Honoree Spotlight

Our 2018 Hero Award Honoree Douglas Maclagan has been hard at work. A little over one year ago, we honored Douglas Maclagan at our 2018 Hero Awards Benefit for his work as the founder of Child Welfare Scheme. His organization provides education, healthcare and social opportunities for vulnerable children in Nepal.

Looking at the statistics, it’s amazing that we met Genesis at all – that she had survived her first year of life and was sitting there with us in Colombia. Born premature in March 2015, Genesis was delicate and still small for her age when we met her in March of this year on a…

From PNG Post Courier, print edition

From Rhode Island Monthly “It’s officially back-to-school season, and if that doesn’t get your heart racing, the thought of going back-to-school shopping certainly will. You might have to drag your little one to pick out their lunchbox and crayons after a long summer break by the beach, but for the 1.7 million homeless children living…

Alumni Honors welcomes back and re-honors past World of Children Honorees who have done more than we ever expected or imagined since we gave them a World of Children. In April 2016, we honored Ryan Hreljac, Founder of The Ryan’s Well Foundation, with an Alumni Award. The Ryan’s Well Foundation brings clean water and sanitation…

This spring, Honoree Nicholas Lowinger‘s organization announced their Inaugural Gotta Have School Scholarship program, which is awarding each of 5 teen recipients with $1,000 scholarships to help them with their financial obligations of their higher education. Gotta Have Sole Foundation believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and realize their dreams. Their new…

Help kids like Maria find joy and hope in a brand new pair of shoes.

Read about 4 month old Kseniya during her stay in the surgery ward

Thirty years ago today, in the early morning of April 26, 1986, the world experienced an unprecedented nuclear disaster. Three decades later, the people living around the affected areas in Chernobyl are still living with the consequences. Children are particularly affected. But almost no one knows their story… The continuing high levels of radiation in…

On April 25, 2015, a 7.8M earthquake struck Nepal, killing over 8,000 people and injuring over 20,000 more. The earthquake was just the first of many smaller quakes which continue to shake the country, one of the poorest in the world. Within 24 hours of the devastating quake, HRDC dispatched its first relief teams. In…

On April 12, 2016 World of Children presented Ryan Hreljac with an Alumni Award for his continued impact on the lives of children around the world. That morning, he took a few minutes to speak with Rick Tocquigney of Life Lessons Radio about the Award and his mission to bring clean water to children around…

In March 2016, World of Children Founders Harry and Kay Leibowitz and World of Children supporters are visiting three World of Children Honorees to observe their work first-hand and see how your donations have made a difference in the lives of children. World of Children Celebrity Ambassador Stephanie March joined them for the first two…

In March 2016, World of Children Founders Harry and Kay Leibowitz and World of Children supporters are visiting three World of Children Honorees to observe their work first-hand and see how your donations have made a difference in the lives of children. World of Children Celebrity Ambassador Stephanie March joined them for the first two…

In March 2016, World of Children Founders Harry and Kay Leibowitz and World of Children supporters are visiting three World of Children Honorees to observe their work first-hand and see how your donations have made a difference in the lives of children. World of Children Celebrity Ambassador Stephanie March joined them for the first two…

Sith was malnourished and severely anemic. You helped provide the blood transfusion he desperately needed. Thanks for letting children like Sith smile again!

Children Living with Disabilities Are Particularly Vulnerable Children living with disabilities are at greater risk of experiencing physical or sexual violence than peers without disabilities. Almost 4 times greater risk, according to the WHO and UNICEF. A 2012 WHO report tells us that, “Factors which place children with disabilities at higher risk of violence include…

You helped Emmanuel and his parents sleep in a clean room and eat three meals a day while they battled cancer.

A version of this story was originally published by Nepal Youth Foundation on their organization’s blog. The Kamalari system and a lost childhood Bimala’s family had no land of their own. She had no choice but become a Kamalari (a traditional system of bonded domestic servitude in Nepal) because her parents were bonded slaves themselves.…

Earlier this month, World of Children announced a new Award category – Child Protection. The new Award was conceived as a way to recognize, fund, and elevate Honoree programs that protect, rescue, and rehabilitate children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. Over the years, we’ve honored many individuals who would fit into this new category…

Honoree Triveni Acharya Helps More Than 50 Trafficking Victims Return to Their Home Country Honoree Triveni Acharya’s Rescue Foundation recently received an urgent request. Priya*, the daughter of a member of the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s household staff had disappeared and it was suspected that she was a victim of trafficking. Calls came in from representatives…

  There is no official record of ChristNelson’s birth. His mother does not remember the exact date that she gave birth to him on the dirt floor of her mud hut without any medical assistance. ChristNelson was born with a disability and, for many years, he did not talk. He could not walk. He was…

Adi Roche describes her profound first experience in an operating theater, hearing the heartbeat of a little child, as Chernobyl Children surgeons fought to save her life.

When Jairis was born, her 18 year old mother Nasly didn’t know who would care for them. Thanks to Juanfe and donors like you, Nasly found her answer within herself.

Daniela was just 17 years old when her son Tiago was born with a complex congenital condition. Read how this caring mother became an empowered woman with a healthy, happy son.