Orphan Life Foundation
Change Their World. Change Yours. This changes everything
Orphan Life Foundation
EIN: 81-4314076
as of November 2023
as of November 13, 2023
Mission
We at Orphan Life Foundation believe that the most vulnerable segments of society, that is, its orphaned children, are our collective responsibility. Since they have no one else to take care of them, we have to provide them the loving environment where they can feel safe and prosper till they grow up to take their rightful place in the world. Ultimately, helping orphan children and equipping them with all the tools that would help them grow up to become responsible and caring adults is an honor and a privilege that few of us have. We aim to take care of vulnerable children in Africa, Asia and the US by providing them food, shelter and clothing along with opportunities for adoption, education and even foster care so that they can live as normal a life as possible.
Notes from the nonprofit
We at Orphan Life Foundation firmly believe that these children deserve a better chance at life. And they can have that chance only if we all get together and join hands to become the family they miss so much. A family that loves and cares for them and heals their wounds and nurtures them in an environment where they feel both loved and cared for, by those around them. And perhaps above all else, if we work hand in hand, we can provide them with a place they can truly call their ‘home.’ Our many programs have been designed to take care of all their needs, both at the short as well as the long terms. We provide them with warm food, clothes and a shelter to keep them safe. Going beyond that, we take care of their educational needs so that they would be able to fend for themselves once they grow up and be able to take their place in society with pride and hope.
Ruling year
2017
Founder/President
Mr Auguste Severin Badiel
Vice President
Shah Rupal
Main address
8 The Green Suite # 7165
Dover, DE 19901 USA
EIN
81-4314076
Voluntarism
Human services
Population served
Children and youth
Infants and toddlers
Adults
Ethnic and racial groups
NTEE code
Human Services - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (P99)
Nonprofit Management (S50)
Youth Development Programs (O50)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
To act as an advocate of orphaned children and provide them with holistic care, education opportunities, health and wellness support, foster home and shelter services, and facilitate the adoption process for orphaned and vulnerable children in Burkina-Faso. Purpose: Our main aim is to address and solve all current and potential issues faced by orphan children. Partnering with organizations and public support groups, we organize multiple programs with constant strife to promote the welfare of orphans. The need our organization is working to address are summarized through our programs and projects such as: Clean Water for Children Desk for Children in school Roof/Classroom for Orphan Children HIV/AIDS and Orphan Children Health issue Basic School Supplies (pencils, pens..etc) Basic Shelter for Orphan Children Clothes for needed Children Pandemic resources planning for Orphan Children
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Pencil for Poor Program
The main aim of our Pencil For Poor Program (3P2) is to provide education material as well as basic school supplies to thousands of children. We commenced this program in 2008 with very little support. In the initial years, we were able to provide basic school supplies to hundreds of young children in need and still continue to do so till this day. The program is part of our vision to reduce economic disparity by providing education to fuel the change.
Desk for Children Program
This program’s goal is quite straightforward: To improve the overall classroom environment by providing desks for children. From 2011 to 2015, we were able to provide 450 school desks to accommodate hundreds of children that were using the floor of their classrooms as their study/school desk. This is an ongoing effort: We are continually partnering with different organizations in order to achieve this objective.
Roof for Rookies Program
As part of our Roof For Rookies Program (2RP), we assist in the construction of additional classrooms or renovating existing ones to accommodate as many orphan kids as possible. Through this program, we aim to reduce educational disparity and eliminate the barriers to access to education among children of all ages.
In 2020, we plan to build 6 additional classrooms under the "Roof for Rookies” Project. To serve as justification for our plans, over 1,600 children are currently sharing 4 classrooms in the village of Didyr, Burkina Faso. That's approximately 400 children per classroom, which as you can see in the picture, is very crowded.
Shelter for Shy Program
Our Shelter For Shy Program not only helps provide adoption opportunities and facilitates people in the adoption process, but also conducts psychosocial evaluations and interventions by placing children in fostering environments and monitoring them.
