This project brings together elderly mentors with poor and disadvantaged youth. These young people receive the benefit of their mentors lifetime of knowledge and experience. Often matched up with illiterate and immigrant youth. the seniors enable these atrisk students to rise above their surroundings. helping them to read. write. and speak English. the students end up with an increased sense of selfworth and a reduced risk of leaving school or engaging in criminal activity. The mentors. too. find themselves learning from their proteges. as they come to see through some of the myths surrounding disadvantaged youth in todays society. On Sunday.
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