RETRAK is a registered UK Charity and works with street children in Africa

Retrak is a professional, Christian social work organisation. RETRAK aims to enable street children in Africa to realise their potential and discover their worth. RETRAK is getting street children back on course! The organisation is committed to helping street children to find long-term, sustainable alternatives to life on the streets. RETRAK is committed to reuniting children with their families wherever possible. If this is not possible RETRAK seeks to find foster families for ex-street children where they will find the love, security and support they have lacked.

At the heart of RETRAK is passion. Passion to see street children’s lives dramatically changed. Passion to see those who the World rejects become valued members of society. Passion to see children growing up in secure, loving, caring families and, in turn, to offer love and care to others. Passion to see children develop to their full potential emotionaly, psychologicaly and spiritualy.
RETRAK is a registered UK Charity and works with street children in Africa. This channel hosts films expressing the heart of RETRAK’s work in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Street Children in Kampala, Uganda – RETRAK

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James McAvoy’s Journey – ‘On The Tigers Trail’

Click on the link below to find out more about their work:
Retrak – Voices from The Streets

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Wherever you happen to live on Earth, what you do affects the oceans – therefore it affects you!!

Conservation International (CI) is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Conservation International believes that Earth’s natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally and economically. Their mission is to conserve the Earth’s living heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.

For 20 years, Conservation International has stuck to a vision that the natural world must be saved in order for future generations to thrive spiritually, culturally, and economically. They have never been more focused than they are today. Since day one their work has been inspired by their core values passion, respect, integrity, optimism, and courage.

For more information click on the link below:
Conservation International

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The Woodland Trust | UK’s Leading Charity

The Woodland Trust was founded in 1972 and is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. By acquiring sites and campaigning for woodland, they aim to conserve, restore and re-establish native woodland to its former glory. The Trust has grown to care and protect over 1,100 sites covering 19,000 hectares (47,000 acres). This includes nationally and internationally important sites as well as small urban and village woods. Nearly 350 of their sites contain ancient woodland, over 6,000 hectares, of which 70 per cent is Ancient semi-natural woodland – land which has never been cleared or replanted by man.

The Woodland Trust has created 3,200 hectares of new native woodland. Their Millennium Commission backed Woods on your Doorstep project has created 200 new community woods in England and Wales and 50 more in Northern Ireland and they are creating one of the largest broadleaved woods in Scotland at the 4087-hectare Glen Finglas Estate in the Trossachs. The Trust owns 20 sites covering 430 hectares (1060 acres) in the National Forest in the Midlands and have sites in all 12 Community Forests across England. In this way we are major contributors to projects which are improving the lives of millions of people.

The Woodland Trust also protects over 110 woodland Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), the UK’s finest examples of wildlife habitats.

For more information go to:
www.Woodland-Trust.org.uk

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Vision and Mission | Water Aid

Throughout the world children suffer greatly because they don’t have access to safe water and sanitation. Their health, education and family relationships are affected. WaterAid is an international charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.

WaterAid enables the world’s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. These basic human rights underpin health, education and livelihoods and form the first, essential step in overcoming poverty.

WaterAid works with local partners, who understand local issues, and provide them with the skills and support to help communities set up and manage practical and sustainable projects that meet their real needs.

They also campaign locally and internationally to change policy and practice and ensure water and sanitation’s vital role in reducing poverty is recognised.

For more Information about their Vision and Mission go to:
www.WaterAid.org

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Adventurous Overseas Expeditions and Teambuilding Challenges

This website is packed with adventurous overseas expeditions and teambuilding challenges aimed at pushing you to the limit whilst raising vital funds for charity.

Over the past six years they have helped thousands of people to achieve amazing personal goals and in the process raise millions of pounds for their chosen charities. They are very proud of this accomplishment and with your help, hope to raise millions more for these very worthwhile causes.

For more information:
Welcome To The World Of Charity Challenge

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Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity provides practical and emotional support to families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal illness. We support 1,000 families each year.

I think that the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is worth supporting. You will find details on their website.

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity

View a Rainbow family’s story in their own words and Video – Click Here To See The James family film (16.9Mb)

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Steve Jobs | Getting Fired from Apple in 1985 | Life and Death

You may have already seen this, as this video has been around for quite sometime now, but in my opinion it is well worth watching even if you have seen it already.

In 2005 Steve Jobs delivers his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University. In it he talks about getting fired from Apple in 1985 and also about life & death.

His words really get me, every time. Very inspiring… motivating… touching…

At the time of my posting this video has been watched 1,054,590

Stay hungry – stay foolish

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