Walkathon for The Malala Fund
Saturday, May 21st, 12:30 p.m.
A dynamic group of Brooklyn kids are bringing attention this year to the over 60 million girls in the world who are denied education, through supporting The Malala Fund (malala.org), founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Kids for a Better Future (www.kidsforabetterfuture.org)
is a group of Brooklyn children, grades 3-12, dedicated to doing their
part for kids around the world. KBF was founded in 2007 by a small group
of 3rd graders.
Every
year since 2007, KBF has chosen a different cause to support -- from a
girls' school in Herat, Afghanistan, to children's healthcare in Bhopal,
India, to supporting homeless kids in NYC. KBF has raised a total of
over $100,000 in the past nine years for children all over the world!
The
12th graders founded the organization in their 3rd grade. Now, the new
3rd graders are taking it over! Under the mentorship of a few older
kids, these 3rd graders have met with representatives of the Malala
Fund, and have already raised over $8,000 this year for the girls'
schools and educational programs they run.
The 9th Annual KBF Walkathon will be held on May 21st, 2016 at 12:30pm in
Prospect Park. This will be the last Walk for the 12th graders (soon
off to college) and the first for the 3rd graders. Organized by both age
groups, KBF hopes it will be their biggest and most successful
Walkathon yet!
The
Malala Fund runs a host of life changing programs, including funding
the efforts of Pakistani schools to enroll more girls, establishing
girls’ mentorship programs in Nigeria, investing in girls’ schools for
Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, training Kenyan girls living in
slums in information technology, and much more. Additionally, the Malala
Fund also invests in crucial advocacy work, bringing pressure on
governments to enact policies that will make Malala’s dream of universal
girls’ education a reality.
Contact:
Akash Viswanath Mehta
amehta @ saintannsny.org
(917) 613-6375
