference? We365 is about doing just that, by encouraging young people to accept inspiring challenges that support hundreds of causes. Whether a child’s passion is the environment or human rights, We365 makes tracking and sharing impacts on social media easy so that youth can better themselves, their community and the world. A special thanks to our Canadian partner TELUS.

30 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING WE365 IMPACTS

16,835 151,297 65,253 CHALLENGES POSTS VOLUNTEER HOURS LOGGED

IN 2014, WE365 USERS TOOK PART IN 16,835 CHALLENGES, MADE 151,297 POSTS TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND LOGGED 65,253 VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR LOCAL AND GLOBAL CAUSES.

79% “...” “...” HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF SOCIAL VALUES 1 USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO NEARLY /2 RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT OF YOUTH SURVEYED SOCIAL PROBLEMS

NEARLY HALF OF YOUTH SURVEYED REPORT USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TOOL FOR RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS. SEVENTY-NINE PERCENT REPORT HAVING A STRONG SENSE OF SOCIAL VALUES. DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 31 DRIVING CHANGE, ONE DROPLET AT A TIME “IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT’S SO HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. IT MADE ME A BETTER PERSON.” – JOELLE HOEFLICHER

With fierce determination to make the world a better place, This past summer, Joelle took the trip of a lifetime to India with Joelle Hoeflicher rallied her school and community to raise $5,000 Me to We, spending three weeks volunteering in a rural community. for a clean water project in Ecuador through Free The Children’s “It was an experience that’s so hard to put into words,” she says. Adopt a Village program. “It made me a better person.” Stopping at nothing to achieve her goal, she and the Youth in Action In April 2015, she’ll be traveling on another Me to We trip, this time group at her school spearheaded a series of fundraisers. The group to Ecuador. She’s excited about the possibility of visiting the very organized a dance, hosted a BBQ, sold baking ingredients at an event community where her team’s water project is being built. they called “Mama’s Pantry,” and raised nearly a third of their goal by selling poinsettias during the holidays.

32 DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING SPREADING KINDNESS, LETTER BY LETTER “CARING ABOUT A CAUSE REALLY IGNITED IN THEM A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.” – KELLY QUAYLE, EDUCATOR

For the leadership team at Montera Middle School, a week of “It took a lot more time than I thought it was going to,” laughs daily acts of kindness turned into a month-long campaign to pen educator Kelly Quayle. “There was one day when I had collected 300 personal letters of compassion and encouragement to every student letters and then I realized we had 600 more to write! But they buckled in the school. down and they really pulled it off.” “I knew it would make a difference in a lot of students’ lives,” says For Quayle, the best part about the initiative was seeing how the Sophia McDonald, a student on the leadership team. “I wanted to school’s culture became kinder and more collaborative. make them feel special.” “Students appreciated the letters and felt that they were understood,” There were 900 letters to write, but the group was determined to she says. “Caring about a cause really ignited in them a desire to ensure that every student got one. change the world.”

DOMESTIC PROGRAMMING 33 OUR TEAM

CHANGING THE WORLD ISN’T EASY. BUT WITH HUMILITY, PASSION AND COMMITMENT, OUR TEAM MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT IS. FROM OUR TIRELESS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO OUR INCREDIBLE DONORS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS, OUR TEAM LIVES BY A SHARED SET OF VALUES THAT KEEP US MOVING FORWARD. FUELED BY SHAMELESS IDEALISM, OUR TEAM SETS OUT TO EMPOWER YOUTH TO CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH “WE” THINKING AND “WE” ACTING. 34 OUR TEAM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS CORE VALUES WE LIVE BY

Free The Children is staffed by a group of young professionals who share the belief that you can never be too young to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. Displaying gratitude and appreciation in all endeavors, we get the job done…period. Day after day, we work with youth from every corner of the world to empower the next generation of global citizens to turn inspiration into action.

WE HAVE MORE THAN 300 EMPLOYEES AND NEARLY SARAH 8,000 VOLUNTEERS!

WE ARE FAMILY. AND TOGETHER, WE LOOK OUT FOR OTHER FAMILIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IS FOUNDED ON INNOVATION AND TEAMWORK.

OUR TEAM 35 CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS PROFESSOR We are deeply grateful to our celebrity ambassadors who KOFI ANNAN MUHAMMAD YUNUS bring the message of Free The Children and We Day to life QUEEN NOOR through their thought-provoking words and skilled performances. OF JORDAN Not only have they lent their time and talent, they have also proven by example that changing the world is just about the coolest thing anybody could ever do.

