In the Field

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…

Sometimes protecting children isn’t about saving them from harm but saving them from the horrible emptiness left by neglect. Adoptive mother Tatiana found this when she helped heal the physical and emotional holes in her young son’s heart. Two years ago, Artem and his brother were placed in an orphanage in the war-torn Donetsk region…

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.…

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…

Sixteen-year-old Dasha has hydrocephalus and is confined to a wheelchair. When Dasha was born, doctors told her parents she only had a few months to live. After spending her first year of life in the hospital and despite increased brain swelling and constant seizures, Dasha was still alive. Her mother believed she should be institutionalized…

Sanu Bhai’s Story One day, when Sanu Bhai was only 14 months old, his family left him behind when they went to the local market in the remote part of Tanahun district in Nepal. That day, they left Sanu Bhai behind because he was suffering from a severe eye infection, which would eventually cause blindness…

In honor of International Volunteer Day, we caught up with 2015 Youth Honoree Nicholas Lowinger’s Gotta Have Sole Foundation and learned more about their amazing network of student volunteers. GHS equips student leaders to run change-making programs in their own communities that educate fellow youth about childhood homelessness and give back to children living in…

One of our World of Children staff members recently visited our 2011 Honoree Denisse Pichardo and got a tour of her program for children.

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.

2011 Honoree Denisse Pichardo is committed to ending the sexual exploitation of youth in the Dominican Republic, empowering them with the skills and support they need to reach their full potential.

Over the course of two weeks in March 2015, our Founders took a group of eager travelers to visit a few of our past Honorees in Cambodia and Laos. Relive their exciting trip!

At our inaugural 2015 Alumni Honors, we’re honoring 2009 Youth Honoree Jessica Markowitz for using our funding to ensure girls in Rwanda can go to school. Now, these girls are on their way to change their community, country and the world.

If nobody told you, it would be impossible to tell that the dancers and performers in this video are either deaf or blind. It’s simply amazing to watch!

Two Honorees. Two very different programs. Find out what our Founders discovered on their recent visits to these child-centric programs in Cambodia.

On our Founders’ journey to Southeast Asia they visited children taught by Krousar Thmey, an organization created to address the needs of underprivileged children in Cambodia.

World of Children Founders are traveling to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand to visit 3 past Honorees and their programs for children. Follow their journey.

Join World of Children Founders on a journey to Southeast Asia to visit past Honorees and take in some great sightseeing along the way.

You’re helping fund an early childhood development program in South Africa that teaches children with and without disabilities how to succeed in school.

See how your funding helped rescue 171 girls from the horrors of brothels in India.

Mead Welles used the first portion of his grant to help more than 250 children with limb disabilities grow up healthy and strong.