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1. FREE THE CHILDREN
YORK UNIVERSITY CHAPTER
York University Chapter

2. Agenda
agenda
1 How it all began
2 What does FTC do?
– Me to We Trips
– Adopt a Village Model
3 How can you get involved?
4 York FTC Membership
5 Events at York
6 Contact Info

3. How it all began
A boy, a newspaper and some shameless idealism.
As 12-year-old Craig flipped through the Toronto Star in search of the comics, he was
struck by a story; A tragic, but courageous story of a boy his age named Iqbal Masih.
Iqbal was born in South Asia and sold into slavery at the age of four. In his short life, he
had spent six years chained to a carpet-weaving loom before making an incredible
escape. Iqbal captured the world’s attention by speaking out for children’s rights.
Eventually, Iqbal’s wide media coverage caught the attention of those who wished to
silence him. At 12, Iqbal lost his life for defending the rights of children.

4. How it all began
What Craig learned from Iqbal’s
story was that the bravest voice
can live in even the smallest
body.
He also knew he had to help.
Craig gathered together a small
group of his Grade 7 classmates
from his Thornhill, Ontario,
school and Free The Children
was born.

5. Free children from poverty.
Free children from exploitation.
Free children from the notion that
they are powerless to affect change.
These were the messages that fuelled Craig’s mission.
The idea was a good one – and it caught on.

6. How it all began
Today, Free The Children is the world’s largest network of children
helping children through education, with more than one million
youth involved in our innovative education and development
programs in 45 countries.

7. What does FTC do?
In Canada, the US, and the UK:
FTC
educates, engages and empowers
youth in North America, the UK and
around the world with the tools,
knowledge, confidence and support
network to be ambassadors for
change and lead meaningful action.
In Africa, Asia and Latin America:
FTC works together with communities
to establish a comprehensive, child-
focused development approach that
gives all community members the
education, skills and opportunity to lift
themselves out of poverty—forever.

8. Me to we VOLUNTEER
OVERSEAS

9. Me to We
VOLUNTEER
OVERSEAS
Free the Children offers amazing opportunities for students to volunteer
and support community development in the areas that need it most
For more info, click here
To watch a great Me to We Trip – Kenya Video, click here

10. Our exec member, Lauren R, on her Me to We
volunteer trip in India
Some of our York FTC exec members have been on these amazing trips and can
attest to the life-changing experience that you will have, as well as the greater
perspective and appreciation for life that you will gain!
Feel free to contact the York FTC exec team (via email or Facebook) if you want
to know more about Me to We volunteering overseas!

11. adopt a village
It’s not charity. It’s sustainability.

12. adopt a village
Our holistic and sustainable development model
Goal: To eliminate the obstacles preventing children from
accessing education and to break the cycle to poverty

13. adopt a village
Our holistic and sustainable development model
how: Through sustainable development within communities from
the Five Core Pillars

14. Education
FTC not only builds schools and
provides materials for classroom
learning, but they partner with the
Ministry of Education to ensure their
projects are maintained over the long-
term, to create programming and
initiatives to complement gov’t-
determined curriculum, and to commit
to providing all students with a quality
education.
Impact
Schools and school rooms built,
allowing for the education of
55,000 children everyday.

15. HEALTHCAR
E
FTC works to have their health pillar as effective,
sustainable and cost-effective as possible. Working
closely with the government in many ways to align FTC
health care practices with the government’s national
priorities, and in most cases, partner with the
government to administer health care in communities
where FTC works. Their programs generally focus on
health education and preventative care, allowing
children to remain healthy and able to go to school.
Impact
Worth of medical
supplies shipped around
the world

16. Water 
Clean water isn’t a luxury –
it’s a basic human right.
FTC’s clean water initiatives provide communities
with clean water sources and sanitation facilities,
reducing the spread of waterborne diseases.
These initiatives also rid children of their daily
treks to collect water, freeing them to attend
school. The clean water and sanitation projects
include the construction of wells, rain catchment
systems, hand-washing stations and latrines. Impact
People provided with clean water,
health care and sanitation

17. Alternative Income
FTC provides communities, mainly women, with
resources to generate a sustainable source of
income, increase their savings and even start their
own businesses. These resources include sewing
machines, farming supplies, animals for breeding and
milking, financial literacy workshops, micro-credit
loans, business training sessions and women’s
support groups. This support gives parents the
necessary education, tools and skills they need to
sustain incomes and break the cycle of poverty.
Impact
Women with economic
self-sufficiency

18. Agriculture and Food Safety
One of the most pressing issues contributing to
poverty today is the lack of food security. FTC
partnered up with PotashCrop last month to
address this issue. By implementing initiatives
such as crop diversification, tree-planting, farms,
gardens, irrigation and watershed building, FTC
provides solutions to food security. These
initiatives will also support school nutrition
programs and ensure access to a safe and
sustainable source of nutritious food for
communities on an ongoing basis.

19. adopt a village
Our holistic and sustainable development model
We focus not on one facet of
development – water, health etc.
We focus on what communities
really need: a holistic solution to
ending poverty.
It’s not charity. It’s
sustainability.
We do not give handouts; we do
not merely give a home or a pair of
shoes or other personal items.
Instead, we seek the greatest
benefit through investing in the
community infrastructure.

20. FTC does So
Much more!
Learn more at the FTC Website or contact York Free the Children through our Facebook!

21. HOW CAN YOU GET
INVOLVED?
Join York Free the Children!
Become a part of the change that happens right here at York University to raise
funds and awareness to support the Adopt a Village model!

22. York FTC
membership

23. Membership BENEFITS
Volunteer Opportunities
Reduced Admission Price for all members for all events
Letters of Reference
Hours for your Co-Curricular record
Up-to-Date info on all FTC campaigns & events
Chance to win tickets to We Day 2013
End-of-Year Raffle
Meeting amazing people & making new friends!

24. How to become a member
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Sign up Donate ANY Get carded!
Sign up on YU CONNECT HERE:
AMOUNT Remember to write your
https://yorku.collegiatelink.net/organiz Every penny counts! name on it & bring it with
ation/freethechildren
Donate at our next event! you to all events!

25. Membership card
Keeps track of your Volunteering & Active Membership
Show it to get Reduced Admission Price for all events
Enters you into a Raffle at year end!
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Remember to write your name on it & bring it with you to all events!

26. Events at York
Volunteering. Fundraisers. Awareness.

27. oct-nov
Fighting hunger by providing
volunteer opportunities in
soup kitchens & food banks

28. FUTURE EVENTS
DEC
Holiday Games Night
feb
Love/hate
speed date
mar
Basketball
tournament

29. Other Event Ideas
• Free the Children Campaigns
• Coffee Houses
• Polar Bear Dip
• Karaoke
• Professor vs. Student Competition
We want to
hear from you!

30. Contact info
If you ever have any questions,
want to give suggestions or want
to volunteer:
Facebook or Tweet us!
YorkFTC
Email us!
york.freethechildren@gmail.com

31. Thanks
for joining us!

32. Thank you to our sponsors!