The concept of Teen2Teen is a response to the many tragedies witnessed in the past few years, and their impact on teens. I noticed that most non profit organization’s response in the face of such tragedies is to begin fundraising and collection campaigns to aid women and children. Although, helping women and children is necessary, and extremely important. I could not help but feel as though teens were a neglected demographic. This neglect became clear to me once my own mother and her foundation began making trips to Haiti, and upon her return would bring stories of the different children and women they helped. When I questioned how her group helped the teens of that area, she drew a blank. She responded, “I never really think of them as a group, any help they get is incidental.” That is when I decided to organize Teen2Teen RISE; an organization solely focused on meeting the needs of teens, by teens. Continue reading the original article on www.iaam.com
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few people see a need beyond their own and even fewer care enough to act upon it. Keep up the great work!