June 16th is the International Day of the African Child. In 1976 in Soweto, South Africa, thousands of African school children took to the streets in a march to protest the inferior quality of their education. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down. To honor the memory of those killed and the courage of all the children who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16th every year since 1991.
In honor of this day, head over to Global Girlfriend and give a one-time donation to provide school uniforms for girls in rural Africa ($25), send an AIDS orphan to school in Zambia ($20). or providing school meals for African children ($20). You can even give $36 to the WhizzKids HIV Prevention Soccer Camp for African Kids.
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