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U.S. Teen Brings New School to Cambodia

"Hundreds of Cambodian villagers welcomed the arrival of a new school Wednesday, a gift from an American teenager who raised $52,000 after reading about the hardships of growing up in Cambodia."

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India Youth Spurring Locals to Trade Plastic Bags for Eco-Friendly Sacks

Plastic bags end up choking cows, piling up in the soil as litter, and clogging drains causing waste water to overflow. Now, Indian youth from Orchha are campaigning for a polybag free town and giving pilgrims an eco-friendly bag to carry instead.

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9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety

9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety

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Jewish-American Kids Donating Money to Build Playgrounds in Israel

Playgrounds are being built in Israel thanks to Jewish kids donating money received for barmitzvah.

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Weeding by Example: New Orleans Boy Inspired to Help Rebuild

A New Orleans boy determined to help his community rebuild, is doing it one blade of grass at a time, mowing and weeding land untouched since hurricane Katrina.

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Girls' Team Returns from Africa with Opened Eyes

Traveling abroad for a teen, especially to Africa, can "jump-start a lifetime of social and moral awareness." For a D.C. girls soccer team, a trip to South Africa opened their eyes to the poverty and HIV/AIDS epidemic burdening girls their age...

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Students Feed Homeless Despite City Warnings

"For nearly two years, students, parents and staff at the Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School have handed out food and supplies to the homeless once a week on the sidewalk near JFK Plaza in Philadelphia." But last Thursday the new city manager asked them to stop and sent police to the scene.

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Third Graders Helping to Stop Childhood Hunger

Baking cookies and selling brownies don't seem like solutions that could end childhood hunger, yet, thanks to the Great American Bake Sale Campaign, 5.3 million nutritious meals and snacks were served to low-income children paid for by proceeds from bakes sales all across the country.