Children's Heart Network
CanadaChildren/Education
The Children's Heart Network is a provincial, non-profit organization offering support, information and education to families, children and youth dealing with congenital or acquired heart disease. When a child is first diagnosed with congenital heart disease, often our most familiar supports can seem distant, leaving us feeling isolated and alone. We are families who are traveling down the road that you will also travel. Each family's journey will be unique. With innovative medical and surgical techniques, most children with heart disease have every opportunity to lead full and productive lives.
Children's HeartLink
United StatesHealth/Medical
Founded in 1969, Children's HeartLink is a medical non-governmental organization working in partnership with health care centers in underserved regions of the world to promote sustainable cardiac care for children with congenital or acquired heart disease. Children’s HeartLink partners with health care providers in medically underserved areas, empowering local hospitals to care for children in their region with consistent, quality and sustainable pediatric cardiac services. We work with teams of medical volunteers who provide training and education to our partners, and treatment for local children. Our volunteers come from some of the world’s finest medical institutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore.
Children's HopeChest
United StatesChildren/Education
At HopeChest, we advocate a "community to community" partnership model. We believe that holistic, sustainable change in the poorest communities occurs when one community partners with another. Children's HopeChest now manages individual and church partnerships with over 70 locations worldwide and provides to orphans in nine countries: Russia, Swaziland, Uganda and Ethiopia, Moldova, Haiti, India and Guatemala. There are over 147 million orphans in the world-- hard to imagine so many children without a family, without anyone to watch over them. Children's HopeChest empowers orphans to overcome abandonment, poverty, and violence by mobilizing U.S. faith-based communities to make long-term ministry investments in a community of children living overseas. These relationships provide financial, human, and spiritual resources to help orphans survive, thrive, and succeed in within their home culture.
Children's Hospital
United StatesHealth/Medical
Children's Hospital Boston is a 396-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. The hospital's clinical staff includes approximately 963 active medical and dental staff, we also have a diverse, trained team of more than 800 volunteers. Children's is also home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center. Since 1869, our discoveries have benefited both children and adults.
Children's Hospital Association
United StatesCommunity/Family
Children's Hospital opened in St.Paul, Minnesota, in 1924 under the leadership of Dr.Walter Ramsey, the first physician in the area to limit his practice to pediatrics. He initiated the policy of permitting patients to pay what they could afford. Today CHA is comprised of approximately 500 members, all of whom are volunteers. They are dedicated to raising funds and providing programs and services to support the health and well-being of children in our community. CHA raises, maintains and distributes funds to Children's Hospitals and Clinics serving St. Paul and the east metro community.
Children's Hospital Foundations Australia
AustraliaHealth/Medical
Established in 2004, Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia is a partnership of Australia’s five leading children’s hospital foundations. Foundations are the fundraising bodies directly attached to each of our children’s hospitals. They are established to engage business and community support and raise much needed funds for sick and injured children. Children’s hospitals have independently played a vital role in our state communities for over a hundred years. Our work is respected and appreciated by several generations of children and families. Our first partner hospital began in 1870 and our first community foundation was formally established in 1985. With a long and treasured tradition of excellence in children’s health care, between our five partner hospitals we service each state and territory across Australia and Asia Pacific.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
United StatesHealth/Medical
Since its start in 1855 as the nation's first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been the birthplace for many dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. The Hospital has fostered medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved countless children’s lives. Over 150 years of innovation and service to our patients, their families and our community, reflect an ongoing commitment to exceptional patient care. At The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, we believe community plays an important role in the lives of children. To promote children's health and support the mission of our pediatric network, we involve the community in many activities.
Children's Hunger Fund
United StatesChildren/Education
Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF) has practiced Gospel-centered mercy ministry for more than twenty years. Since 1991, 99% of CHF’s total contributions—over 1 billion dollars in food and other aid—have been distributed through programs serving more than 20 million children across America and around the world. Since inception, 99% of all contributions to CHF have been used for programs serving children in need.
Children's Inn at NIH
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Children's Inn at NIH is a private, nonprofit, family-centered residence for pediatric outpatients at the National Institutes of Health and their families. Children come from across the country and around the world to stay together with their families in The Inn's healing environment while receiving groundbreaking medical treatments at the NIH, the world's leading biomedical research center. While the NIH takes care of the child's medical needs, The Inn tends to the child's heart, soul and spirit. Since opening in 1990 The Inn has housed more than 10,000 children from all over the U.S. and more than 74 countries. Families stay free of charge, and enjoy a variety of activities throughout their stay.
Children's Institute
United StatesResearch/Dev
With programs and services that are grounded in research, we build bridges between theory and practice. We transform ideas into proven solutions and turn obstacles into opportunities for success for children and families. Children's Institute partners with community agencies and schools to strengthen the social and emotional health of children. We can assist with the implementation of evidence-based prevention and early intervention programs. We provide a range of trainings, assessments, and services to support those who work with children and we conduct research and evaluation to seek out answers to questions and continuously improve efforts that support children’s positive growth and development.
