One of the missions of Fewer Left Behind is to connect all organizations that empowers left-behind children together. Recently it really warmed my heart when I received a contact form submission from Shelly from Shanghai's American School.
Shelly is the founder of Youth Spotlight, a student led organization that forms soccer teams for left-behind children in rural China to help them deal with the feeling of abandonment by their migrant worker parents.
I finally connected with Shelly last night and am extremely impressed by her determination, leadership and vision. At such a young age, she already led her team to form soccer teams in nine elementary schools and shows no hesitation in expanding her team despite her remaining senior year before university. Shelly also designed and conducted primary research herself among a 500+ sample to understand the needs of left-behind children.
Check out this well-produced 10-minute documentary on left-behind children through the lens of Shelly.
Shelly and her team are constantly looking for new additions to Youth Spotlight, regardless of whether you are a high school student, university student or if you want to help them raise funds to support kids' soccer teams! Youth Spotlight chapters even exist outside of China, too! For more information, check out their website: https://www.youthspotlight.org/.
Until next time!
Iris Cai
