Honorees

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WORLD OF CHILDREN® AWARD ANNOUNCES 2016 HONOREES   Five Child Advocates to be Recognized for their Heroic Work with Children   Lily Aldridge Followill and Stephanie March to be Honored      San Francisco, Ca. – September 15, 2016 – World of Children®, an organization dedicated to setting the gold standard in child advocacy, announced today…

WORLD OF CHILDREN® AWARD ANNOUNCES 2016 HONOREES   Indian Man Honored with International Award for his Work with Children in Tamil Nadu San Francisco, Ca. – September 15, 2016 – World of Children®, an organization dedicated to setting the gold standard in child advocacy, announced today its 2016 Honorees, an extraordinary group of real-life heroes…

This post was authored by Co-Founder Harry Leibowitz Last week, I had the good fortune to spend a few days in Ghana with our 2015 Youth Honoree Winnifred Selby and representatives from Procter & Gamble Sub-Saharan Africa who are helping us with our three-party program to keep Ghanian girls in school. Together, we traveled to…

Three-Party Program in Ghana Seeks to Reduce Menstruation-Related School Absenteeism Kumasi, Ghana – May 23, 2016   Procter & Gamble’s Always Keeping Girls in School Program, World of Children® Award, and EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative announced a joint project to provide support for underprivileged girls in Ghana to pursue their education. EPF is a Ghanaian organization…

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…

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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…

Help us congratulate the 2015 World of Children Honorees. We paid tribute to their work for children on November 5, 2015 in New York City.

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 2014, the World Economic Forum predicted that it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. Then one year later in 2015, that it would take even longer – until 2133! This year, for International Women’s Day 2016, the United Nations is asking everyone to take a “pledge for parity” – to commit…

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…

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…

  Denisse Pichardo Director, Caminante Proyecto Educativo Areas Served: Dominican Republic First Honored: 2011 Humanitarian Award Caminante Proyecto Educativo provides care to the vulnerable children of Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. Denisse and the organization ensure these children and teenagers have the opportunity to live up to their full potential. This includes rescuing and sheltering youth…

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

From GhanaWeb “The President of the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative Ms Winifred Kyei Selby has been selected as an Associate fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society. The Council of Royal Commonwealth Society conferred the Associate Fellowship on Ms Winifred Kyei Selby who is also the co-founder of the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative for her demonstrated…

The Irish Examiner follows a delegation visit to the Chernobyl region from Ireland, organized by 2015 Alumni Honoree Adi Roche‘s organization “Standing in the shadow of the nuclear plant’s devastated reactor number four in Northern Ukraine, Chris O’Leary urged people to continue their support for Irish humanitarian efforts in the poverty-stricken region. His delegation’s historic…