 Here's a list of some of the projects that the Kim Foundation International has supported:
Organizations with a history of providing effective services to disabled children around the world are invited to apply for funding to supporting their existing programs, or to develop new programs serving children. Proposals can be mailed to: |
| Project: | 2018 War Child Holland |
| Country: | Holland |
| Purpose: | Kim was invited by War Child Holland to explain her story in her new book "Fire Road", translated into Dutch (called "Het Napalmmeisje").
War Child works toward a world in which no child’s life is torn apart by war. Armed conflict is a reality for millions of children today. War Child is committed to supporting these children to overcome their experiences, and have a real chance at a better future. Children and young people have the right to grow up free from fear and violence, to develop to their full potential and contribute to a peaceful future – for themselves and for their communities. Because no child should be part of war. Ever. |
| Photos: |  Click on the picture for more pictures (copyright Geneviève Achard) |
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Het Napalmmeisje bij War Child (Holland) War Child International |
| Project: | India - Emmanuel Orphanage |
| Country: | India |
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| Photos: | Look at the pictures |
| Read More: | http://www.emmanuelorphanage.org/emmanuelchildrenhome.html |
| Project: | High Adventure Gospel Communication Ministries Canada Partnership - Uganda Ongutoi Project |
| Country: | Uganda (Ongutoi) |
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| Context: | Ongutoi village leaders unanimously requested immediate support (nurses and medicines) followed by building a larger medical facility from their government following the end of the 20-year civil Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency, but having received no favorable response due to lack of government funding, chose to make this same request to HAGCM. After emergency treatment, the largest immediate and identifiable need made by the elders was for well health maternity care including sanitary delivery. Mothers of all ages face life threatening issues due to a total lack of any pregnancy-related care. To become pregnant is for some, tantamount to a death warrant. Just recently, several young women died who attempted to ride on the back of a bicycle (sole mode of transportation) to a distant (40 KM) government medical facility. |
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| Read More: | Look at the The Ongutoi-Amuria Uganda Clinic Project file here |
| Video: | Look at The Ongutoi Health Center Video here
Look at another Ongutoi Health Center Video here |
| Pictures: | Look at pictures from The Ongutoi Health Center here Look at more pictures on this site |
| Project: | Ghana Primary School Partnership Proposal - Lasivenu Primary School Project |
| Country: | Ghana (North Tongu District of the Volta Region, Ghana) |
| Purpose: | The long term objective of the project is to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of achieving universal primary education by 2015. The immediate objective is to provide improved infrastructure for enhanced teaching and learning for the children in Lasivenu Community School. |
| Context: | Lasivenu cluster of communities is located in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. The Cluster which is made up of three communities; Dikakope, Agblebekope, and Akpesekope is situated off the main road from Aveyime to Battor in the Volta Region. The cluster of communities has a combined population estimated at 700 adults according to the national electoral register. Lasivenu is a poor and deprived rural community. It lacks basic social amenities such as potable water, health post, electricity and above all, a basic school. |
| Assistance: | Kim has contributed $23,000 towards the project so far and is seeking other partners to help to build this school in Ghana West Africa. |
| Read More: | Look at the Ghana Primary School Partnership Proposal here |
| Photos: | Look at the pictures |
| Project: | Nakyessa Day and Boarding School |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Purpose: | To provide educational facilities and programs that will enable teenage Ugandans at the school and from this rural village to complete their High School education. |
| Context: | Over ninety percent of Ugandan children drop out before completing their high school education thus leaving them without skills to become contributing participants within Ugandan society. Most often the cause is the lack of facilities and programs. The situation becomes exacerbated in rural areas such as Nakyessa where the cost to relocate to Kampala is inhibitive. |
| Assistance: | Recognizing this critical need, the Kim Foundation International has provided the resources to construct a building for four Classrooms, two Teachers Rooms and an Administration Center that will support the A-Level Academic Development of eighty students. The work is being completed with local labor applying western construction methodology. |
| Read More: | Look at the entire presentation here |
| Photos: | Look at the pictures |
| Project: | Bethany Kids Project (Kijabe Hospital) |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Purpose: | Clinic & camp visits, surgery, teaching & training (local and off-site). |
| Context: | Kakuma refugee camp, 120 km from Sudan border, consists of 70% Sudanese and 20% Somali refugees (89.000 people in 2003), of which 50% are aged between 0 and 17 years. |
| Assistance: | The Kim Foundation International purchased training material, supplies and medication, and paid for transportation and communication expenses for health care and social services professionals. |
| Read More: | Look at the entire presentation here |
| Project: | Prayer Palace Christian Education Center - Kampala Uganda |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Purpose: | Build safe secure facilities for dormitories, classrooms and shops. Develop mentoring relationships and provide counseling in a stable environment. |
| Context: | Uganda currently has over 2 million orphans, expected to have 3.5 million in 2010. Unless cared for or mentored, they are in danger medically (malnutrition, malaria, tuberculoses), physically (abductions, child fighters, sex-slaves, rape), socially (generational behavior, no-education or vocational skills, and spiritually (living in darkness). |
| Assistance: | Build a Central Orphanage to house 150 girls, 150 boys. Education and Food Services for 640 students. Food and Vocational programs. Establish local business. |
| Read More: | Download the Powerpoint presentation here |
| Photos: | Look at the pictures taken in Uganda (© Stephen McGee) |
| Project: | The Kim Foundation International (Quebec) and Doctors of the World |
| Country: | Romania |
| Purpose: | To provide children with medical, psychological, and social assistance. To work in the community among Romanian institutions to increase awareness of their responsibility toward children. |
| Context: | In Romania many children suffer from "institutional abuse" resulting from widespread neglect by certain authorities. A team of Romanian health care and social service professions requested training in 1996. The team supported between 150 and 200 victims of child abuse in 2001 which entailed approximately 900 consultations. |
| Assistance: | The Kim Foundation International purchased training material, supplies and medication, and paid for transportation and communication expenses for health care and social services professionals. Approximately $30,000 CDN was sent in aid. |
| Project: | The Kim Foundation International and Save the Children | ||||||
| Country: | East Timor | ||||||
| Purpose: | To develop child protection and psycho-social programs in East Timor. To rebuild the education system, to promote healing, and to increase social integration. | ||||||
| Context: | When East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999, violence and destruction besieged this small territory. Up to 60% of the country’s population fled their homes. More than 100,000 children and their families were in desperate need of safe shelter to escape violence. | ||||||
| Assistance: | The Kim Foundation International and Save the Children have developed a program to reach the 100,000 children in their communities. The program helps children recover from conflict, provides structure and positive activities for children and youth, and establishes community centers to provide safe spaces where parents can support each other and participate in planning measures to meet their children’s needs. | ||||||
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| Project: | The Kim Foundation International in Tajikistan’s Refugee Camps | ||||||||||
| Country: | Tajikistan | ||||||||||
| Purpose: | To provide relief to refugees fleeing war in Afghanistan. To establish means for individuals to access health care and education. | ||||||||||
| Context: | Civil war has plagued the region for decades. Constant disruption of government functions has left people struggling to survive. The need for assistance in Afghanistan keeps increasing. People have left their home hoping to save their lives. | ||||||||||
| Assistance: | The Kim Foundation International sent over $200,000 USD in aid to refugee camps in Tajikistan. Some of what was sent includes:
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