GIVE KIDS A CHANCE FOUNDATION
This organization has already been registered
Someone in your organization has already registered and setup an account. would you like to join their team?Profile owner : d*********n@h*****l.c*m
Mission Statement
Our primary commitment is to enable children and youth to become educated, as we firmly believe that the only way to break the cycle of poverty is through education. Children are doomed to abject poverty unless they have a basic level of education. To achieve our goal, Give Kids A Chance has built a school/community arts centre in Jocotenango, Guatemala. The building serves 400 children that now attend the school as well as youth workers and adults in the community.
About This Cause
Give Kids A Chance Foundation is a registered charity ( Charitable #828476143RR0001) organized, created and managed entirely by volunteers. We ensure, by personal involvement, that every dollar received is spent directly and only on the children we support. There are no administrative costs. The directors of Give Kids A Chance Foundation spend a minimum of 3 months every year on the ground supervising our projects. Our projects are non-political and not associated with any religion. Los Patojos School, Guatemala: In Guatemala, were 45% of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition and only 40% finish Grade 6, coupled with one of the highest crime rates in Central America and non-functioning medical and education systems, our students face many challenges. There is no social safety net. Living in Jocotenango, where violence, alcoholism, drug addiction and endemic poverty are too prevalent, the lives of these children are severely impacted. In 2015 Give Kids A Chance along with a partner donor in the U.S.A., Just World International, funded the building of a new school for Los Patojos. The design of the building facilitates the philosophy of education at Los Patojos. During the last 12 years, Los Patojos has developed a unique holistic approach to educating more than 400 children and youth each year. The program addresses each child's nutritional, medical, and educational needs, along with introducing dance, photography, theatre, music, sports, and fine arts, allowing them to find their passion. The school is a community, that restores their dignity, giving them the self-confidence to pursue their goals and achieve success in their lives. Los Patojos Medical and Nutritional Program: Health and nutrition are an essential part of the program of Los Patojos. The primary students receive breakfast, a snack and a healthy lunch each day to ensure that they are receiving sufficient nutrition to study. The students from Grades 7 up to Grade 11 study in the afternoon and evening. They receive a dinner each day. Each child's health is monitored by the doctor in the medical clinic and additional food or supplements are given to those that require them. The doctor also gives seminars to the students and their parents in order to educate and prevent unnecessary illnesses. The seminars include basic sanitation, nutritional education as well as sexual education.