From HLN producer Anne Hammock:

The email subject line screamed in all caps, "POVERTY IN AFRICA."

iReporter Giyen said she thought it was a phishing scheme designed to bilk her out of big bucks and her bank account number. But she opened it "on a fluke" and was stunned by what she found.

A group of middle school students reached out to Giyen, hoping she could use her blogging experience to help spread the word about the charity Heifer International. Giyen said the girls' passion and knowledge were immediately evident. "Here are these girls who found something that called to them," she said. Giyen was so impressed she made the road trip from Seattle to Bellingham, Washington, to meet Quinn Rathkamp and Kelsey Wilson.

Giyen interviewed the girls on camera and said they were very smart and exuberant about their project. Wilson explained succinctly how Heifer International takes a different approach to helping families in poverty, by providing them with livestock instead of money. Rathkamp added, "The conditions they are living in, like the slums and villages and the war and the genocide and everything, it's way worse that what we can imagine here."

Giyen posted the video on iReport.com as well as her personal blog, baconismyenemy.com . She hoped the Internet community would help pass the word about the charity and "these remarkable girls." And she wanted Rathkamp and Wilson to "see that their words have power and even at their age they to affect change."

"Small things," Giyen said, "can actually reap big rewards."