Campaign for Children in Crisis
A Family for Every Child
Wide Horizons For Children is the only international child welfare organization that is focused on both improving the lives of children without families and on acting to prevent children from being on their own in the first place.
Every child deserves the love of a family, yet today, millions of children risk growing up without one, left vulnerable to hunger, exploitation, and despair when poverty pushes families past the breaking point. A parent’s death, a medical emergency, the loss of a job, or famine can collapse a household already on the edge, leaving children to face the world alone. The World Health Organization estimates that 150 million children are living without families worldwide, a number that continues to rise.
The Campaign for Children in Crisis is a $10 million initiative to meet this urgent need through addressing the root causes of family separation and expanding proven programs.
Why Support Wide Horizons for Children?
We uniquely focus on the need for a stable family in the life of a vulnerable child: this is essential if a child is to survive and thrive
For desperately poor families at risk of breaking apart: we offer holistic family preservation programs that address the root cause of children becoming orphans
For children without a family: we offer family-like orphanage care or, where possible, a permanent family through adoption
Our Generous Donors
We are tremendously grateful to the individuals, families, and foundations who have stepped forward as leaders in this campaign.
Leadership Circle
- Anonymous
- Jill Apperson
- Rachel and Travis Rhodes
Champion Circle
- Susan and Paul Condrin
- Dara Concagh and Tom Corra
- Mildred and David Correia
- Ivana Durovic and Michael Manschot
- Geoffrey and Laura Rehnert
Advocate Circle
- Anonymous (2)
- Claudia Corra
- Laura and Tim Dierks
- Mary and Bruce Donald
- Drs. Jennifer and Christopher Gill
- Marc Haas Foundation
- Mary Lou and Gary Haroian
- Bernadette Rehnert Haynes
- Michele and Greg Kozich
- Kirstie and Tim Pecci
- Kathy Redgate and Sheila Finnegan
- Laura Tolkow and Uday Ivatury
- Kathryn and Paul Winters
- Linda and Allen Womack Charitable Fund
Partner Circle
- ACS Services
- Anonymous
- Sharon Reilly and Robert Cohen
- Lori and Chris Conway
- The Priscilla Endicott Charitable Foundation
- Regan and Brian Franklin
- Kathleen Halat and John Hillstrom
- Debbie and Kenneth Helvig
- Linda Knox
- Debbie and Peter Leppanen
- Lisa Dawe and Darrel Park
- Sarah O’Leary and Paul O’Neill
- Sylvia and Chris Perry
- Sarah Teasdale and Pedro Poitevin
- Diane and Andy Shen
- Megan Currier and Tyler Stableford
- The Stapleton Family
- Martha and Steve VanZee
- Yves Wilhelm
Testimonials
In Our Donors’ Words…
Our Impact Together
Beyond numbers, the story of WHFC is one of transforming the lives of children in some of the most remote and impoverished areas in the world.
Carlos.
Sometimes, all it takes is 1 person to start a trend. In our Family Preservation program in rural Guatemala, that person is Carlos. And the trend is staying in school through high school.
From Poverty to Professor.
As a child, Dawit barely had enough to eat. Thanks to WHFC’s Child Sponsorship program, he was able to secure sufficient funds to not only get the nutrition he needed, but to thrive in school. Now he is an associate lecturer at the Mekelle Institute of Technology in northern Ethiopia.
She Couldn’t Walk or Go to School.
Baraka, who uses a wheelchair, might have had a very different life, begging on the streets. But thanks to sponsorship and your support, she lives every day with purpose and joy.
TAKE ACTION NOW
With 50 years of experience working with deeply vulnerable children worldwide, Wide Horizons for Children brings a depth of knowledge that few organizations can match.
Our transformative programs address the root causes of family separation at their source, keeping families intact before children ever lose the safety of home.
Data sits at the core of everything we do, driving every decision and measuring every outcome.
Across the globe, we work alongside a strong network of trusted international staff and partners who share our commitment to children and families.
No child should grow up alone. Your gift makes sure they don’t.
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