WE Charity (former Free the Children) USA

WE Charity (former Free the Children) USA

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Last update: Dec 6, 2024 Last update: Dec 6, 2024
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Legal residence:USA
Organization type:NGO
Funding agencies:Other
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Sectors:Civil Society & NGOs, Education, Food Security, Fu ...
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Civil Society & NGOs, Education, Food Security, Fundraising, Health, Social Development, Water & Sanitation, Youth
Nr. of employees:201-500
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WE Charity, formerly known as Free The Children, is a worldwide development charity and youth empowerment movement founded in 1995 by human rights advocates Marc and Craig Kielburger.  The organization focuses on young people, with programs in Canada, the U.S. and U.K. for service learning and active citizenship, and international development projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America focused on children and education. The organization runs programs in approximately 10,000 schools in Canada, the U.S. and U.K. for service learning and active citizenship, with the aim of empowering youth to become socially engaged.

The domestic youth empowerment work is funded by corporate sponsors and profits from the social enterprise, ME to WE. In 2013, Charity Intelligence Canada awarded Free The Children its highest four-star rating, along with an A for the organization's reporting of its "social results". The organization promotes a philosophy of socially conscious living, embodied in the phrase “Me to WE” – the title of a 2004 book by Craig and Marc Kielburger That idea of “we” has been reflected through the organization’s programs such as its WE Day events, launched in 2007, leading up to a updated branding of “WE Charity” from early 2015.

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