Be a 2008 Hero Youth Ambassador

The United Nations Association of the USA is looking for 20 high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen to participate in its HERO Youth Ambassador Program for the summer 2008. Each summer, the Youth Ambassador Program gives teens the chance to roll up their sleeves and work to get real-life, hands-on experience. They paint schools, fix classrooms and help the children with their schoolwork. Lives are changed. Not just the lives of the children in Africa, but the lives of the Youth Ambassadors. Their experiences have a profound impact, and their stories are poignant, funny, hopeful and heart-breaking all at the same time. Youth Ambassadors will travel to Southern Africa for a total of 4 weeks as representatives of American and Canadian youth interested in helping those affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Sound amazing? To apply, go to Being Girl or Hero Action in the US or Protecting Futures in Canada and complete the HERO Youth Ambassador application. Download the application, and mail it, along with letters of recommendation, essay question response, and other paperwork to CosmoGIRL! HERO Youth Ambassador Program, 300 West 57th Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Hurry… the deadline for all materials to be postmarked is March 1!

This sounds like incredible opportunity…good luck!

XOXO Debbie