Take Action
If you care about the environment,you'll really enjoy this month's newsletter.Let's go to Costa Rica and see how one determined teenager has tried to change the world.
Janine Licare was only nine years old when she decided to take action. She was worried because the rainforest around her home in Manuel Antonio,Costa Rica, was disappearing.
The animals and birds were disappearing too.So,together with a friend,Janine started a campaign to protect her local environment.They called it Kids Sauing the Rainforest.The aims of KSTR are to teach children about the rainforest and to help the animal that live there, especially the endangered Mono Titi monkey. Janine has achieved a lot. She has
raised more than $50,000
pland over 4,800 trees
found over 250 volunteers to work with her
helped many injured birds and animals
started a variety of different projects, such as Adopt-a-tree
worked with other schoolchildren around the world
developed an environmental library and research centre.
Janine has appeared in several magazines, and she has been on the Natiomal Geographic TV channel as well. She has aslo developed a special website: www.kidssavingtherainforest.org Why don't you have a look?
It is uery important that we saue the rainforest. It the rainforest disappears, then so will our planet.' Janine Licare