Children International

• Providing essential health services to children and families in need.
• Offering educational support, such as scholarships and tutoring programs.
• Facilitating life skills training that prepares youth for successful futures.

I am Neel Kumar and 11 years old. At the age of 6 I started learning about computers at home. In fact at that age I was being instructed like a computer, do-this, don't-do-that, do this 5 times, if you do this and you will get that. Later I found out that this is how you have to think about programming as well! I realized that knowingly, or unknowingly, we do lots of things which involve breaking problems into a set of smaller problems and then solving those problems as a set of well defined instructions. This is what computer programming is, well at least to begin with! Currently, I like tinkering with Lego Mindstorms, 3D printing, Raspberry Pi, and AI.

Over time I started an YouTube channel and starting posting variety of videos. I posted my projects on GitHub  as well. Later on I took The Python Mega Course  on Udemy and then the Algorithms course on Coursera. It is interesting that when I finished the Algorithms course in Coursera, I was not allowed to get the certificate since I was younger than the minimum age. It was a bummer, isn't  learning for all ages? I decided to create a programming course to make it available to people around the world. Now the next bummer, I choose Udemy as the platform to create the course, but again I am younger than the minimum age to be a teacher!

In addition to reaching people worldwide, I want to help children around the world to get an  education and get a chance to step out of poverty. I decided to do two things, 1) make my videos and publish on YouTube  and 2) raise money for Children International using this course. Children International is a great organization that aligns with my thinking. Effortless Java is completely free of charge, but all the proceeds go to this organization. BTW, I do one-on-one tutoring for coding as well. Please donate as much as you can to help this great cause, even a little goes a long way!

Thank you.

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The resource disparity between the upper and lower classes of developing countries has a substantial negative impact on the female population. Many women living in rural India have little to no say in anything concerning their homes or work. The root of this problem comes from a lack of female education. My goal is to provide an education for girls who lack the ability to receive it themselves for financial reasons. Their access to proper education will help them become productive members of society.

Last year, I visited a non-profit school in India and talked to the head of the school who introduced me to a girl named Surbhi. Her father died a few years ago, and her mother doesn't work. These circumstances made it difficult for Surbhi to afford an education. Through organized fundraisers, we provided the financial means for her to get the education she deserves. My work with Surbhi has inspired me to partner with Children International, a Kansas City-based organization, in order to fulfill the educational needs of more impoverished girls in India. Children International will use the funds from this campaign tp sponsor specific girls for yearly scholarships. 

For more information about Children International, visit https://www.children.org/.

At Plus Relocation, we believe in the power of each person’s innate strengths when applied in servant leadership and aggressive collaboration for others. Children International believes change starts with ONE person.

For our 50th anniversary, we challenge the Plus community (that’s you!) to help raise $25,000 by December 31!

Plus will match that amount for our total goal of $50,000 to go to Children International’s HOPE Scholarship program, designed to help youth caught in the cycle of poverty to pursue higher education, build a career and break the cycle.

A donation of $1,000 provides four HOPE scholarships to deserving youth. The math? 200 HOPE scholars will be forever impacted by your participation in this year’s Plus outreach campaign.

Help us hit 50 big ones for the extra bonus and satisfaction of seeing Plus CEO, Susan (Schneider) Benevides, jump polar-plunge-style into freezing cold Bde Maka Ska, Minneapolis’ largest lake, all from the cozy warmth of your own home. Supporting the needs of promising talent starts here.

*Children International is a 501(c)(3) organization and gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law.

“How do you end global poverty? You start with kids.” – Children International

Children International plays a vital role in helping kids and teens grow up healthy, educated, empowered and employed—all interconnected and essential to achieving the big goal: helping break the cycle of poverty.

The HOPE Scholarship program provides youth in secondary school, vocational training and higher education with tuition, uniforms, books and transportation costs—expenses their families are unable to cover due to competing basic needs at home.