We also place heightened emphasis on the social protection of orphans, with the main objective of reducing vulnerability and risks and improving their access to health and nutritional services. A number of social activities are also organized under the program to provide a family-like environment to these orphans.
Every year, Orphan Life Foundation conducts an orphan census registration in the areas where it operates. This program not only helps identify and track down newly orphaned children, but also helps develop appropriate strategies for preventing and responding to cases of child abuse, exploitation, violence and family separation
Clothes for Orphan Program
The Clothes For Orphan Program (COP) is concerned with the collection of usable clothes/shoes and their distribution among orphan children. This program has been critical in serving several communities where orphans were deprived of appropriate articles of clothing in harsh weather conditions.
Clean Water for Children (CWC)
The Global Water Crisis
Every single day almost 1000 children lose their lives to the devastating water crisis. Most of them are under the age of 5. Amongst the thousands, only a few hundreds have a family that mourns their death.
Millions and trillions of bacteria swim in their drinking water. Most of these children are exposed to unsanitary and unhygienic conditions. That is because the contaminated water is a breeding ground for:
Cholera
Dysentery
Diarrhea
Salmonella & many other bacteria and parasites.
The rest of the community might die due to dehydration.
A small act of compassion and a powerful plan can prevent future casualties. We may have lost lives in the past.
But we can’t let this happen in the future!
Our Plan
Clean Water for Children is an initiative that aims to provide clean water to various deserted regions of Africa. We’ve collaborated with international clean water campaigns like “Eau Vive Internationale” to turn this mission into a reality.
This is how we plan to achieve this enormous feat:
Step 1: Breaking the Ground
Orphan Life Foundation is collecting funds to facilitate digging expeditions in Africa. The teams pick up spots near underprivileged areas or community institutions. They then scour the land to find the best spots for digging wells. This ensures that the people in the surrounding areas have access to fresh water. The wells are built supply water for years to come.
What if building a well isn’t possible? If that is the case, then the team takes a modern route by installing high-force water pumps. The pumping system helps provide largely populated areas with fresh clean water without any problem.
Step 2: Clean Water Zones
There are many areas in Africa that have running water. The only problem is that the water is either too salty to drink or it’s contaminated with various pollutants. The Orphan Life Foundation distributes water filters to the local institutes or makeshift residencies built on these locations.
Our main targets are:
Orphanages
Schools
Churches
The Outcomes
In 2018, $5000.00 were collected to dig wells for the orphans under our supervision
By 2020 we plan to expand this project and our partnership with Eau Vive Internationale to build three more wells
In 2030 the death count caused due to the water crisis will slowly diminish
In 2050 Africa might not suffer from the scarcity of water
HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM (HAP)
One of the most devastating impacts of the HIV epidemic is the loss of entire generations of people in communities that are the most unfortunate.
It’s often the children who are left to bear the greatest impact in the form of losing their parents and relatives.
AIDS is a humanitarian disaster; a leading cause of death leaving children orphaned, hopeless, and vulnerable.
It is estimated that across the world, 17.8 million children under the age of 18 have been orphaned as a result of their seniors being affected by AIDS. This number is expected to rise to 28 million by 2017.
Around 15.1 million (85%) of these children live in Africa. In Burkina Faso alone, 63% of orphan children have lost their parents due to AIDS.
Our Mission
At Orphan Life Foundation, the HIV and AIDS Program is specifically designed with the objective of supporting orphan children affected by HIV/AIDS as well as those who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS.
Through this program, we strive to significantly improve the ease-of-access to health and nutritional services to both, children as well as their parents.
Our Plan
The HIV & AIDS Program focuses on formulating a working strategy to minimize the risk of orphans and vulnerable children contracting the disease.
This program focuses on supporting the careers of children, keeping them in school, protecting their legal and human rights, and ensuring that their emotional needs are catered to with care.
The Outcomes
Orphan Life Foundation is dedicating around $3000 for the HIV/AIDS program, which has proved critical in routing out one of the causes of children becoming orphaned in the region.
