STRIVE

Hello Fellow World Changers! I just finished reading a book called  I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali. It is an autobiography written by a Yemeni girl named Nujood who is forced to get married to an evil man 3X her age. I believe the book had several purposes; to show how child marriages destroy a young girl's childhood, to share Nujood's personal experience with child marriage, and to show the way that she was able to take matters into her own hands when the women in her family were not able to assist her in her escape. It was a very powerful book but also contained some content that might be inappropriate and/or confusing for younger children and it was sometimes  a little hard to understand ( I am twelve and don't know everything!) I highly recommend this book for teens, pre-teens, and adults who are interested in social justice and especially the topic of child marriages. Thanks for reading my review.  Let me know what you think! ( Warning . ...

Hello Fellow World Changers! I just found out about of this awesome website called Free Rice . It is a fun and educational way to raise awareness for malnutrition and to donate food to malnourished families. For each answer you get right, ten grains of rice are donated throughthe World Food Program to help end hunger. It has a free sign-up and it is really easy to get an account. 1. Got to  ( http://freerice.com)  and click the sign up button. 2. After filling in the needed information (you will need an email address) press REGISTER. 3. When you have created your account, you can go to the subjects button at the top of the page to view the subjects that you can do. Once you pick a subject, you will be asked to answer a question on the screen. If you answer a question correctly you will see your bowl of rice filling up on the side of your screen. 4. Join my group, The Strive Blog , to collect points together! Happy clicking!

Hello Fellow World Changers! I am excited to start this new blog as a way to encourage me to find ways to let others know about social issues in our world today. Why Strive?  I chose STRIVE as the title to this blog because it stands for:  S olution T ransformation R evolution I nformation V olition E ducation If you have any ideas for what i should learn about, (right now I am researching hunger) please contact me. Thank you!