Aubyn burnside biography for kids

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Twelve-year-old Cindy Espinoza is acutely aware of the poverty afflicting the children of the dusty shantytown where she lives in Ecuador. So, two years ago, hoping to make some changes, Cindy ran for president of Ecuador's Children's Government, an initiative launched in by a UK-based nonprofit organization called Plan International.

Her motivation was to encourage Ecuadoran children living in poverty to take action to improve their communities. Among the promises Cindy made as a candidate: literacy courses and a community house where the neighborhood children could study and play safely. Apparently, Cindy hit on a need. In May of , she was unanimously elected for a two-year term.

As president, Cindy has already established a community center. She spends time there every day, helping kids with homework and setting up literacy courses for adults and sewing classes for unemployed mothers. She also launched a program to teach home health remedies to mothers who can't afford doctors. Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.

Since being elected, Cindy has met the mayor of Guayaquil and has been interviewed several times by the local newspaper. Already, her dreams are beginning to come true. Learn more about Cindy and the Ecuador's Children's Government at www. When Aubyn Burnside was 9, her older sister, a social-services employee, told her something that distressed her: She said whenever foster children moved to a new home, they had to lug their belongings around in garbage bags, because they couldn't afford suitcases.

And I started thinking about how hard it must be for these kids to carry stuff around in a garbage bag -- what it did to their self-respect. So Aubyn had a brainstorm.