Our Future Plans
By end of 2020, our goal is to medically test all registered orphan children in our database for HIV infection and AIDS, providing medical assistance and sensibilization to the community.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We at Orphan Life Foundation believe that the most vulnerable segments of society, that is, its orphaned children, are our collective responsibility. Since they have no one else to take care of them, we have to provide them the loving environment where they can feel safe and prosper till they grow up to take their rightful place in the world.
Ultimately, helping orphan children and equipping them with all the tools that would help them grow up to become responsible and caring adults is an honor and a privilege that few of us have.
We aim to take care of vulnerable children in the Philippines, Burkina Faso and the US by providing them food, shelter and clothing along with opportunities for adoption, education and even foster care so that they can live as normal a life as possible.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our Strategy / Model: To give orphan children the shelter and love that they deserve, our talented organizational members and partners work together in close harmony to deliver a wide range of services.
We encourage families and support communities to cater to the unique needs of the orphan children, including those related to their upbringing, health, and education.
The challenges faced by orphan children on a daily basis shape their personality. This is why we focus on providing them with a better future. To continue to thrive as an organization, we don’t dwell in the past and present. Continuously identifying and understanding the challenges of orphans, we reshape our strategies to achieve better results every day.
We believe there’s so much more than just financial aid to give to the orphans. The hunger for love and support is much more difficult to fulfill than the hunger for food. Little By Little, Family By Family, We Can Do So Much Good on So Many Levels
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Education Division: Helping registered orphans and their support communities to improve the educational framework in their region is our top priority. Providing better educational opportunities to orphans, we empower them to complete their basic as well as advanced schooling.
We achieve this by cultivating a safe and efficient teaching environment, providing basic school supplies, reducing the level of educational disparity, and reducing or better yet eliminating the barriers orphans face for schooling.
Health Division: This division is focused on granting easy access to health and nutritional services to orphans and their families.
With our specialized strategy, we work to minimize the risk of contracting the HIV/AIDS virus in orphan children. Working in close coordination with the education division, the health sector ensures maximum support for children’s careers, optimal protection of their legal and human rights, and meeting their emotional needs.
Safety Division: Our safety division works day in and night out to ensure the safety and well-being of orphans. This division focuses on offering adoption opportunities, facilitating the adoption process, conducting psycho-social evaluations, and using interventions to monitor children in fostering environments.
Team Approach: Boasting a conductive team approach, we emphasize collaboration, innovation, and risk-taking to generate desired outcomes.
Our Projects: Most of our projects align perfectly with our key objectives. We strive to build and maintain a mutually beneficial relationship with organizations, businesses, and support groups that belong to healthcare, welfare, and educational industries.
Our projects are geared to withstand all obstacles that may come in the way of the wellbeing and bright future of an orphan child.
From basic dietary requirements to healthcare needs and everything in between, we take care of the unfortunate community!
With an extensive level of support across all areas, we thrive to make a concrete, noticeable, and favorable impact on the lives of orphan children. Over the years, our projects have helped hundreds and thousands of orphans in need along with promoting the rebuilding and remodeling of the entire community.
Our Programs: Every year, millions of individuals organize fundraisers, set up donation programs and hold community service events to help support communities in need. Through multiple programs, we are always on the lookout for areas that require attention.
Our Experience: To achieve our goal, we conduct health, safety, and educational programs. We share the results of and the lessons learned from these programs with our partners and support communities to enhance the level of service provided in the future.
Orphan care isn’t about someone doing everything, it’s about everyone doing something. Together, we make it all possible!
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Clean Water for Children: There are many areas in Africa that have running water. The only problem is that the water is either too salty to drink or it’s contaminated with various pollutants. The Orphan Life Foundation distributes water filters to the local institutes.
In 2018, $5000.00 were collected to dig wells for the orphans under our clean water program and supervision.
By end of 2020 we plan to expand this project and our partnership with Eau Vive Internationale to build three more wells.
