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POPS"The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love" Can Change the World
A once in a generation opportunity to revitalize the program we all love and respect: In 1961, JFK established the Peace Corps to promote world peace & friendship. More than 195,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 countries. Volunteers work in the following areas: education, youth outreach, community development; business development; agriculture, environment; health, HIV/AIDS & information technology Some of the "More Peace Corps" goals: * Need more robust training programs that teach volunteers how to install water pumps, put in solar panels, & set up health posts * Need creative partnerships with other international volunteer sending programs, micro-credit groups, & NGOs * Need to follow President Obama's challenge to all Americans to serve their communities, their country & the cause of peaceful development across the Globe * Need 16,000 Americans serving in 100 countries http://www.morepeacecorps.org http://www.peacecorps.gov
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POPSNot a Cup, But a Cow...Long-Term Solutions for Sustainable Futures Families who knew only poverty will be building new homes and starting businesses....Today, millions of people who were once hungry will be nourished by milk, eggs and fresh vegetables. How? Heifer International helps people obtain a sustainable source of food and income. A Heifer project consists of 3 essential components: * Livestock and other material goods * Training and extension work * Organizational development A holistic approach is necessary in order to build sustainable communities. They have developed a set of global initiatives to meet their mission of ending world hunger and poverty and caring for the earth. It’s not temporary relief. It’s not a handout. It’s securing a future with generations of people who have hope, health and dignity. “Passing on the Gift” means recipients agree to share the offspring of gift animals with others in need, making them equal partners with Heifer in the fight to end world hunger.
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POPSBottle of Charity: 1 in 6 People Do Not Have Access to Clean Water "Most of us have never really been thirsty. Yet more than 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have clean water." "It’s hard to imagine what a billion people looks like really, but 1 in 6 might be easier. 1 in 6 people in our world don’t have access to the most basic of human needs. Something we can’t imagine going 12 hours without." "Put yourself in their shoes. Carry 80 pounds of water in yellow fuel cans. Dig with their children in sand for water. Line up at a well and wait 8 hours for a turn." "Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war." charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. 100% of your donation this holiday season will directly fund sustainable water projects in developing nations. Each $20 can give one person clean, safe drinking water for 20 years.
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POPSLesson of the Day: How Our Country Should Live More Like the Amish “In Amish life: principles of compassion, empathy, generosity and selflessness are central. When they run their community this way, it is admirable. When we try to solve our country's problems in much the same way, it is degraded and thought despicable.” “As children we are taught to take turns, to share & to treat others as we would want to be treated. These are basic principles that few people would deny are essential to being a kind, compassionate, moral person, whether a child or adult.” “We apply these principles to our personal lives, but when it comes to our country, our government and our communities, we start hearing things about "no free rides" and about how we mustn't become a welfare state.” "What we teach our children, what we challenge ourselves with spiritually, what we know is right in any other context...it all suddenly no longer applies.”
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POPSIntergenerational School: Empowers Elderly to Stay Active K-6th school in Cleveland welcomes volunteers in their 80s & 90s, some with Alzheimer's or dementia. The founders believe volunteering gives the elderly a sense of purpose and happiness, as well as many health benefits. TIS fosters an educational community of excellence that provides experiences and skills for life-long learning and spirited citizenship for learners of all ages. TIS encourages communities to create new environments that empower learners of all ages, as they become life-long contributors to a society. TIS incorporates community volunteers into the life of the school. Volunteers perform a variety of tasks from painting and setting up classrooms to mentoring young readers and writers. TIS is a free public school. Founder of TIF, Peter Whitehouse, believes when some people are diagnosed with Alzheimer's, they feel shame and withdraw themselves from society, so engagement is necessary for older people who have aging-associated cognitive challenges.
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POPSYouth Court: Teen Offenders Allowed a Jury of Their Peers...Other Teens With more than 1,270 youth courts in 49 states: Youth courts are one of the fastest growing ways to prevent juvenile delinquency. Youth courts, also called Teen courts or Peer courts, are unofficial, alternative courts in which first time, teen, low-level offenders, are diverted from the juvenile justice system and agree to be judged by other teenagers. The teens don’t decide guilt or innocence they are there to only hear out the defendants, ask questions and hand out sentences. Not harsh sentences, but alternatives for these kids to come back into the community and become better citizens: such as completing community service, a drug awareness program, a mediation program, or a job interview program…one sentence included writing an essay on where he expects to be in 5 years. Youth court offers a win/win situation: It lightens the overburdened juvenile court system, educates its student officers and tries to rehabilitate offenders by building on their strengths.
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POPSUrban Gardener Thinks Higher: A Rooftop Garden for Room to Grow Why should you consider a rooftop garden? * Increase access to private outdoor green space within the urban environment * Support urban food production * Promote individual, community, and cultural diversity * Improve air quality and reduce CO2 missions * Delay stormwater runoff * Increase habitat for birds * Insulate buildings * Increase the value of buildings for owners and tenants alike * Create job opportunities in the field of research, design, construction, Iandscaping, gardening, health, and food production
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POPSIKEA Village: A Community of Affordable Pre-Fab Homes Ikea is currently building a village of pre-fab homes in the UK: Creating a community of affordable homes. These homes will be like nothing else seen before in the UK and will play an important role in helping first-time buyers who have until now been unable to get on the property ladder due to the spiralling costs of buying a house. While Ikea will market the houses, Live Smart @ Home will build them. It will ask buyers to prove they are within the set income bracket and to register their interest online. Demand is expected to be so high that a lottery will then determine who becomes the first "Ikea villagers".
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