Our Purpose

A Chance For Kids, Inc. is to serve and assist children in Haiti in order to increase their quality of life and sense of self worth. Haiti is a country that suffers from extreme poverty. Poverty traps future generations in a vicious cycle without hope and opportunity. A Chance For Kids will strive to bring the people of Haiti out of this poverty. Our organization will specifically target the children in Haiti and seek to offer them shelter, education, and good health.

The primary activity of A Chance For Kids is to operate an orphanage for the homeless children in Haiti. We would like to rent or lease a building that would allow us to bring in children that have no place to stay. The goal is to obtain this facility in 2010. The orphanage would be open to children of all ages under 18. Our organization will provide all of the children with clean water, food, and clothing. We will also encourage and help the children get to the local school so that they can receive an education. In addition, we will help the children get to health clinics in order to receive regular checkups and any necessary medicine. Our goal is that this orphanage will exist in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which has many poor neighborhoods and homeless children. Our volunteers from the United States and Haiti will be responsible for operating the orphanage. A Chance For Kids will visit local churches in Haiti to find volunteers that are willing to work with the children. We will also hire a full time staff member from the local area to direct the orphanage. The board members will visit frequently to monitor the activities of the orphanage. Our first facility will most likely be small and will probably house around a dozen children. The cost of renting a facility of this size will be approximately $200 USD per month.

A Chance For Kids will also organize activities for all of the children in Port-au-Prince. These activities will be comprised of social and athletic events and most importantly educational programs. Some examples of these activities are soccer games and reading lessons. These programs will be offered in our facility and lead by our volunteers. Through these activities we hope that we are able to better educate the youth while helping them to grow and support each other.

We will also try to receive donations of clothing, educational materials, and other supplies that can be given to the children. All of these activities will take place in the United States. The majority of these funds will go directly to the costs of maintaining and operating the orphanage. Our volunteers from the United States will travel to Haiti on their own expenses. Our hope is that through the funding we receive, we can make a true difference in the lives of the children.