• Help older people
• Help people with disabilities
• Help other young people
• Help people affected by illness
• Help people facing poverty, hunger, homelessness
Help older people
Help the Aged
Help the Aged teaches you about why elderly people are an important part of our community.
How Old Is Old?
Interview an older person and create a picture journal about his or her memories.
International Year of Older Persons
This website produced in NSW for the International Year of Older Persons in 1999 contains some great facts about ageing and other interesting tidbits about seniors.
The Alzheimer's Association of WA
The Alzheimer's Association of WA web site has a lot of information that may help you if you are caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease. The 'issues that carers face' under the 'Dementia Information' page has a fact sheet to help young people understand dementia.
Help people with disabilities
The Disabilities Services Commission
The Disabilities Services Commission web site has a lot of information about disabilities.
Zigawhat!
Zigawhat! (by the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities') is a great web site for learning, connecting, growing, coping, and fun for young people with disabilities and their peers.
Kids Health.org
Kids Health.org helps young people understand different health issues or disabilities that people face.
Help other young people
Inspire Foundation's ReachOut!
Inspire Foundation's ReachOut! youth-friendly web site addresses many issues faced by young people today.
Care Bags Foundation
Care Bags Foundation, started by an eleven year-old makes Care Bags filled for American children in need. It may give you some ideas of your own!
UNICEF's Voices of Youth
UNICEF's Voices of Youth is a web site for young people about the issues that affect them.
Help people affected by illness
Kids Konnected
Kids Konnected, started by an eleven year-old offers support for kids who have a parent with cancer.
Kids Health.org
Kids Health.org helps young people understand different health issues or disabilities that people face.
CanTeen
CanTeen helps young people living with cancer.
Help people facing poverty, hunger, homelessness
Kids Can Make a Difference
Kids Can Make a Difference has some inspiring ideas on how to combat world hunger.
Help the Homeless
Help the Homeless is meant for primary school-aged students, but has some interesting facts about homelessness.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has some useful information about the plight of homelessness.
Foodbank Western Australia
Foodbank Western Australia shows you how much food is donated around Western Australia to those in need.