In the Field

Susie Krabacher used the first portion of her grant to help abandoned, orphaned, and disabled children in Haiti get the care they need to lead healthy, happy lives.

Eva Chayet writes about her experience visiting 2013 Honoree Triveni Acharya in India, who has rescued more than 4,000 children from brothels.

A Below-the-knee Child Amputee in Bangladesh is an inspiration with her optimism and contagious smile. Read how she touched one man’s life in back in 2011, A.J. Warco, the Director of Programs at A Leg To Stand On.

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.

2009 Youth Honoree Jessica Markowitz, and her nonprofit Richard’s Rwanda, are changing the live of girls in Nyamata, Rwanda, giving them hope when there was no hope. Co-Founders Harry and Kay visited Jessica in Rwanda to see firsthand how lives are being changed forever.

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

2009 World of Children Youth Award Honoree Jessica Markowitz talks about founding Richard’s Rwanda-IMPUHWE.

Jessica Markowitz talks with us about founding Richard’s Rwanda-IMPUHWE and how girls in Rwanda are going to change the world.

Take an insider’s look into two production facilities of Project Peanut Butter–the nonprofit started by Dr. Manary with a goal to save 2 million children’s lives by 2015.

Thanks to your support, more than 1,000 disadvantaged children in Cambodia who are enrolled in 2012 Honoree Benoît Duchâteau-Arminjon’s programs went to school healthy and ready to learn in 2013.

Kyle Weiss of FUNDaFIELD partners up with Dr. Jane Aronson of Worldwide Orphans Foundation to help more children in Haiti recover and rebuild.

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.…

In July, co-founders Harry and Kay, along with celebrity ambassador Stephanie March and photographer Michael Crook, traveled to Nepal to visit two past Honorees, Douglas Maclagan and Dr. Ashok Banskota. There, they met children who are too often overlooked: children rescued from traffickers, suffering from deformities, and living in the slums of Pokhara and Kathmandu

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.…

Imagine driving up an incredibly narrow, pitted road carved into a hillside and ascending hundreds of feet above the valley floor…. Now imagine that you step out of the car into another world, one that is totally separate from the hustle and bustle of nearby Kathmandu. Welcome to the quiet campus of the Hospital and…

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…

When they received our Health Award, Douglas Maclagan and Dr. Ashok Banskota joined us in New York City. Now, we are coming to them. It’s a beautiful morning in Kathmandu, Nepal. Taxis idle outside of hotels to wait for tourists to roll out of bed. Rickshaws trundle up crowded streets underneath a myriad of colorful…

The earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010 killed 230,000 people and destroyed 70,000 homes as it rumbled through the capital. It only took a few moments. Recovery has taken far longer. Today, tent cities housing 357,785 Haitians blanket Port-au-Prince’s landscape; rubble sits in piles; and countless children have been left to fend for themselves.…

Co-founders Harry and Kay visit 2007 Health Award Honoree Dr. Ricardo Bennun, who is helping children with cleft lips smile for the first time. Last week, the World of Children’s co-founders, Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz, traveled to Argentina to visit 2007 Health Award Honoree Dr. Ricardo Bennun of Asociación PIEL, a healthcare facility for…

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…

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,…

Over the past few days, our co-founders, Harry Leibowitz and Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz, along with our celebrity ambassador, Stephanie March, have been in Ukraine to see how the World of Children’s funding has dramatically impacted the lives of children in need. In 2010, we gave our Humanitarian Award to Adi Roche, who has been actively aiding…

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…

We recently received some photos from Susie Krabacher, our 2006 Humanitarian Award Honoree, who founded The Mercy and Sharing Foundation in Haiti. Before the earthquake, Susie had a feeding program that was serving over 800,000 meals a year. Much of this was destroyed by the quake, but the organization is now back up and running in two locations. This…