Category Archives: Worldwide reach

[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/08/17/art.poteet.jpg caption=”Tanya Poteet, 18, volunteers with Operation Christmas Child.”] Tanya Poteet says she will never forgot how she was abused and abandoned by her parents in Russia when she was eight years old. She grew up in an … Continue reading →

[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/06/23/art.ayna.jpg caption=”Ayna Agarwal, 15, founded Stop Animal Overpopulation Together Globally.”] Ayna Agarwal will never forget the day she was visiting her family in New Delhi, India and she saw a helpless dog in the street. It was like … Continue reading →

[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/04/14/art.rosenfeld.ypwr.jpg caption=”Rachel Rosenfeld, 17, founded the R.S. Rosenfeld school in Srah Khvav village in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.”]During Rachel Rosenfeld’s junior year in high school, the unexpected happened. She developed a stomach condition that kept her out of school … Continue reading →

[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/03/23/art.suri.jpg caption=”Tara Suri, 16, hopes to help to young children around the world achieve their full potential.”] Bake sales and recycling are common fundraising tactics in middle school. But Tara Suri wasn’t baking cupcakes for just any common cause. … Continue reading →

[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2008/images/01/01/art.ambassadors.jpg caption=”Teen AIDS Ambassadors pose for a photograph in Tanzania. “] Santa Monica, California, is far from Tanzania. But a group of high schoolers there makes the distance seem closer. The Crossroads Teen AIDS Ambassadors are the youngest certified … Continue reading →