Honoree Spotlight

22-year-old Karen, a childhood cancer survivor, believes she’s been given a second chance at life. She’s a culinary arts student, pursuing a career as a chef.

Casa de la Amistad para Niños con Cáncer offers hope to children fighting cancer, like 7-year-old Carlitos from Oaxaca, Mexico. Read how our Honoree is making a difference.

Juan was ridiculed and bullied at school because the only pair of shoes he owned was his mother’s fur boots. Thankfully, Gotta Have Sole and our 2015 Youth Honoree, Nicholas Lowinger, came to the rescue.

Ashley’s varsity volleyball team was having a fantastic season and was probably headed to the state championship. But sadly, Ashley wasn’t going to be a part of it. Read how Gotta Have Sole Foundation changed that.

For thousands of girls in Ghana, monthly periods mean missed days of school and health risks. Read what 2015 Youth Honoree Winnifred Selby is doing about it.

Kofi was a brilliant student in Ghana who couldn’t afford the shoes he needed to walk seven miles to school. Our 2014 Youth Honoree helped change that.

Isata Kamara’s journey to EducAid was a long one. After running away from home, she joined EducAid and worked hard to make her way to university. Isata is now determined to have an impact on other girls’ lives.

The story of Abu Bakarr, a young man that first came to school grounds to steal but left with an education and a changed life.

In Russia, two-year-old Maria’s life was hanging by a thread. She needed surgery for her heart defect, but couldn’t get it in her home country. Read how Honoree Dr. Nilas Young used our funding to help save her life.

Get an inside look at the life of 2013 Honoree Triveni Acharya, a fearless activist who is on a mission to end child trafficking in India, no matter what it takes.

Talia Leman received our Youth Award in 2008, which helped launch her nonprofit, RandomKid, to a whole new level.

In this article, 2012 Youth Award Honoree Dallas Jessup shares her thoughts and feelings on 2013 and what role World of Children played in the year’s success with her nonprofit, Just Yell Fire.

No matter where they live in the world, a disabled child experiences struggles that many of us never have to face. In developing countries, these difficulties are often compounded by poverty. 90% of disabled children in the developing world will never have access to education, employment, marriage, or be able to live a self-sufficient life.…

Chaeli Mycroft is changing the way the world views children with disabilities. Read how The Chaeli Campaign is bringing joy and inclusion to differently-abled children through the joy of dance.

The John Branchizio Shool, run by Mercy & Sharing, educates over 617 students from 1st to 8th grade. They team at Mercy & Sharing recently sent us an interview they did with a young third-grader, Vanessa, sharing why she loves going to school in Haiti.

Alex and Orlando (aka “Maverick”) are two typical young boys, except for one thing they hold in common: both Alex and Maverick are congenital amputees — meaning they were born without one of their limbs — and like so many disabled children in developing countries, could not look forward to a future of independence and…

Imagine the perfect postcard: a pristine lake reflects a village surrounded by rolling green hills and the snow-capped peaks of the Himalaya beyond. Welcome to Pokhara, one of Nepal’s most popular tourist destinations for its prime location near three of the highest mountains in the world. Yesterday, our team visiting Nepal said goodbye to Dr.…

No matter where they live in the world, a disabled child experiences struggles that many of us will never have to face. In Nepal, these difficulties are compounded by the rugged terrain, the remoteness of villages, and poverty. A disabled child in Nepal cannot go to school or help in the fields. There is no…

2012 Honoree Dr. Nilas Young and his organization are giving children with congenital heart defects a second chance at life. Every year, 1.3 million babies are born with a congenital heart defect, the most common birth defect in the world. Most heart defects are treatable; in the U.S., 95% of children are successfully treated. Globally,…

Within the span of a few minutes, 1.5 million children in one of the poorest countries in the world became more vulnerable than ever. The earthquake on January 12, 2010 in Haiti took the lives of 222,570 people and left 302,000 children homeless. Communities were torn apart as traditional gathering places became rubble; 4,000 schools…

When he was just 12 years old, Craig Kielburger was already turning heads with his work to abolish child labor around the world. “The purpose of our group is not only to free children of exploitation and abuse,” said Craig when receiving an International Human Rights Award, “but also to free children from the idea…

The average person would not willingly stand up to brutal organizations like the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). But 2008 World of Children Honoree Anywar Ricky Richard is not your average person. Though he has been threatened with death and even ambushed while driving, Ricky continues his work to rehabilitate former child soldiers in Uganda…

After facing the threat of death almost every day as a child imprisoned in concentration camps during the Holocaust, Henri Landwirth decided to dedicate his life to helping disadvantaged and terminally-ill children regain their childhoods. “I had no idea that I would be living” said Henri in a video interview. “These children have no idea…

Dr. Chaim Peri has always known that he wanted to make a positive impact on the lives other at-risk youth having experienced hardships as a child himself. His very name, “Chaim,” means “life” in Hebrew, and he has taken that connection to heart. Today, he is the director at Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel…