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Free The Children
November 7th, 2006
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HUGE welcome to Free the Children, our first benefit campaign
partners! 100% of the sales of any songs in the benefit tracks list
on the home page go straight to Free the Children as Amie Street
begins our first social awareness campaign. Free The Children is
the world's largest network of children helping children through
education, with more than one million youth involved in their
innovative education programs in more than 45 countries. Founded by
the international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The
Children is a unique youth-driven charity that addresses the
primary root causes of poverty and exploitation: lack of access to
education. Through the voices and actions of young people, Free The
Children has built over 450 schools which provide education to
40,000 children daily. Free The Children has shipped over 200,000
school and health kits to children in need and has directly
provided heath care services to over 500,000 people in Africa,
Latin America and Asia, by building health care centers and
distributing essential medical supplies. Free The Children has been
nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize and has partnered
with the United Nations, Oprah's Angel Network, and Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, and has also been profiled by CNN, 60 Minutes, The
New York Times, The London Herald, TIME Magazine, and the
Economist.
I have been actively involved in Free the Children since the late 1990s. I have traveled with the organization to volunteer in community projects in India and Thailand. I also participated in fundraising for school and health kits to be sent to Free The Children communities overseas.
November 6th, 2006 at 2:49 am
For the record, FTC is one of the best charities out there. For the record.
November 6th, 2006 at 4:14 am
this sounds like a mighty good idea… cluck
November 6th, 2006 at 11:16 am
i like indie music. i like children. it’s win-win.
November 7th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
this is a great idea and goes to a good cause!
November 7th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
This music is awesome and what a great partnership!
November 7th, 2006 at 5:42 pm
All about the charity… Just so you know profits from the Impeach The Precedent compilation go to the Rainforest Action Network: One of the other best charities out there.
November 7th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
It’s great to see a music download site with a social conscience. Keep up the great work!
November 7th, 2006 at 5:54 pm
This is an awesome idea! Way to go. I love the idea of getting great music and changing the world.
November 7th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
Wicked! What an awesome idea. Rock on.
November 7th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
This is an incredible idea and very exciting! Your example have the potential to inspire socially conscious thought across the world of music sites and beyond.
November 7th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
I have to agree - this music and free the children rock
November 7th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
SO COOL! it’s young people like Eilas tha are changing the world. Keep up the awesome work!!!!!!!
November 7th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
This site is phenomenal - great music, great cause, excellent idea! I’ve never seen anything like this before… way to use what you love to make a positive difference
November 7th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Congratulations Amie Street crew - this is an amazing idea!
November 7th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
This site is so awesome! I’ll be passing on the name for sure. Its an amazing idea to partner with FTC too, yayy!
November 8th, 2006 at 3:15 am
good job Elias, good job
November 8th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
This is such a great alternative to mainstream music. Thanks!
November 8th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Here…have a cookie, Elias. You deserve it!
November 8th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
It’s absolutely wonderful to have a cool website like Amie doing something to increase the amount of peace of and cooperation in the world. Amie is leading by example, showing all of the other websites out there what is possible through combining technology with caring. Thanks Amie!
February 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Hey, what happened to the benefit media tracks? How do you get to them with the newly redesigned site?