Founders

Our Founders ask us to answer a child’s call for help this holiday season.

Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz will join Tom Brokaw and other national leaders as an Honorary National Committee Member at upcoming celebration of World War II heroes.

World of Children Founders Kay and Harry Leibowitz are the recipients of the 2014 Humanitarian Award from PCI Global.

Founders Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz were featured in Ranch & Coast Magazine in anticipation of the 2014 World of Childrens Ceremony on Nov. 6, and an award to be bestowed in their honor by Project Concern International on Nov. 15.

Read a full recap of our Co-Founders’ visit to Rwanda in the Spring of 2014. Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz discover a country where the next generation is gearing up to change the world.

While in Rwanda for the 20th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz visit the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, inspired by the Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel that was founded by 1998 Honoree Chaim Peri.

Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz were in attendance at the 20th Anniversary Commemoration Event of the Rwandan genocide. Read about the emotional experience.

When great challenges face us, which way do we run? As we ponder the success from 2013, we look forward to running at full speed toward every great challenge that faces us next year.

Unfortunately, the practice of sex trafficking and forced prostitution is far more widespread than one can imagine. What can be done to bring this dark side of society to light and end this heinous practice?

For Father’s Day, we want to take a few moments to honor Harry Leibowitz, the father of our organization. In 1996, Harry, recovering from surgery, came up with a powerful idea. He envisioned an award that would recognize people serving the population most in need of help: vulnerable children. He then founded the World of…

The World of Children’s co-founders, Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz, recently visited a pediatric cardiac surgery program in Ukraine with celebrity ambassador Stephanie March. Our 2010 Honoree, Adi Roche of Chernobyl Children International, used her World of Children grant award to help fund this vital program and save the lives of children with congenital heart defects. Here,…

During the season of politics, candidates are taking sides on issues ranging from foreign affairs to the economy to immigration. And yet, I have not heard one word from any candidate — national or local — on what I think is the most shameful issue in America today. According to a recent New York Times…

Once again, children are being used as pawns in a political struggle. Two days ago, CNN published this shocking news: A ban on polio vaccinations imposed by the Taliban could affect about 280,000 children living in tribal areas of northwest Pakistan, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. It appears that the Taliban are…

Now that Jerry Sandusky and Msgr. William Lynn have been convicted and revelations of child abuse at Horace Mann Academy have come forward, it’s time for us to stop for a moment and take the pulse of our American society on these issues. Though sex abuse cases have been in the headlines for decades, it…

Tomorrow I will receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor. As a child of immigrants, Ellis Island and its history rest close to my heart. For the more than 20 million people who passed through its gates (including my parents and grandparents who arrived with little more than the clothes on their backs), Ellis Island represented…

Dear World of Children family and friends, As the New Year approaches we are reminded of the words of Helen Keller…”Your success and happiness lies in you…” 2011 has been a year of great promise for those of us at the World of Children…through our Honorees we have supported dozens of children in receiving life-saving…

We have all heard the adage that a society is judged by how it treats its children. Somewhere along the way, we here in the USA have gone wildly astray. We can all argue over philosophy and politics, and we can, and do, argue over budget and spending. However, we cannot argue over the facts,…

I recently returned from my three-day visit to Haiti, where I went to visit several children’s programs, schools and homes, including those of past World of Children Award Honorees Dr. Jane Aronson and Susie Krabacher. Throughout Haiti and Port-au-Prince, the conditions I saw were jarring. Prior to the earthquake the predicament was poor, but now Haiti has been…

Earlier this week, I was walking in Manhattan. It is the height of the holiday shopping season, and masses of people were out smiling and carrying bags of purchases large and small. It was only 24 degrees in New York on this day, and the bitter cold weather inspired me to seek shelter. As I…