Desk for Children in school: Our initial progress started out steadily with approximately 450 desks. But over the years the interest is gradually diminishing. We are in desperate need of a breakthrough for this program. That’s why our new target is only set for 500 desks for two of the schools under our supervision. Even a couple of hundreds desks can restore the faith of thousands of students who try to study in makeshift classrooms. and who are the future of learning resources Africa.
Roof/Classroom for Orphan Children: Orphan Life Foundation collaborates with other NGOs that value the importance of education in Africa to raise funds and develop programs for this project. So far we have been able to build six additional classrooms in the little school we visited back in 2016. The future plan hopes to build or renovate four/six more.
HIV/AIDS and Orphan Children Health: Orphan Life Foundation is dedicating around $3000 for the HIV/AIDS program, which has proved critical in routing out one of the causes of children becoming orphaned in the region. By end of 2020, our goal is to medically test all registered orphan children in our database for HIV infection and AIDS, providing medical assistance and sensibilization to the community.
Shelter for Orphan Children: Every year, Orphan Life Foundation conducts an orphan census registration in its areas of operation under the Shelter for Shy Program. It not only helps identify and track down newly orphaned children, but also helps develop appropriate strategies for preventing and responding to cases of child abuse, exploitation, violence, and family separation. During 2011-2018, we identified 2057 orphan children, all less than 18 years of age. We also facilitated over 17 adoptions, placed over 53 children in foster families and 404 orphans in local shelter managed by local authorities.
Clothes for needed Children: The Clothes for Orphan Program has been critical in serving several orphan communities where children were deprived of appropriate articles of clothing in harsh weather conditions. During 2018 – 2019, we were able to provide over $1700 worth of usable clothes and shoes to five orphan schools and two orphanages in the Department of Didyr.
By end of 2020, Orphan Life Foundation plans to support six additional schools as well as the orphanages we’re serving today with clothes and shoes. We anticipate helping more orphans by raising $2500 in value.
How we listen
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Financials
Financial data
Orphan Life Foundation
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2021
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $184,000 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $5,000 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $184,000 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $50,000 |
| Administration | $6,000 |
| Fundraising | $5,000 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $112,148 |
| Other Expenses | $9,800 |
| Total Expenses | $146,948 |
Orphan Life Foundation
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2021
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $28,000 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $8,700 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $18,700 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Founder/President
Mr Auguste Severin Badiel
Auguste provides administrative support to Orphan Life Foundation. Auguste is from Ohio and has worked with nonprofit community in several states as volunteer and Program Coordinator for the last six years. He received a BA in Information System Management, MBA in Business administration, MBA in Cyber Criminology. Auguste developed a strong sense of devotion for the nonprofit sector as a beneficiary of an informal development program in Ohio and New York. He also advocates for children of military/service members who are orphaned as a result of their parents sacrificing their own lives for their beloved country. This experience gave him a deep appreciation for how nonprofits seek to improve the quality of life for young children.
Vice President
Shah Rupal
Rupal Shah currently serves as the Vice President of the Orphan Life Foundation. Rupal has an extensive background in charitable efforts including seats on various charity boards including Junior Achievement NJ, an organization which provides education to underprivileged children, New Eyes for the Needy, an organization which provides glasses to the disadvantaged and most recently Essex County Family Justice who provides resources for victims of domestic violence. Rupal aspires to help those in need.
Rupal holds a BS from Rutgers University and an MBA from the New York University, Stern Business School. She currently works at PGIM Fixed Income in their Client Advisory Group.
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Orphan Life Foundation
Board of directorsas of 09/04/2023
Board of directors data
Mr Alice Depina
Orphan Life Foundation
Term: 2023 - 2020
Mr Kenneth Deberry
Orphan Life Foundation
Term: 2017 - 2023
Emmanuel P Bafiogo
AD
Amos Kobore
Oracle
Caitlin Walsh
PGIM
Riley Godshall
Lafayette College
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
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
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- 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 have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- 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.
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