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Founded in 1988 at the heart of England, Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust is a charitable foundation that offers a wide range of care to life-threatened and life-limited children and young individuals and their families across United Kingdom. These children and adolescents are unlikely to reach adulthood, and therefore require specialized and holistic care every hour of the day, every day of the year. As of the moment, Acorns support more than 650 children and 920 families in England.

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With an aim to transform the lives of children across the globe, Absolute Return for Kids is an international organization which develops programs and interventions that create the greatest developments in children’s lives by investing its benefactors’ money in the most effective way there is.

The foundation focuses on protection, education and health of children all over the world and works alongside, local, national and worldwide partners in developing innovative solutions that wil...

Founded in 2006 by celebrity chef and entrepreneur Rachael Ray, Yum – O! is a non-profit organization that allows children and their families to establish a healthy relationship with cooking and food through its three core areas: Cook, Feed and Fund.

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Yum – O! educates kids and families about the world of culinary arts by providing them with an informative and interactive website that allows young chefs to explore gastronomic experiences and try out kid-friendly recipes. The we...

Jack Johnson has proven that he’s more than just one of the world’s most successful recording artists, having established the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation and the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation. He has also created the All at Once Campaign, supported the Australian Marine Conservation Society, the Inspire Foundation’s ActNow project and 1% for the Planet. Jack Johnson has also helped raise funds for Amnesty International.

The Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation aims to raise mon...

Malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is one of the most deadly diseases in African nations, infecting 10 people per second and killing a child every minute. Nothing But Nets is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping to stop the spread of this disease. While Europe and North America has managed to combat malaria through advanced researches in science, technology and medicine, nations in Africa don’t have the same resources, much less access to such health care and treatmen...

The Trevor Project is an American non-profit organization catering towards providing suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, and questioning youths. It was founded by Randy Stone, Peggy Rajski, and James Lecesne in 1998, the same people behind the Academy Award-winning short film TREVOR. Taking place in 1981, TREVOR is a coming-of-age story about loving, losing, and learning to be just yourself. 

When TREVOR was about to air on HBO,...

Did you know that a child dies from a water-borne disease every 20 seconds? This is the plight that moved Just a Drop, an international water aid charity, to be launched in 1998. The charity was born out of the premise that if people can give just a little, and people can be encouraged to do so, then collective good will be achieved. In fact, Fiona Jeffrey, Just a Drop’s founder, was enlightened to learn that you can provide a child with clean water for up to a decade by just contributing...

Contrary to what people might say, culture and the arts form an integral part in molding young people to become expressive and responsible citizens. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation was founded to do just this. Established in 1995 by brothers Russell, Danny and Joseph Simmons, the charity seeks to provide disadvantaged youth of all races with exposure to the arts and give them a chance to shine. The foundation also believes that involving teenagers in the arts provides them with an ou...

According to the official website, “Elysium” means “a place or condition of ideal happiness”. Happiness is what The Art of Elysium has indeed been gearing towards its goal of giving children with serious medical conditions a chance to shine. This non-profit organization has a pool of volunteer artists who work with children in various performing arts workshops and activities. These workshops are tailored to help children cope with the emotional difficulties, illnesses and hospitaliz...