2023 Annual Campaign-New Beginnings

For these children, your support can bring them a new better life.

New Beginnings – 2023 Annual Campaign

Every year our annual campaign completes special projects at the children’s homes we support. Join us in improving the lives of orphans and vulnerable children. Below you can see the special projects we aim to complete in 2023 with your help. When we all give what we can, we can improve the lives of these beautiful children.

New Beginnings Annual Campaign

2023 Annual Campaign

Our campaign theme, New Beginnings, reflects a shift to helping orphanages in new areas and a new beginning for the children who live there. If you want your contribution to go to a specific project, please make a note at check-out.

COMFORT & SAFETY

Solar Lighting at Athipet Children's Home
In 2020, WC provided outdoor solar lights for Athipet Children’s Home. This year several homes are asking for solar lights like this  to protect their children.

Fatima Home, India needs: desks and benches so the 47 girls in this home have a place to study off the floor. Cost: $1,184

Pandaravedu, India needs: lights and fan. The 67 children need lighting in study areas and a fan to circulate air to keep bugs away and the temperature more comfortable. Cost: $1,374

Nirmala Matha Home, India needs: nighttime solar lights for bathing rooms and toilets located outside the dorms so 280 children don’t step on poisonous snakes and scorpions. Cost: $6,803

Athipet Home, India needs: a grid solar lighting system to extend the effectiveness of their current solar panels to benefit 194 children. Cost: $4,066

Anna Vitiello Home, India needs: Solar panels to aid in electricity costs to help 64 children. Cost: $13,172

Annai Scholastica, India needs: nighttime solar lighting for the toilets, bathing rooms and the study hall for 66 children. Cost: $5,176

St. Anthony’s Orphanage, India needs: solar panels for continuous electricity for water supply and lighting for studies for 135 children. Cost: $10,924

Nambikkai Illam, India needs: a generator for backup power and also for outdoor lights at night for the 96 children. Cost: $8,930

CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE

See why Macecall Children's Home needs to remodel their dining hall and kitchen.
Macecall Children’s Home needs to remodel their dining hall and kitchen.

Happy Home for Children, India needs to extend their compound wall to protect 90 children and their caretakers from thieves and intruders. Thieves recently broke into the compound. Cost: $2,987

Macecall Children’s Home, Kenya with 69 children needs to remodel and expand their dining hall including dining/study tables and chairs. Cost: $12,223

Macecall Children’s Home, Kenya with 69 children also needs to remodel their kitchen. Cost: $10,334

Anna Vitiello Home, India needs: the inside of their home painted. This home cares for 64 children and has not been painted for 20 years. Cost: $4,187

Garden of Eden, Kenya needs: their muddy path replaced with a paved entrance road for 45 children. Cost: TBD

 

WATER & SANITATION

Acts of Mercy Home for Children in Kenya needs a new toilet building.
Acts of Mercy Home for Children in Kenya needs a new toilet building.

Pandaravedu Home, India needs: a water purifier so they don’t need to purchase bottled water for 67 children. Cost: TBD

FUNDED! Acts of Mercy, Kenya needs six new toilets for 130 children. Cost: $2,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH

Bridge of Hope needs new furnishings for the children.
Bridge of Hope needs new furnishings for the children.

Mab’s Haven, Zambia needs: a refrigerator to preserve food for the girls. Cost: $600

Fatima Home, India needs: a refrigerator to preserve food for 47 girls. Cost: $600

Casa Hogar, Mexico needs: feed for chickens, cows, goats, pigs and seeds for vegetables for 20 children to eat and sell for extra income. Cost: $1,023

Casa Hogar also needs: new kitchen sinks with plumbing, screens and pest control. Cost: $4,000

Acts of Mercy, Kenya needs: rabbits and chickens to help feed 130 children and to sell for extra income. Cost: TBD

Bridge of Hope Children’s Village, Ethiopia has 78 children living in 10 homes that need to be refurnished with: sofas, lockers, chairs, table, desks, beds, bedding, refrigerator & stove. Cost: 5,429/home. Total Cost: $54,287

Macecall Children’s Home, Kenya has 69 children. They need water tanks and pipes to finish an irrigation project  that will help them grow food throughout the year on their 12 acre farm to improve the children’s nutrition in a sustainable way. Total Cost: $2,667

UKRAINIAN REFUGEE RELIEF

Help Refugees in Ukraine
Help Ukrainian displaced mothers and children.

Helping displaced mothers and 192 children who fled their homes during the Russian invasion. They need firewood, medicine and school supplies. Cost: $10,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want your contribution to go to a specific project, please make a note at check-out.

Thank you for your kind support for the New Beginnings Campaign.

World’s Children is committed to honoring your stated preferences for donations.
In some cases, such as overfunding of a project, your gift will be used for the greatest need of vulnerable children.

 

Extreme Makeovers

These Before and After photos show the kind of needs we address and how much your assistance is changing the lives of children.

BEFORE-Bethel Orphanage needed a new kitchen.
AFTER-WC donors provided a new kitchen with a smokeless stove and a dining hall. What a difference this has made for the children and the cooks!

 

Athipet needs new toilets
BEFORE-Athipet Home needed a new toilet facility
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER-WC donors provided these toilets for Katihar Home
Athipet needs new toilets
AFTER – Borewell
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER – Large Water Filter System
Athipet needs new toilets
BEFORE -Toilet Building
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER – Toilet Building
Athipet needs new toilets
BEFORE – Bath Water
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER – Solar Hot Water Heater
Athipet needs new toilets
BEFORE – No Beds or Nets
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER – Beds with Mosquito Nets
Athipet needs new toilets
BEFORE-Eating on the Ground
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER – Dining Tables
Athipet needs new toilets
BEFORE – Random Electricity
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER – Small Generator for Happy Home
Athipet needs new toilets
AFTER – Solar Power System at Swadhar Home
Katihar children at new toilet building
AFTER – Large Generator for Bethel Orphanage
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