Ensuring children are able to stay in our sponsorship program from their earliest days in school until graduation is something that our Director of U.S. Programs, Renée Kube, works hard to do. With the public school system often times having three different schools — elementary, middle and high school — for children to attend, it’s crucial that we partner with each school to ensure sponsorship support is not interrupted — especially for children who need […]
Our April 2024 Impact Report
Hearing from a Former Sponsored Child in Kentucky
A Doctor Giving Back in India
A Higher Education Success Story
While visiting our affiliated sites in India this past fall, our Director of International Programs, Luis Bourdet, met with Chinna Ramavath, who is now Dr. Ramavath, thanks to support he received from our Higher Education Fund. Today, Luis recounts his time meeting with Chinna while in Guntur in October, in which Chinna caught him up on what his life is like now thanks to support from Children Incorporated. “Chinna was one of the first enrolled […]
Our Spring 2024 Newsletter
Celebrating 60 Years of Children Incorporated
Dear Friends, Before joining the staff of Children Incorporated in 2003, I worked for another child sponsorship organization for over a decade. During that time, I occasionally heard about Children Incorporated from my then co-workers, but no one seemed to know a great deal about the organization founded by Jeanne Clarke Wood in 1964. Children Incorporated was often downplayed and written off as being rather insignificant in comparison to the much larger organization where I […]
A Family Helping Other Families
An interview with Sandra and Michael Ruddick
Michael and Sandra Ruddick are a family that I have had the pleasure of spending time with over the last 20 years, although their support of our organization far exceeds the time that I have been with Children Incorporated. I recently took some time to ask them some questions about how they became dedicated donors and what drives them to continue to be involved in our work so many years later. RC: You started with […]
A Need for Beds at Lou Ann Long
Children sleep on small mats on the floor at our affiliated site
As our Director of International Programs, Luis Bourdet, continues his travels in India visiting our affiliated sites, he tells us about the Lou Ann Long Girls’ Hostel, in which children in our program are in need of bed and linens for a comfortable nights rest. About the Lou Ann Long GIRLS’ HOSTEL “The small town of Yadagiri, where the Lou Ann Long Girls’ Hostel is located, is in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Drought […]
Depending on Our Sponsors in Kentucky
Ron Carter continues his visits to Martin County
As I continued my trip to visit our affiliated sites in Martin County, Kentucky, I visited Eden Elementary School, where I had the chance to reconnect with our volunteer coordinator, Marlena, after a few years. She and her assistant, Kelli, welcomed me with open arms as I arrived to the resource center. SEEING EDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Marlena and Kelli are very appreciative of the Children Incorporated program, and I got the impression from them, as […]