amy stokes joining us live from africa via skype. congratulations, amy. quickly how does a young lady from yonkers by way of detroit find her way to johannesburg with this vision, this idea. >> it all started in 2003 when my husband and i adopted our son from south africa and that's when we realized there were millions of children growing up without enough adults in their lives. that's where infinite family was born and through it we bring mentors from around the world via internet directly into the lives of these talking to them, teaching, motivating them. they are filling the void left by the missing adults. and then by giving them the life and technology skills, we're hoping to prepare them to become the leaders that will rebuild their communities. >> so you've helped about 300 children, if not more. and now you are a top ten cnn hero. what are the assurances that you get, that you know this kind of virtual family is working, is filling a void for so many of these young kids? >> well, actually we've been mentored over 500 children. and becoming a cnn h

amy stokes, here is an interesting story. she is someone who works with kids i believe in south africa, helping kids suffering from hiv up with mentors. here is how it's going to work. every person who is one of the ten gets $50,000. and the one that you choose to be cnn hero of the year will get $250,000. here is how the voting works. when you get there, go to this page. click on vote. once you click on whoever it is you want to be a hero, their photo will show up right here in the area where you vote pup hook it up to your e-mail address or your facebook. what that will allow is allow all your friends to find out how you're voting. you can get them involved and get others involved and push them to vote, as well. and something new this year, alina, we have this entire system set up on mobile, as well. if you go to cnn heroes.com on your mobile device, you will be able to place a vote there, as well. >> josh, i asked you this before. it's not quite like "american idol," but you can vote more than once, right? >> well, you kno

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amy stokes help connect teenagers with caring adults all around the world on the internet. she joins us from johannesburg south africa. congratulations on already the amazing work you do as one of our top ten cnn heroes, we're very excited and proud of you. tell us about your organization, infinite family and what it's like for these kids and mentors. >> sure, it's nice to speak with you. yes, i just left the kids about an hour ago. the children are incredibly excited to share their worlds their days and their communities and do it with mentors through infinite family around the world. we set them up with in computer labs and they log on and turn on the computer and boom, they are looking at their mentor once a week and have a deep and profound relationship. they work on homework. they solve problems together and they laugh and have a very good time. >> what do they think of being named, the organization being named as cnn top ten hero? >> they are he is static. they are incredibly proud of the work they are doing and what they are doing to invest in theirselves and get rea