Moving back home.

Kids to Kids site has moved home.  

We now have our own Blog page under our mother (Fertitle Ground) orginization's site.  

So Please come and visit us there for up todate info and images from the Kids to Kids Project in Canada and Assam.  

Click here to find us at the our new blog site on the Fertile Ground Website.  

Comox Valley youth celebrated for making a difference

– The Kids to Kids (K2K) Project, an initiative of four Comox Valley children that connects youth in Assam, India and youth on the Canadian West Coast around sustainable environmental practices, is being recognized by the BC Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) for their outstanding leadership and collaboration on local-global issues.  This recognition is part of the 23rd International Development Week (IDW), February 3rd to 9th, a national initiative of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), celebrating Canadians making a difference on global issues.   

Established in 2009 and inspired by the work of local non-profit organization Fertile Ground: East/West Sustainability Network, the K2K Project has created learning and support between children in BC and in India on issues that affect their communities.  In March 2011, one of the young founders, Onyx Vaughan Ogilvie, and his mother, Fertile Ground board member LeighAnn Vaughan, traveled to Assam to meet some of the kids and their families.  They shared stories and photos about their lives and efforts to improve agricultural practices, while building connections and communications between the children in Assam and those in the Comox Valley.

Since then, the K2K Project has made direct connections of youth in BC with youth in India through ongoing exchanges of photos, stories, and art.    Fundraising efforts of the BC youth have also brought many smiles to the kids’ faces on both sides of the world.  “You have to be the change you want to see in the world,” says Ogilvie, quoting Ghandi’s adage, “I think Kids to Kids is getting… up on to that road.” 

The BC Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) is profiling the Kids to Kids Project on its website, bccic.ca, from February 1st to 14th as part of its International Development Week (IDW) celebrations.  Kids to Kids members will also be part of a youth panel at “Local 2 Global: We Are Making a Difference”, a multimedia youth symposium in Vancouver on February 9th examining social responsibility and the role of social media and technology, presented by BCCIC and Gen Why Media.

A promo video was done to showcase our activties and founding members,  please take a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ4TsZ62m84&feature=share&list=UUNa5uY7BU8TCcI4QhJJuGHw

Kids to Kids celebrated 

Earth Day 2012

at Lake Trail School!

Children from our community had an opportunity to create colorful drawings for our art exchange program at this year's Earth Day event.  Fertile Ground director Peggy Carswell recently returned from India with stories and photos of her travels, helping to inspire everyone who took part in the event. 

After a successful art-making event at last year's Fall Fair, the art created by kids here in the Comox Valley was shared with children participating in the Kids to Kids project in India.  The art work was received with great appreciation from the kids in Assam. 

Thank you to everyone who participated!  Your art will surely be welcomed when it gets to its new home in Assam later this year. 

Young Artists in Assam from the Kids to Kids art exchange program.

Child drawing in art class.

A happy artist at work!

Young girl showing off her beautiful work


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Art Exchange at the Fall Fair a big success

Children at this year's Comox Valley Exhibition had the chance to communicate to children in Assam, India though large postcards.  The postcards gave them an opportunity to draw, collage, and create an image of a sustainable world on one side and to write a message on the other.  

The completed cards were collected and will be displayed on this website for our community to see.  Then the cards will make the trip to Assam to be delivered to children there who're involved with the project.  

The kids and organizers on the Assam side are eagerly awaiting the arrival of this art.  Over the next few months, they'll be creating more artwork for our community to share here in the Comox Valley.

 

More about Kids to Kids on Fertile Ground.org

http://www.fertile-ground.org/kids-to-kids.html

For the whole story on Kids to Kids,  please see our page on Fertile Ground's website.

"For the past 7 years, Fertile Ground has provided encouragement, training and resources to farmers, small-scale tea growers, extension staff, teachers, students and families living in the state of Assam.

Our projects support people to grow healthy food by bringing together some of India's traditional practices with low-cost practices that rely on locally-available materials.

An important part of our work has been to provide opportunities for volunteers to participate in outreach activities in towns and villages throughout the state - to share their skills and enthusiasm, and exchange information about the cultures and values of our two countries. "

Welcome to Kids to Kids

Hello All,

Kids to Kids is pleased to now have its own project blog!   Thanks for following!

In 2011, Onyx Vaughn-Ogilvie travelled to Assam to distribute school supplies to Assamese school children