As we continue our tour of La Paz, we met Efrain, an energetic fourth-grader who lives near the Pedro Poveda School. Like any child, Efrain is proud of what he owns and likes to show his belongings to visitors. He shares an infectious smile with us as he holds up a prized pair of shoes Josefina has brought him. He’s equally excited to show us the kittens he’s raising. They sleep in their own little […]
Hope for Generation Z
Meet the children at Pedro Poveda, then and now
Touchdown in La Paz
Sights and scenes from Bolivia's City in the Sky
Our Director of International Programs, Luis Bourdet, and I flew into La Paz just before sunrise, after an overnight trip from Richmond. I was woozy from fatigue or the elevation — 13,000 feet above sea level — and grateful when a young woman woke up at 4 am to check us into our hotel. A City in the Mountains I woke up as the sun rose, and got my first view of an amazing vertical […]
Children Incorporated Invites Readers to Join Them “On the Road”
A new blog series to highlight stories from affiliated sites around the world
Today, Children Incorporated announced the launch of its inaugural blogging series: On the Road. Starting this week, the international child sponsorship organization will take readers on a real-time, virtual journey to actual sites as far as Bolivia and Kenya and close to home as Kentucky. “We have an extensive volunteer network of trusted educators and child care professionals who are native to the communities they serve. They know the children well and see them often.” – Ron […]
One Clinic, So Many Lives
The Dandora Clinic helps more than just children
Imagine you are a parent and your little boy has had a fever off and on for days now; he is always tired, and his body aches. You think he has malaria. All he needs is medicine, but you are poor and can’t even afford to take him to the doctor — much less get him the medicine he needs to get better. But if he doesn’t get help soon, he could end up having breathing problems for the rest of his life. Or worse, he could die. You are desperate and […]
A Full Belly for a Full Curriculum
Our International Feeding Program helps children in the Philippines
The Pinagpala Feeding Program is a project started by Children Incorporated at the Pinagpala Children’s Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines. In 2000, the center was founded by a local church to provide educational assistance to local children in need. Like Children Incorporated, the Pinagpala Children’s Center operates on the mindset that the cycle of poverty can be broken – and it begins with children. The Pinagpala Feeding Program The Children’s Center primarily serves first-through tenth-graders […]
Helping Children in Lebanon Hear
Sponsor and donors provide hearing aids to deaf children in Beirut
Children Incorporated works in collaboration with the Father Andeweg Institute for the Deaf (FAID) in Riad El Solh Beirut, Lebanon. Among the students who attend this school are many Syrian child refugees who have been hearing-impaired since birth. Their families must face the enormous challenge of adequately accommodating the special needs of a deaf child while fleeing their home country in search of safety. The need for more sponsors These refugee households are particularly lacking, since without any support from the Lebanese government because of their immigration status, it is incredibly difficult for them to provide […]