Founder:
not known
What they do:
Youth-Life-Line ist an online/e-mail helpline dedicated to young people in acute crises and with suicidality.
The support is given anonymously and free of charge. All supporters are bound to professional discretion.
The team consists of peer-supportes and therapists who work within a protected system where each user can create their own mailbox.
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Initiators:
Some youngsters in the city of Munich/Germany
What they do:
INFOFON is a telephone service from young people for young people under the age of 27. Daily from 6 to 10 pm people can call and discuss their issues and challenging situations with well trained volunteers their age in order to get advice and help. In addition, there’s an online platform with chat and forums.
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Initiators:
Heidi Moderegger and others in Munich/Germany
What they do:
WELTbewusst – this consumption critical city tour shows you a different view onto your city. Participants (youngsters) learn which consequences their comsumption has for people and nature – and what alternatives there are. The “sights” that you visit are outlets and branches from global enterprises such as McDonald’s, H&M, Starbucks or vodafone.
Find out more (German only):
http://www.jbn.de/kampagnen/die-konsumkritische-stadtfuehrung/
Founder:
Eva-Maria Weigert
What they do:
Freudentanz is a “dancing project without boarders”. Children and teenagers temporarily living in hostels for asylum seekers learn how to dance and perform in front of their parents once a year. The young people gain lots of self-esteem and new perspectives.
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Founder:
Orland Bishop
What they do:
ShadeTree, Los Angeles, USA, serves as an intentional community of mentors, elders, teachers, artists, healers, and advocates for the healthy development of children and youth. They have pioneered approaches to urban truces and mentors at-risk youth that combine new ideas with traditional ways of knowledge.
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Founders:
Michael Stenger
What they do:
SchlaU-Schule is a school for under-aged refugees who live in Munich/Germany without their parents. The team helps the students to develop their personality, teach them German and support them to finish school and obtain a degree. They bring them into internships and apprenticeships and have very high success rates.
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Founders:
Lisa Steven and Amie Walton
What they do:
Hope House of Colorado empowers parenting teenage moms to strive for personal and economic self-sufficiency and to understand their significance in God’s sight, resulting in a healthy future for them, and for their children. The vision from the beginning was to create a model, and to one day serve teen moms in Hope House homes all over the country.
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