WORLDS CHILDREN
Every Child is Our Child
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
World's Children supports the most vulnerable children in the world— orphans, homeless, abandoned or abused children, and children affected by HIV/AIDS. Many are girls from poor families where they are not loved or wanted simply because they are girls.
The children in the orphanages and children's homes that we support come from difficult backgrounds and they benefit from encouragement as well as financial support. We also offer impoverished young adults the chance to receive scholarships for college and vocational training.
We believe that by putting a strong emphasis on education and successful outcomes, we can uplift not only the desperate children and young adults we serve, but society as a whole.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Child Sponsorship
World's Children provides child sponsorship to 1000 destitute children in India, Guatemala, and Ethiopia.
Projects for Children
World's Children performs projects that help orphans and vulnerable children. For example, we install wells and toilets.
Scholarship Program
World's Children provides scholarships to impoverished young men and women in India who qualify for higher education but need help with funding.
Prevention of Child Trafficking Project
World’s Children is funding a six-year Prevention of Child Trafficking Project in India. Through Feb 2022, this project has provided 131,000 people in villages in India with the knowledge about how traffickers dupe women or simply snatch unwatched girls.
With a blanket of watchful eyes and awareness training, we believe child trafficking can be stopped in this targeted area, which has a total population of about 393,629 people. We plan to expand this project to more villages for another three-year expansion into more villages in India.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance - Organization 2016
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance - Organization 2020
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of list subscribers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Our email subscribers sign up to receive regular e-news to update them about our work.
Number of overall donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of clients participating in educational programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Scholarship Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
World's Children provides scholarships to impoverished youth in India for higher education. This includes the total number of students in college seeking a degree or in vocational training.
Average number of dollars received per donor
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric is derived from all the donors and sponsors who have contributed to World's Children programs.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The goal of World's Children is to ease the suffering of children who are orphaned or vulnerable. Helping orphans is our top priority. We also aim to help girls who are unwanted or at risk and to support children affected by HIV/AIDS. We strive to give these children, nutritious food, education, health, safety, and a life surrounded by love. Our goal is successful outcomes for our children--to see them graduate from high school, college or a vocational program so they can become productive and happy members of society.
We also have the goal of not only providing a quality experience for the orphans and children we support but also for our sponsors and donors.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
World's Children works with orphanages in three countries. We partner with organizations that support our goals and provide quality care to the children living in the orphanages and hostels through our child sponsorship program. We also solicit donations for projects that help children such as providing water and sanitation to orphanages and schools in emerging countries such as India.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a loyal funding base that shares our goals and gives support to our organization by sponsoring children and donating to projects. We hire dedicated staff and use the help of volunteers and interns to provide quality communication to our sponsors and donors and to attract new sponsors and donors through our unique personal approach. Many people like the one on one approach to helping children.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have accomplished helping thousands of children and thousands of college students to have a decent life with a future. We have also successfully completed many special projects to better the lives of the children we support. We provide a quality experience for our donors by providing them with outstanding communication. Our biggest challenge is to get the word out and attract new sponsors and donors. With more funds we can better the lives of more orphans and vulnerable children and we will have the funds to hire additional staff.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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WORLDS CHILDREN
Board of directorsas of 07/05/2022
Rudolf Goette
Jean Purviance
World's Children
Bruce Moore
Roslyn Moore
Meghan Fitzgerald
Cassady Thomas
Rudolf (Butch) Goette
Laasya Yenduri
Trista Slowick
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
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Transgender Identity
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Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.