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ALIA WHITNEY-JOHNSON

Alia Whitney- Johnsonwww.emergeglobal.org
Emerge began when MIT undergrad Alia Whitney- Johnson encountered a group of teenage mothers (age 10-18) who were the survivors of rape and incest while conducting tsunami relief work in Sri Lanka in 2005.

A jewelry maker since the age of 7, Ali decided to host a jewelry workshop to get to know the girls better. Jewelry became a tool for transformation: a way to uplift their spirits and to help them overcome the economic and emotional obstacles they faced. Emerge was born as a way to sustain their work, connecting them to supplies and training, a global market, and a global community of support. Emerge jewelry sales have been widely successful, selling out all merchandise every time.

Emerge is launching its next project: a community with homes, a school, and a women’s cooperative for sexually abused teenage mothers in Sri Lanka that will promote leadership, community, and livelihood.

EMILY DOUGLAS

EMILY DOUGLASwww.grandmasgifts.org
Grandma’s Gifts was founded in 1993 by Emily Douglas, at the age of eleven. Grandma’s Gifts provides food, clothing, books, toys, glasses, school supplies, scholarships, and educational experiences to children, families, schools, businesses, and organizations in Appalachian Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Emily founded this organization in memory of her grandma Norma Ackison of Ironton, Ohio, who passed away in 1991 of breast cancer. Since 2002, Grandma’s Gifts has operated as a donor advise fund through the Columbus Foundation.

To date, over $2,000,000 in goods and services has been provided. Additionally, over 650,000 books have been placed into the hands of needy children, daycare’s, hospitals, and libraries. One-hundred percent of funds raised go to pay for goods, services, or books. Grandma’s Gifts is always looking to help the community, work to educate people on giving, and organize projects.

OPRAH WINFREY

oprah08.jpgwww.oprahsangelnetwork.org
Oprah Winfrey has used the power of the media to create an unparalleled connection with people around the world. Her accomplishments as a global media leader and philanthropist have established her as one of the most respected and admired public figures today. Oprah has long believed that education is the door to freedom, offering a chance at a brighter future. Through her private charity, The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, she has awarded hundreds of grants to organizations that support the education and empowerment of women, children and families in the United States and around the world. Oprah’s Angel Network is a public charity dedicated to inspiring people to make a difference in the lives of others. Since beginning in 1998, they have been making grants to organizations and operating projects in underserved communities that provide educational initiatives as well as assist people in fulfilling basic human needs and regaining dignity.

JACOB KOMAR

JACOB KOMARwww.computers4communities.org
Jacob Komar founded Computer for Communities, Inc. at age 9, when he realized that not all people had the ability to purchase a computer. Jacob started out by refurbishing 30 computers that were destined for the scrap heap and then finding people in need to receive them. Their goal is to help groups of people in all states start their own local CFC to distribute computers to those who need them.

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