(CSRwire) Youth Take Action on Climate Change at the United Nations

Children International teen leaders hold clean, green campaigns that land them at the 5th Annual Youth Assembly. (CSRwire) NEW YORK, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Going clean and green means more to Rocio Garcia, a 19-year-old girl from the Dominican Republic supported by Children International, a U.S.-based humanitarian organization. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070314/CILOGO) River clean-up and tree-planting campaigns have propelled the teen from a slum outside Santo Domingo to the United States to attend International Youth Day on August 12 at the United Nations. She has led her local youth program to restore the river quality and tree population that was stripped during rapid development in her city. As a result, Rocio will attend the 5th Annual Youth Assembly, which is a gathering of hundreds of youth seeking... [read full story]