Mending Broken Pieces, Inc. Launches Dream Connect, a Website of Resource For Homeless Youth and Young Adult

 

Dream Connect is a free website of resource for homeless youth and young adults (ages 14-24) to get access to  information on basic needs like  food, shelter, education opportunities, and many more. Dream Connect will be released on September 21, 2020 

Mending Broken Pieces, Inc., a non-profit organization, will launch the Dream Connect website (www.dreamconnect.org) on September 21, 2020. Dream Connect was originally known as Dream Machine, launched in May 2019. But it has updated its design and content under the new name Dream Connect.  Dream Connect provides comprehensive information on shelter, food, healthcare, mental healthcare, opportunities for high school, colleges, universities, technical training, and help to escape human trafficking.

According to Mending Broken Pieces founder, there is a stigma attached to homelessness that can silence homeless youth and young adults and make them reluctant to ask for help or tell someone that they are homeless.   Dream Connect helps them access the resources and services that they need and gives them control over to whom and how often they must tell their stories of homelessness. 

According to the data, as many as 4.2 million youth and young adults experience homelessness nationally, and 700,00 are unaccompanied minors, and in Georgia the number of homeless students has increased every year since the 2011-12 academic. Homeless youth are vulnerable to abuse, assault, exploitation, and illness. Having a reliable resource like Dream Connect that can be accessed 24/7 without having to repeatedly relive their trauma is important. 

Mending Broken Pieces, Inc founder Dr. Wilson says, "I know from personal experience that a dream needs people to believe it, and funds to achieve it.  Dream Connect believes in their dreams and provides resources so they can remain in or go to school to achieve them.

About Mending Broken Pieces, Inc and Dream Connect

Mending Broken Pieces, Inc is a non-profit organization that serves homeless youth and young adults struggling to stay in or go to school. The founder Dr. Wilson is retired from Howard University and is passionate about homeless youth and young adults' issues. With Dream Connect, she hopes to give them help to address the constraints they faced in achieving their dreams. For more information about Dream Connect and its missions, visit https://dreamconnect.org/

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17-years-old entrepreneur, Wil Massara empowers thousands of teenagers through youth leadership programs throughout Australia.

Wil Massara, a young CEO and entrepreneur, thought that the education system nowadays is not enough for the young generation to cope with the fast-changing world. "I started entrepreneurship at the age of 11 with an aviation website. At that time, I did not feel the support from the education system," said Wil. At the age of 15, when he entered year 11 in the South West region of Western Australia, he was infuriated with the lack of leadership skills provided to young people around Australia.

Wil's disappointment with the education system left him feeling compelled to seek a solution. As a 15-year-old, he launched Youth Leadership Academy Australia (YLAA). Youth Leadership Academy Australia has been launched as a response to young people in Australia who are lacking to engage within their communities as leaders. And this became the focus of the Youth Leadership Academy Australia.

In March 2020, 17-year-old Wil Massara and his team completed a National Australian Tour with five events impacting over 750+ students from 80+ schools. These events provided incredible results, including 86 % of them are feeling more confident to lead our communities around Australia.

"Teenagers, need our support now more than ever, we expect to feel the economic pain of this pandemic for the next decade. We must equip our future leaders with the skills and knowledge to adapt to change and emerge from this situation stronger and more resilient. This is why we are launching our Regional Youth Leadership Series."

Youth Leadership Academy Australia is excited to announce that we will be launching the Regional Youth Leadership Summit Series, which will feature youth events in 5 selected regional communities around Australia.

The one-day event, hosted in late 2020 aimed to instil resilience, confidence and ownership in teenagers of regional communities that leave feeling the desire to empower their peers to step up as leaders.

Together we are inspiring, strengthening and empowering our future leaders.

-ENDS-

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