One World Children's Fund networks resources directly to grassroots organizations that serve disadvantaged children around the world.
Harnessing the power of the global community, we partner innovative groups that are finding local solutions to local problems with individuals, schools, and community groups in the United States working to champion these initiatives to make a difference in the lives of children.
Watch our short film to learn more about the Champion Model.
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Stories of success from the field...
Wylie and Janet Greig, OWCF Board Members as well as President and Project Committee Chair respectively, have just returned from a trip to India where they visited, at their own expense, two of OWCF partner projects. Here are two stories which highlight the ways children’s lives are being changed by these local groups. Click here to read their inspirational stories.
Samreen Begun is back in school thanks to Smaraami Foundation's state of the art diagnostic lab in Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
The Bocas School Project, in Bocas Del Toro, provides classes to teach these children and other community members vocational skills, parenting, child development, and sex education
The OWCF Champion Model
Empowering Individuals to Make a Global Impact
People who have traveled or lived in the developing world often encounter local groups that are creating innovative solutions to advance the dignity, health and well being of children. Often, these individuals aren't sure how they can help. Through OWCF, they can become "Champions" or supporters of these groups.
OWCF serves as an umbrella organization and provides various financial and grants management services and networking tools to these Champions and the grassroots group to help with fundraising efforts. We also provide an energizing and supportive space for a growing community of Champions across the United States to engage in respectful and collaborative global philanthropy, serving as a vital link between contributors and implementers.
"Back in college, youthful idealism pushed us. We raised funds to build a library. We raised funds to build a science lab. We sent 40 more fellow students to the NGO. Doing good and doing well was the mantra"
Amit first visited the NGO Jagriti Vihara, a non-profit that serves 100,000 people in rural Jharkhand, in the summer of 2000. Since that time, he and five other students from Stanford have become champions, raising money to help Jagriti Vihara build a library and a high school lab. They are currently raising $100K to build a hospital.
To read more about Amit's journey as a champion and the Hospital For Hope Project, click here.
In 2006, Jan received a postcard from an organization called Batsiranai, a women’s handicraft project that supports mothers with severely disabled children living under challenging circumstances in Harare, Zimbabwe. Moved by the information on the card she contacted Batsiranai and then travelled to Zimbabwe to see the project in action.
"I saw in Zimbabwe that these women were working very hard to make a quality product and to learn how to run their business in the most difficult of situations. They had such motivation and determination. What they didn't have was someone helping them establish their business here in the West."
To read more about Jan's decision to become a champion, click here.
To meet more of our champions and learn about their projects, click here!
News and Updates
Government to Take Over Funding for Bocas Del Toro English Program; OWCF Champions Expand Efforts
Our champions, Rob Steig, Kai Frykman, and Margo Carey are excited to announce that the Panamanian government, in recognition of the work of the Bocas School Project, has decided to assume responsibility for the funding of English teachers in the indigenous schools of the Bocas Archipelago.
And these champions aren't stopping now!
Rob, Kai, and Margo know that they can do much more for the Nogbe-Bugle children and their community. At the request of some of the local people and the director of BSP, these champions have decided to focus their efforts on providing the young population with vocational classes such as housekeeping, carpentry, gardening, child development, and parenting.
To Learn More About the Bocas School Project, click here!
Rob, Kai, and Margo have been partners with the Bocas School Project since 2006, working to provide quality English education in Bocas Del Toro. Through this program, the indigenous Nogbe-Bugle children have been given new opportunities to find gainful employment and end the cycle of poverty.
Congratulations to Our Newly Graduated Project, KnowledgeBeat!
KnowledgeBeat develops programs that emphasize underserved regions and subject matter such as basic resources, community involvement, girls advancement and environmental education. This project was Championed by Margaret Word, Sarah Mintz and Annie Hazlehurst who reside in San Francisco.
We are proud to announce that knowledgeBeat has 'graduated' from OWCF, obtaining their own 501c3 nonprofit status! Congratulations KnowledgeBeat!
For more information on KnowledgeBeat, click here!
Batsiranai Featured in Bust Magazine!
Batsiranai and its OWCF's champions Jan Stoner and Lynn were recently featured in an article appearing in the Aug/Sep issue of Bust Magazine!
