Inspiration

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.

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…

Unlike anyone else in the world, mothers have the unique ability to be many different things at once; they are our role models, best friends, heroes. When we were young, mom got us out the door and to school on time. She gave us a shoulder to cry on; she laughed at our jokes. Without…

For 57 countries around the world, the shortage of health workers is quickly becoming a humanitarian crisis, according to a recent report by the WHO. This shortage is having a direct impact on vulnerable children. Today, Nigeria has less than 1/6th the number of doctors per capita as the US, and the infant mortality rate…

See how our funds helped one 10-year-old give up substance abuse and grow into the 17-year-old community leader she is today. When she was 10, Hannah Bolton was not attending school. It wasn’t because she was a bad kid, hated homework or didn’t care about her education. It was because she was under extreme pressure;…

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…

Meet Pedro, one of 24 children with special needs who is receiving an education, meals, and transportation from our funding.

Helping Children with Limb Disabilities: No matter where they live in the world, children with limb disabilities experience struggles that many of us never have to face. Without treatment, a child with congenital disorders like clubfoot could face a lifetime of missed opportunities: he or she may never attend school, find a job, or lead…

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…

Olga Murray is one of those people who has led life to the fullest, and at 87 years old, she doesn’t plan on slowing down. Originally from Transylvania, Olga grew up in the US and graduated from Columbia University. She went on to earn a law degree from George Washington University and became one of…

At the age of 16, Danielle Gram had already come up with a lifelong mission: to become an international advocate for peace. Out of this conviction, she founded Kids for Peace, a nonprofit that works to cultivate every child’s innate ability to foster peace through cross-cultural experiences, involvement in the arts, and community service and…

At a very young age, Susie Krabacher had already realized that she wanted to make the world a better place for children in need. After being the victim of sexual abuse as a child, Susie was placed in foster care. She began to feel a deep sense of hopelessness, feeling lost and alone. However, through…

Jessica Markowitz was 11 years old when she first heard about the thousands of Rwandan children living without their parents, one of the many devastating consequences of the 1994 genocide. Richard Kananga, a representative from the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission in Rwanda, recounted what he had seen during the genocide while he stayed with…

Dr. Mark Manary is one of those people who likes a challenge, even when it seems too big for one individual to handle alone. “I’m not a person who makes lifelong plans,” said Dr. Manary in a recent Huffington Post interview. “I’m the type of person who tends to respond to what the biggest problem…

Adi Roche is one person who hasn’t forgotten about Chernobyl. She simply can’t; the largest nuclear disaster in history affected too many people and continues to destroy too many innocent lives to be put out of her mind. “I remember when I came back Sunday night of last week [from Chernobyl-affected regions] very late in…

One day, six-year-old Ryan Hreljac was sitting in his first grade classroom listening to his teacher explain that many people across the world do not have access to something that Ryan and his classmates take for granted: clean water. He learned that these people often had to schedule hours out of their day to walk…

Even at the young age of four, Alexandra Scott’s parents knew that she was something special. Alex, stricken with cancer, already expressed a deep and heartfelt desire to help other sick children. This strong sympathy for others led to a simple idea that has since grown into a national movement, raising millions of dollars for…

Just before Halloween in 2005, 10-year-old Talia Leman was sitting in her house in rural Iowa when she came up with a simple idea that would harness the power of young people across the country to make a difference in the lives of millions of other Americans. On the GroundTalia Leman – 2008 Founders Youth…