We proudly launch our new “Little Citizens” tees and gift sets made exclusively for the Global Fund for Children (GFC). 50% of your purchase supports GFC, which finances local grassroots groups working with the most disadvantaged youth around the globe.

Every day is an opportunity to help “little citizens of the world.” Dress your child in clothes that make a difference. Find the new “Little Citizens” tees and gift sets online and in stores now.

Partners for nearly five years, Tea and GFC are proud of and grateful for our shared vision and achievements. Together, we celebrate the beauty of all cultures and bring dignity and opportunity to our most disadvantaged little citizens.

Every season, Tea designs a new Global Tee collection and gives 50% of the proceeds exclusively to GFC. GFC then funds nearly 350 grassroots organizations dedicated to helping children through innovative programs in 70 countries. Last year, Tea donated over $35,000 to GFC through the Little Citizens Tees Program.

This season, we have created Global Fund Gift Sets that combine the newly designed baby bodysuit and older-age hoodie with GFC book favorites: Global Babies and Children from A-Z.

Every purchase makes a difference for organizations like Ruchika Social Service Organization. Ruchika is the reason Maya Ajmera founded GFC over a decade ago. While traveling in India, Maya saw young children, many from nearby slums, selling goods in railway stations. She also learned about a small group of local women who created “train platform schools” to provide working children with basic literacy and education. Ruchika started small but today is impacting nearly 4,000 children and their families. Tea shares GFC’s belief that “small is mighty and beautiful.”

Learn more about Ruchika at www.ruchika.org and other Tea-supported organizations at www.globalfundforchildren.org.

To make your purchase, visit stores such as Mulberry Road (Boston) and Style Child (San Diego), or purchase gift sets online.

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Bamako, Mali, Africa

On a trip to Bamako, the capital city of Mali, Africa, Tea was given a chance to see firsthand how our products for the Global Fund for Children (GFC) are making a difference. I’d like to share our experience with you, so every time you give a GFC tee as a gift or read Global Babies to your child at bedtime, you will feel connected to the groups you are impacting around the globe.

AJA Mali is under the Global Fund for Children’s “Safety” Portfolio. This group provides basic education and life skills training to out-of-school youth, many of whom are serving long-term apprenticeships in the fields of carpentry, masonry, plumbing, metal working, and mechanics. Boys from their teen years to early twenties go through a program in which they learn not only safety on the job, but also how to value themselves and seek help when needed from adults and mentors in their communities. We were lucky to visit AJA on Graduation Day. Below are a few photographs from the event.

A graduate celebrates after accepting his certificate and set of gloves and other safety materials for his apprenticeship.

A smiling graduate receives his certificate and safety materials. A teacher, (right) displays a proud smile.

The audience at the graduation ceremony.

After inspirational speeches from leaders in the community, the granting of “diplomas” and many proud smiles on these boys’ faces, we departed, with a fulfilling sense that the work we are doing at home is directly impacting these boys in Bamako and countless other children and young people around the world.

Thank you for supporting Tea and the work of the Global Fund for Children and its grantee partners.

The proceeds of every purchase of GFC books and apparel goes to local groups just like AJA Mali. To view the latest GFC products and gifts, please visit our webpage at:

For more information on the Fundamental Rights of Children, as laid out by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, please visit http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx

To learn more about AJA Mali, please visit their website at http://www.ajamali.org/

For more information about The Global Fund for Children, or to make a direct donation, please visit: www.globalfundforchildren.org

The Global Fund for Children’s mission is to advance the dignity of children and youth around the world. GFC pursues its mission by making small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with some of the world’s most vulnerable children and youth, complemented by a dynamic media program that, through books, documentary photography, and film, highlights the issues affecting children and celebrates the global society in which we all live. To date, GFC has disbursed $12.6 million in 69 countries to 348 grantee partners.

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