1. Free the Children www.freethechildren.com

2. Craig Kielburger, the 12-year old Mastermind, started this organization. Photo from: www.freethechildren.com

3. Craig learned about child labour and wanted to help. Photos from: www.goodweave.org

4.  Problems:  Families too poor to send children to school  Need money for food so children must work  Need children to fetch water so they can’t attend school Goal: To get rid of child labour by changing the cycle of poverty. Photos from: www.antislavery.org

5. Free the Children helps parents work so their children can go to school. Photo from: www.freethechildren.com

6. If children go to school, they can get better jobs and earn more money. Photo from: www.freethechildren.com

7. This brings them out of the poverty cycle. Graphic from: www.plancanada.ca

8.  Spread the word to young people through We Day conventions across the developed world  Businesses can sponsor these events and receive advertising in return  Students raise money in local projects (bake sales, dances, car washes, etc.)  Money goes to specific village projects in specific locations Fundraising Plan

9.  Money in each village goes to the five pillars of sustainability:  Education  Clean water and sanitation  Health care  Jobs  Agriculture and food security Villages Photo from: freethechildren.com

10. Free the Children knows that change must start small to make an impact. One village at a time…