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- EIN 93-1065518
- (503) 297-2006
- 4489 Upper Dr Lake Oswego OR 97035-4334 USA
- www.kidspire.org
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Causes: Adoption, Children & Youth, Civil Rights, International, International Relief, Right to Life
Mission: We protect children from abandonment by supporting single parents. We prepare families to open their homes and their hearts to parent children in need of stability and permanency. Continued on schedule owe prevent children from dropping out of school by providing strategic education programs designed to inspire self confidence and prepare children for their future.
Programs: What are we doing in kenya at the karibu centre? Computer literacy program for young learners:karibu centre - 100 children ~ partner schools - 1000 childrencommunity day care:an average of 15 slum children attend on a daily basis; providing nutritious meals, developmental activities and providing opportunities for mothers to find gainful employment while children are safely cared for. Continued on schedule oafter-school youth education program:boys & girls steam club - 120 participantsdrama club - 30 participants and coding club - 30 participantsearly childhood education program:100% of our children were accepted into primary school. Our social worker visits the home of 8-10 preschool parents each week, and we are now raising goats and sheep as a learning tool for the preschool children. Sustainable agriculture program:completed the first aloe vera harvest and one additional acre of aloe vera has been planted. 50 parents of our students are employed through our community employment program. *34 volunteers served with karibu centre.
what are we doing in vietnam through orphan impact? In vietnam, we are currently running a computer and internet education program with 100 google chromebooks in 21 orphanages. We serve 340 orphan children each week and an additional 295 monthly. We have 8 teachers on staff and 40 volunteer teachers. We were awarded our biggest grant to date in vietnam from transparent fish fund & chao foundation. We added new orphanages, bringing our total number of orphanage partners to 21 orphanages without increasing the budget. We also hosted a volunteer team from team4tech with tech professionals.
kidspire preschool: we renewed our license to operate our preschool for a capacity of 12 students. We provide an innovative program locally to generate income to support our international humanitarian children's education programs. We are fully enrolled and we employ 4 full time teachers. Families of our students realize that any profit we receive benefits our international education programs, and have enjoyed helping their children beocme global citizens at a young age.