12 year old boy, Bilaal Rajan, has people of all ages kicking off their shoes and going barefoot in support of his latest campaign for making change. Rajan is leading his own initiative for International Volunteer Week by going barefoot from April 19-25, 2009.

Rajan's Making Change Barefoot Initiative is expected to be one of the largest celebrations of volunteerism in North America. Participants include Nigel Fisher, President of Unicef Canada, Orca Book Publishers, award-winning novelist Eric Walters, members of the World Partnership Walk Committee, and students from Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Montreal. The idea is also gaining momentum with people in countries as far away as Australia, Afghanistan, England, Switzerland, Thailand, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. People can go to Bilaal's website at www.makingchangenow.com to learn more about the initiative and sign up.

"Stories from Morocco", the first episode of Daniel Emmerson's "The Learning English Video Project", is set for free release next Tuesday 21st April 2009. The independent UK filmmaker and his co-producer Joel Carr are excited to share the first of their 7-part series, which looks worldwide at core aspects of the ESL (English as a Second Language) industry from a learning perspective. Emmerson and Carr were inspired to film the series after completing "Talking TEFL", a documentary focusing on the teaching side of English. Like all parts of "The Learning English Video Project", the Morocco installment will be available for free online viewing with and without subtitles. The remaining six parts, featuring Romania, USA, Spain, China, Brazil and the UK, will be released monthly, all supplemented by photocopiable lesson plans and worksheets, as well as online quizzes, and available free on EnglishClub.com, the website for learners and teachers of English that is sponsoring the entire series (watch "Stories from Morocco" here).