Walnut Creek Teen Receives Children Have The Power To Empower Award

Walnut Creek CA

29 November, 2021

11:10 PM

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Press release from the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce: November 29, 2021 Yours Humanly, a global nonprofit that transforms the lives of children in need around the world by providing access to quality education and equitable resources, has named a Walnut Creek teen a 2021 recipient of its Children Have the Power to Empower® Award, which recognizes children for their outstanding acts of goodness that make a significant difference in the lives of others. The Children Have the Power to Empower Award showcases "in service to others" in a meaningful way and demonstrates to family, friends, and community that even children have the power to empower when they lend a helping hand and an open heart. Seena Farhadi, 17, of Walnut Creek, California, received the Children Have the Power to Empower® Award for the outstanding acts of goodness he performs on behalf of children in need through LEAP, the Learning Enrichment and Assistance Program he founded in January 2021. The high school senior works with organizations such as Homeless Outreach Program for Education and Foster Youth Services to pair tutors with homeless and foster youth in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District who are struggling academically and in need of support and mentoring. In so doing, he is giving these students access to resources and opportunities they would not otherwise have. He has plans to expand the program to include a summer camp for homeless youth and a speaker series tackling topics relevant to both homelessness and the foster care system, kickstarting an important community dialogue about educational equity and the needs of homeless and foster youth. "We commend Seena for his compassion and extraordinary efforts on behalf of others," says Yours Humanly Founder & CEO Sunny Singh. "Our Children Have the Power to Empower award recipients are making a profound difference in the lives of others and we must encourage them to continue to do what they can to ease life's journey for those who struggle." Award recipients receive a personalized certificate and medal, and are profiled on the Yours Humanly website and through social media. To read more about award recipients and their meaningful work and to nominate a child for the Children Have the Power to Empower Award, visit www.YoursHumanly.org and click on the Power to Empower tab. About Yours Humanly, www.YoursHumanly.org Driven by the belief that education is a basic human right, Yours Humanly funds global efforts to provide children in need access to quality education and equitable resources. While the programs and resources it provides vary among the countries and cultures in which it works, Yours Humanly's focus is always on transforming the lives of children in need through education. By doing so, Yours Humanly is lifting children out of poverty and other challenging situations and empowering them to achieve better, brighter futures. Cambodia | Haiti | India | Nepal | Philippines | United States 501(c)(3) Nonprofit This press release was produced by the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author's own.