Paper Kite Children's Foundation :: Give Dreams Flight
Overview
Our programs improve the lives of children within the poorest region of a poor nation – Bihar, India. We support children at high risk, those living in orphanages without parental care. This includes children whose parents are deceased and the many children who end up in institutional care, despite having one or both parents, because of poverty or family breakdown.
Children without parental care are at a higher risk of suffering discrimination, inadequate care, abuse and exploitation. We pay particular attention to those within this group that are most neglected due to additional social stigma, including girls and the disabled.
We proudly administer our programs while respecting the diverse culture of India. Your donations are used to purchase supplies and services to overcome the critical challenges in the lives of the orphans. Our 4 programs are based on the UN Future Fit for Children – Millennium Development Goals and designed to ensure the children are healthy, happy and prepared to succeed as adults.
Goals for 2010
Our main 2010 goals are outlined in the following list.
- Expand our fundraising efforts to one other major metropolitan region such as Ontario (Completed April 2010)
- Obtain charity status from the Federal Government (Completed – Registered as of July 2009)
- Source a donor to cover our 2010 operating costs so all other donations go directly to our programs
- Raise $30,000 by December 2010
- Complete at least 1 event in India to distribute donations (Completed March 2010)
- Complete an event in India to source at least 5 orphanages and establish contacts with at least 5 other charities operating in Bihar relevant to our work (Completed March 2010)
Raise awareness of Paper Kite Children’s Foundation
- Have Paper Kite listed in 2 publications (1 Publication Completed May 2010)
- Revise our website (Completed February 2010)
- Conduct 5 community engagement events (Completed 5 events as of May 2010)
