“We've found that service learning builds life skills, leadership and a sense of …” — Craig Kielburger

Service learning connects classroom studies to real-world issues, with hands-on activities and problem solving. Youth can study biology and ecology by testing the water in their own community; or learn about statistics, calculating the food supply and usage at the local food bank.

There's no magic bullet to end poverty in the world. But if you could, the closest thing to it would be basic primary education.

Many say that a man comes along with the moral courage of Nelson Mandela once in a lifetime. He was an extraordinary man who paid a great sacrifice for his beliefs, then led a nation from the prospect of civil war to reconciliation.