Children's International
United StatesChildren/Education
Children International is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to bettering the lives of impoverished children, their families and communities. We achieve our goals primarily through child sponsorship, which unites children in need with individual sponsors who wish to address the children's immediate and basic needs. Sponsorship gives poor children the tools and opportunities necessary for success by providing benefits and supporting programs for each child - primarily in the areas of education and health. Our sponsorship program currently benefits more than 300,000 impoverished children and their families in 11 countries throughout the world.
Children's Medical Research Institute
AustraliaResearch/Dev
The Children’s Medical Research Institute conducts fundamental genetic research to understand the genes important for health and development, and the underlying causes of disease. We have four major areas of research: embryonic development and birth defects, cancer, nerve cell signalling, and gene therapy. One in 20 children suffers from some kind of chronic illness, congenital abnormality or genetic disease. By studying the key changes that occur during development we can identify when, where and how faults may occur. If small problems can be detected at this stage they could be prevented from becoming big problems, or treated to reduce their impact on our children’s quality of life.
Children's Memorial Hospital
United StatesHealth/Medical
Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago is the place where kids come first. With over 462,000 patient visits – from 32 countries and all 50 states in 2008 – Children’s Memorial provides advanced care to more young people than any other hospital in the region. Children's Memorial Hospital is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. As a charitable organization, we serve children and their families to the best of our abilities and the limits of our resources. The hospital offers world-class health care with 1,100 pediatric specialists in 70 specialties, as well as an unwavering commitment to excellence in pediatric research, education and advocacy.
Children's Miracle Network
United StatesHealth/Medical
CMN is an alliance of children's hospitals throughout the United States and Canada. CMN serves its member hospitals by raising funds and awareness of health care needs of children and youth and the people and institutions that care for them. CMN's public education program develops, produces, broadcasts and promotes an annual television broadcast and other informational materials which inform the public on issues concerning health, welfare, and development needs of children. With the network support/professional education program, CMN develops relationships with corporate partners to create fund raising programs including employee and customer donations, coin canisters, walks, golf tournaments, bake sales, etc. Participating hospitals use funds raised for new equipment, capital expansion, patient services, research programs, and health education programs. CMN also develops community education programs making them available to participating children's hospitals.
Children's National Medical Center
United StatesHealth/Medical
Children's National Medical Center has consistently been rated one of America's best pediatric institutions by U.S. News & World Report. It is also one of only eight children's hospitals in the country among the Leapfrog Group’s 2009 Top Hospitals. Children’s National has provided hope to the nation's children and their families for nealry 140 years. What started as a small hospital in the nation's capital has grown to an internationally recognized leader in pediatric medicine with world-class facilities, physicians, and researchers. In addition to being a destination for children throughout the world, Children's National also provides about $50 million in uncompensated care each year for kids whose families cannot afford to pay.
Children's Network International
United StatesChildren/Education
Children's International Network's roots began in 1990, when John and Maritza Hernandez founded Kids Clubs in Miami, Florida. These clubs were held in the poorest and most violent areas of the city. It was an outreach to children who had no hope and had turned to the loveless streets. The ministry exploded rapidly into something with God's hand behind it. The ministry started in November, and just one month later, by Christmas, they gave out 2,000 toys to inner-city children. The Hernandez's vision expanded into a ministry that could reach the hopeless and less loved children around the world.
Children's Organ Transplant Association
United StatesCommunity/Family
The Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) exists to assist patients who require a life-saving organ, bone marrow, cord blood or stem cell transplant. We work with all transplant patients age 21 and under for any disease complication, and with any patient who needs a transplant due to a genetic disease such as Cystic Fibrosis or Sickle Cell Anemia. COTA has assisted more than 1,500 patients with fundraising to meet transplant-related expenses, things not covered by insurance, from almost every state and every economic situation. We guide the family and their volunteers through every step including: organizing and training the campaign committee, planning successful events and activities, working with the media and finding multiple sources of funding.
Children's Relief Bethlehem
SwitzerlandHumanitarian Aid
Children's Relief Bethlehem has been providing aid and support to the families in Bethlehem and vicinity since 1952. At the Caritas Baby Hospital, they find a place of quiet and peace. "We are there:" both the children and their mothers can put their trust in this promise. The Caritas Baby Hospital is open to all children, whatever their nationality, religion or social origin. Needy families come here for the medical attention they cannot get anywhere else. Children’s Relief Bethlehem also involves the mothers in caring for their children in order to prevent future illness. We integrate the families into their children’s recovery.
Children's Relief Network
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
CRN is mainly funded by individuals and some organizations. We receive no financial assistance either from the U.S. Government or from the Romanian Government. The Children's Relief Network was founded in 1995 by Angie Thomson for the primary and initial purpose of supporting the Bucharest Street Children's Project.
Children's Resiliency Project
South AfricaCommunity/Family
We built and completely furnish 3 bedroom homes to place AIDS affected orphans into each home and provide their needs until they become adults, we also placed African parents or grandparents who wish to raise orphans into these homes. We helpes erect and staff a school for our orphans and other needy children in the community after the fourth year of the project's existence. We involve our children in community-based organizations, and build homes throughout South Africa under the leadership of national pastors and missionaries to house AIDS-affected orphans not located at the Children's Resiliency project. We believe that African children should not be subjected to total Eurocentric enculturation, but that we should assimilate into each others' cultures as a part of effective ministry.