Kids in Crisis has been asked to join in on the responsibility of taking care of 400 special-needs children who live in the northern part of Nicaragua. Our organization has been working closely with local leaders on the ground for the past seven years as we have partnered with A Heart to Love Children, a [...]
On a recent trip to rural Nicaragua, my path crossed with many children who have mental and or physical disabilities. Unlike medical care available in the United States for children who face these kinds of challenges, the patchwork medical system of Nicaragua and other Third World nations provides a stark contrast. While help is sometimes [...]
About three years ago, an impoverished community in Nicaragua was touched for the first time by Feed My Starving Children’s food program. The squatter’s community consisted of displaced families who set up black plastic bags for shelter in an area where there was no discernible sanitation system. Heavy plastic bags sheltered the families from the [...]
We’re back from our trip and had a wonderful experience. The dresses were a HUGE hit among the little girls and even some of the older ones, which surprised me, were very interested. The pillow dresses were made by ladies at a senior center - A great example of everyone doing their part and helping [...]
One of the things we are passionate about at KIC is orphan prevention. Often children are abandoned and subsequently labeled as orphans. Not because they have no living parent, but because that parent is facing extreme financial hardships and feel s as though they have no choice but to give up their child. Sometimes all [...]