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The Sanctuary for Kids PromiseThe charities which Sanctuary for Kids supports have been very carefully chosen. Part of our selection process includes determining which organizations will benefit significantly from the marketing boost that comes from S4K and our connections. We like the little guy! We ensure through our auctions and online giving that 100% of the money donated goes directly to the children and the programs that support them. Save the Children Canada in HaitiSave the Children is an international organization which fights for children's rights. Their mission is to deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children's lives worldwide. The organization has been in Haiti since 1978. They work with local Haitian partners, who make up 90% of their staff and volunteers, to deliver essential and effective services for children. In the effort to create lasting change, these include child rights and child protection programs as well as teacher training and education programs. As relief comes in, Save the Children will be starting safe space areas for children, and also beginning child tracing programs to reconnect children who were separated from their families during the emergency.
Sanctuary for Kids is giving $10000 to Haiti for disaster relief as well as all online donations made in January to February 12th, 2010. These donations will be matched by the Canadian government. Sanctuary for Kids plans to continue to support Haiti beyond the initial relief efforts as needs are assessed in upcoming months.
Nepal Orphans HomeEstablished in 2005, Nepal Orphans Home attends to the welfare of children in Nepal who are orphaned, abandoned, or not supported by their parents. The foundation currently cares for 150 children in 4 separate homes, each of which are known as Papa's House. Many of these children have been removed from situations where they had been sold into indentured servitude. Papa’s House provides for the children’s basic needs of food, shelter, and clothing, as well as schooling and health care, and administers to their emotional needs with love and compassion. Papa’s House allows children to grow up in a nurturing environment. The mission of Nepal Orphans Home is not just to rescue children from abject poverty, but to enable the children to develop and realize their potentials. Sanctuary for Kids has donated funds this year that will go towards a new home in Dhapasi. In addition, we have set up the Sanctuary for Kids NOH Capital Fund. Nepal Orphans home has plans to build its own campus which will house and educate the children. (Buildings are currently leased). The fund’s goal is to raise $100 000 over the next three years to build the first Papa’s House on the campus. Watari’s Transitioning to Independence Program(TTIP) and the Transitioning to Independence Program for Parenting Youth (TIPPY)These two programs work with the homeless youth population in Vancouver, BC. The goal of each of the programs is to assist youth, 16 - 24, to master skills required to maintain market housing while supporting them to continue to receive support for mental health/substance misuse. By removing the barrier of homelessness youth can put energy and focus towards other life areas such as educational, vocational and social goals. The purpose of TTIP is to provide 20 units of supported independent living for youth with addiction and or mental health issues. It is a transitional housing program with an expected stay of 18 months. The program consists of two components a rental supplement to enable youth to rent safe market housing and support services from a housing worker. It was the success of the program that allowed for TIPPY to be established, with 10 additional subsidies for pregnant and parenting homeless youth.
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