DEMI LOVATO MIA FARROW MALALA YOUSAFZAI

THE TENORS KARDINAL OFFISHALL ORLANDO BLOOM

36 OUR TEAM JRDN JESSE GIDDINGS

DEVON BOSTICK HEDLEY

ELLIE GOULDING

NELLY FURTADO ED ROBERTSON

KWEKU MANDELA SIR RICHARD BRANSON

MARTIN LUTHER KING III

PETE CARROLL NINA DOBREV JOE JONAS

HOLLY BRANSON KARL WOLF HANNAH SIMONE MAGIC JOHNSON NEVEREST

OUR TEAM 37 LOOKING BACK ON 2014 CELEBRATING OUR INCREDIBLE KISARUNI GRADUATES

When Grace Pere Nashipae took the podium, she was met with roaring “I am convinced that my fellow learners and I are ready to lead today,” applause. Twelve hundred close friends and family were gathered on Grace told the crowd. “This school has built us to lead. Thank you for the school’s soccer field to celebrate the remarkable achievements joining us in celebrating this important milestone in our lives.” th of the 12 grade class at the first-ever Kisaruni All Girls Secondary At the end of the ceremony, Carol Moraa, the school principal, School graduation. addressed her students one last time. She let loose a flock of white As valedictorian, Grace spoke about the past four years as a doves and told the graduates, “We have given you wings to fly. Go out transformative journey. She had come to Kisaruni as a shy girl there and fly.” and was leaving as a confident young woman, ranked among Now we just have to wait and see where their wings will take them. the top public speakers in the country.

38 OUR TEAM A LOOK FORWARD AT 2015 THANKING THE PETER GILGAN FOUNDATION

Free The Children is deeply humbled by the Peter Gilgan Foundation Over the coming years, we aim to transform the lives of thousands and their support of our holistic and sustainable Adopt a Village of community members in rural Tanzania and build a community development model. Their commitment to our international leadership center that will support our development projects. programming has allowed us to achieve tremendous heights. Without the support of the Peter Gilgan Foundation, a trusted friend As we look to expand our international programming and strengthen and founding partner, none of this would be possible. We are profoundly our partnership with the Maasai people, the Peter Gilgan Foundation grateful to them for their visionary commitment, which is allowing us is enabling us to work on both sides of the border, crossing into to expand our programming into this new region. Tanzania’s Arusha region.

OUR TEAM 39

Dr. Jonathan White 2014 BOARD Richard Beaven INTERNATIONAL BOARD Director, Bentley Service-Learning OF DIRECTORS Worldwide CEO (retired), Center; Professor of Sociology, Michelle Douglas Initiative Media OF DIRECTORS Bentley University Board Chair; Department of David Cohen Justice Canada CANADIAN BOARD OF Shelley White President, David Cohen DIRECTORS Professor of Sociology and Eva Haller, Dr. John Gaither Consulting Michelle Douglas Secondary School Principal Public Health, Simmons College Board Chair; Philanthropist Josh Cohen Board Chair; Department of (retired) UK BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dr. John Gaither Justice Canada Hedge Fund Manager Adrian Horwood Lord Rumi Verjee Secondary School Principal Craig Heimark Kannan Arasaratnam Vice President (retired), Board Chair; Founder, (retired) CEO, Cohesive FT Senior Manager, Deloitte Corporate Partnerships, The Rumi Foundation; Craig Heimark Chris Besse SickKids Foundation Libby Heimark Lord Rumi of Portobello CEO, Cohesive FT Director, The Chapin Foundation Senior VP and Managing Eric Morrison Holly Branson Heidi Hopper Director, School Division, Former CEO, The Canadian Heidi Hopper Trustee and Founder, The Big Philanthropist Nelson Education Press; Founder, epicshare; Philanthropist Change Charitable Trust; Chair, Neil Taylor Executive Producer, Virgin Unite Andrew Black Aleen Keshishian President and Chairman, The Disrupters CEO, Brand Project LP Partner and Manager, Talent, Craig Burkinshaw Investors Group Securities Inc., Susanne Boyce Linda Rosier Brillstein Entertainment Partners Founder, Audley Travel Investors Group Partner, Concept 3 Advertising Former President, Creative Mary Lewis Marianne Fallon Dr. Jonathan White Content and Specialty Richard Rousseau Assistant to Dr. Jane Goodall Partner, Head of Corporate Director, Bentley Service-Learning Channels, CTV Inc. Senior VP, Raymond James DBE and VP of Outreach, Jane Affairs, KPMG Center; Professor of Sociology, Goodall Institute Gerry Connelly Neil Taylor Hamish Jenkinson Bentley University Director of Education (retired), President and Chairman, Ernan Roman Director, Old Vic Tunnels; Trustee, FINANCE COMMITTEE District School Board Investors Group Securities Inc., CEO and President, Ernan Kevin Spacey Foundation Kannan Arasaratnam Investors Group Roman Direct Marketing Mary-Eileen Donovan Pauline Latham Senior Manager, Deloitte Superintendent of Education US BOARD OF DIRECTORS Hal Schwartz Member of Parliament for Chris Besse (retired), Toronto Catholic Eva Haller Fine Arts Photographer and Mid-Derbyshire Senior VP and Managing District School Board Graphic Designer Board Chair; Philanthropist Graham Moysey Director, School Division, Charlotte Empey Jim Baller Dick Simon Head, AOL International Nelson Education Principal, FYI Media CEO, RSI Inc. 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