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Donating online is an easy and secure way to speed up your support for Care For Children. You can make both one time and recurring donations.
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| Donate Offline |
To donate offline please
Click here to download this form, fill in and mail to the address below:
Care For Children
2401 15th Street NW.
Washington, DC 20009 |
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| Corporate Gift Matching |
Matching Gift Information Corporate matching gifts are an easy way for people to increase the impact of their personal contributions to Care For Children. By taking advantage of a company's matching gift program, you can double or triple your own contribution .
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Overview
"Service is the expression of joy and love. Ask yourself
'How can I be useful to those around me and to the whole world?' "
H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
The Art of Living Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non profit educational and humanitarian organization. The Care for Children program is an initiative undertaken by the Art of Living Foundation. Any contributions made to the Care for Children program are fully tax deductible. For donations made online, tax receipts will be emailed to your registered email address. Paper tax receipts will be mailed to your registered home address once annually. You will also receive our quarterly newsletter "Smile Times" to provide you with updates on our projects.
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The financials of the Care for Children program are fully audited. The program has an administrative overhead of 5%, i.e. 95% of the donations made to the program go directly to the schools operated by the Care for Children program.
The Care for Children program operates schools in rural and tribal areas of India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Africa where government schooling may not be available. Private schools, if any, may be too expensive for the parents too afford. By donating even the equivalent of a dollar a day, you can transform the life of a child living in such areas. Your support allows Care for Children to provide these children with:
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Proper school infrastructure - classrooms, libraries, playgrounds for physical activities |
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Balanced meals during the school day |
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Regular medical care |
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School supplies like note books, pencils etc. |
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Education supplies like textbooks |
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3 sets of uniforms |
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Bus transportation to and from the school |
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Salaries for school staff such as principals, teachers etc. |
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Vocational Training for the parents of these children |
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Free medical camps for the community |
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Tree planting and reforestation |
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Organic Farming so as to improve crop yield |
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