World of Children in the News

From The Hindu “In 2002, Iyyappan Subramaniyan found a boy with moderate mental retardation in torn clothes standing at a street corner in Thiruvottriyur. On enquiry, he found out that the three-year-old was abandoned by his parents, and was left in the care of his grandfather who was too old to look after him. Iyappan…

From Modern Ghana “A commendable social intervention programme christened ‘Always Keeping Girls In School Programme’ has been launched at Dagomba in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of Ashanti Region to help halt dropouts of female students in the junior high schools. The initiative is a brainchild of Procter & Gamble (P&G), in collaboration with P&G…

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From Graphic Online “A pilot project initiated by a local organisation in partnership with its international partners to distribute free sanitary towels to schoolchildren in the Ashanti and Northern regions of the country has been launched. The project, initiated by the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative, a  non-governmental organisation (NGO), in partnership with the World of…

From News Ghana “The programme, a collaboration between P&G, EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative and World of Children would provide sanitary supplies and health-related educational materials to 1,000 Junior High School girls over the next 6 months.” Read the full article here

From myjoyonline “Adolescent girls in basic schools who could have stayed out of school as a result of poor menstruation management in deprived Sekyere Afram Plains District are being assisted with free sanitary pads to enable them stay in classrooms. Education authorities say several girls who have reached their adolescence spend at least one month…

From myjoyonline “A programme that will help to reduce menstruation related dropouts of girls has been launched in Accra. The initiative which is a joint project of three organisations namely Procter & Gamble (P&G)’s Always Keeping Girls in School Program (AKGIS), World of Children and EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative will provide support for underprivileged girls…

From News Ghana “Harry Leibowitz, Co-Founder of World of Children and recipient of the 2007 Procter & Gamble Alumni Humanitarian Award describes the reasoning behind the three-way project saying, “With P&G’s new commitment and past work, Selby’s work with girls in her native Ghana, and World of Children in a position to connect the two,…

From Modern Ghana “Kumasi, Ghana – June 27, 2016 Procter & Gamble’s Always Keeping Girls in School Program, World of Children® Award, and EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative launched a joint project to provide support for underprivileged girls in Ghana to pursue their education. EPF is a Ghanaian organization founded by Winnifred Selby, 2015 World of…

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From STARRFMonline “Procter & Gamble SSA (Sub-Saharan Africa Markets), World of Children, and EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative, have announced a joint project to provide support for underprivileged girls in Ghana to pursue their education. EPF is a Ghanaian organization founded by Winnifred Selby, 2015 World of Children Youth Honouree. The joint project, designed to provide…

From Jewish Journal “The April 12 World of Children 2016 Alumni Honors ceremony took place at the Montage Beverly Hills. The gathering featured Brooke Burke-Charvet as emcee, a performance by Yemin Orde Youth Choir, a group of at-risk immigrant teens from the Yemin Orde Youth Village in Israel and more, and raised “more than $300,000…

Watch Red Carpet Fly’s Event Video Here “Red Carpet Fly had the privilege of attending The World of Children Gala and it truly was an extraordinary night and experience. The World of Children organization  is a unique non-profit that identifies effective child advocates that have created proven, sustainable programs for children, and awards grants to advance their work.  …

From Bohemian Vagabond “On April 12, the World of Children, an organization dedicated to setting the gold standard in child advocacy, hosted its annual 2016 Alumni Honors event emceed by Brooke Burke-Charvet at the Montage Beverly Hills. The event commemorated past honorees Ashok Banskota, Ryan Hreljac and Denisse Pichardo, who have continued their extraordinary efforts…

Celebrity Ambassador Stephanie March reflects on her visit to two World of Children Honorees’ programs with Founders Harry and Kay Leibowitz. Read more in the Huffington Post feature here.

The Ottawa Citizen announced Honoree Ryan Hreljac’s Alumni Award in their March 20, 2016 online edition. “Ryan Hreljac, founder of the Ryan’s Well Foundation, is being honoured by World of Children for a second time. Hreljac, who was the winner of the World of Children Youth Award in 2003, will receive the organization’s 2016 alumni award…”…

“Harry and Kay Leibowitz married 13 years ago at the Hotel Del Coronado, but at the time they were living in Tuscany, Italy and Incline Village, NV. “We decided that we would eventually settle in this area after we sold both of those properties,” recalled the couple. “Now this is our only and permanent home.”…

From Scenester.tv – 2016 Alumni Honors to take place on April 12 at the Montage Beverly Hills March 1, 2016 (Dublin, CA) – World of Children®, a global recognition and funding organization for people specifically and exclusively serving the needs of children, announced today the three extraordinary individuals that will be honored at  World of…

World of Children was honored to receive an invitation from NASDAQ to ring the opening bell on Friday, November 6. Co-Founder Harry Leibowitz delivered some opening remarks.

The San Diego Union Tribune profiled World of Children Co-Founders Harry and Kay in their November 9, 2015 print and online issues “RANCHO SANTA FE — In 1996, Harry Leibowitz was home recuperating from cancer treatment and flipping channels on the TV when he came across the poetry award ceremony for the Pulitzer Prize. Very…

The Jewish Week profiled Nicholas Lowinger and his 2015 World of Children Youth Award “When Nicholas Lowinger was a young boy growing up in Cranston, R.I. he would tag along with his art-therapist mother when she gave art lessons to residents in nearby homeless shelters. Even as a 5-year-old Lowinger was taken by the fact…

The Irish Times featured an article on Adi Roche’s 2015 Alumni Award from World of Children. “Irishwoman and founder of the charity, Chernobyl Children International, Adi Roche has been honoured with the World of Children for her campaigning work for the victims of the nuclear disaster. Ms Roche, from Cork, was one of six humanitarian…

An Irish Independent article covered Adi Roche’s 2015 Alumni Award. “The Cork woman (60) has been honoured with the World of Children by the US-based World of Children organisation for her work in transforming the lives of Chernobyl children. Ms Roche, founder and voluntary CEO of the Chernobyl Children International charity, received the award last…

KienYKe reported on Catalina Escobar’s 2015 Humanitarian Award from World of Children (link in Spanish only) “La presidenta y fundadora de la Fundación Juan Felipe Gómez  Escobar, Juanfe, ganó el premio humanitario 2015 del World of Children, considerado como el Premio Nobel de los niños….” Read the article in Spanish here