Happy Childhood Programs [HCP]

Objectives:

  • With carefully selected local organizations, to implement Happy Childhood Programs in the five fields outlined above and reach-out to as many children as possible, worldwide
  • As an integral part of our programs, to help these local organizations, as needed, achieve more and do better
  • By doing so, to act fast and maximize impact

Through the Happy Childhood Programs, HCF has provided care and support
to more than 4000 children around the globe

USA

SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITY LAB, CHICAGO

HCF-North America made a gift to the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago’s new state of the art rehabilitation center. The gift was made for a private rehabilitation space on the new pediatric floor of SRA lab; this new space carries the name of the Happy Childhood Foundation. The SRA lab is taking rehabilitation to a whole new level and the Happy Childhood Foundation is proud to continue strengthening its relationship which such a wonderful organization.

TANZANIA

ST. JOHN PAUL II REHABILITATION CENTER, MONDULI

HCF-Africa has offered rehabilitation equipment and medical trainings to the St. John Paul II rehabilitation center in Monduli. This center has partnered with HCF Africa to elevate its efficiency and modernize its practices to be able to sustain therapy in the center. The gifted equipment and trainings today serve up to 100 children at any given time. Our commitment to provide support to the St. Jhon Paul II Rehabilitation Center is frequently reviewed, and upon the need, is provided in the form of sustainable practical solutions.

CANAAN CHILDREN CENTER, KISONGO

The Canaan Children Center in Kisongo-Tanzania, provides care and support to orphaned children of all age. They provide food, shelter, security, schooling and medical care to 50 children under their care. HCF Africa is providing support with selected food items and medical insurance to the children. This contribution is reviewed yearly and adjusted depending on the needs and the new solutions that HCF can offer.

 


LEBANON

ASSOCIATION DU FOYER DE L’ENFANT LIBANAIS (AFEL)

Since 1976, AFEL has worked with delinquent children, or children at risk of delinquency, abused children or children living in abusive conditions, by providing them with a school system and an after-school system to help them reinforce their education, develop their values, and get them off the streets. The Happy Childhood Foundation supports AFEL with a speech therapist, who works with each and every child in need to get them up to standards and help them learn to express themselves.

Website: http://www.afel.org.lb/

FATHER ANDWEG INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

The FAID is one of it’s kind in Lebanon: it’s a school for hearing-impaired children, and what is remarkable about this particular school is that they teach these children how to speak –how to communicate, with words, not just sign language. And with that skill, these children are able to grow and function in society. The Happy Childhood Foundation supports FAID with speech therapists and a psychologist.

BEIRUT DANCE PROJECT

One of the first projects supported by the Happy Childhood Foundation, the Beirut Dance Project gives underprivileged young girls and boys the chance to train as professional ballet dancers. Ballet isn’t just about dancing. For these children, it’s a discipline, a way to up their self-confidence and self-worth, a potential profession –and most of all, it gives them the chance to dream.

Website: http://www.nadakano.com/project/

OUM EL NOUR

Starting from January 2015, the Happy Childhood Foundation is supporting Oum el Nour’s Youth Awareness program. This program seeks to shed light on the issues of drug addiction and to highlight its risks: through awareness sessions, activities and events, and the production of information-education-communication material.

Website: https://oum-el-nour.org/

JINISHIAN MEMORIAL PROGRAM

Since 1966, the Jinishian Memorial Program has worked with families in need to help them move from poverty and despair to self-sufficiency and hope — through relief, development and spiritual uplift. The Happy Childhood Foundation started its support to JMP in 2014 with a special monthly fund: with that, an experienced/senior JMP social worker directs the funds to provide basic necessities for children living in extreme poverty. A pair of shoes, a healthy meal, a birthday cake, a toy…  Also through the JMP, The Happy Childhood Foundation is providing scholarships to children who would otherwise not be able to attend school. Starting in 2015, HCF has allocated additional funding to provide essential household appliances to families with children, like an oven, a fridge and other essentials.

Website: http://jinishian.org/

COLLEGE NOTRE DAME DE NAZARETH 

Since its inception, the Happy Childhood Foundation has supported deserving school students who, because of changing financial situations, would otherwise have to drop out of private school and into the public system. Through scholarships, transportation, school uniforms.

 CHILE

CORPORACION JESUS NINO, SANTIAGO

Since 2012, the Happy Childhood Foundation has provided support through Jesus Nino, to support more than 100 children living in dire conditions for not having a proper home environment,​ attending a variety of programs, both educational and leisurely. Since the beginning of this partnership, the HCF’s support and contributions have helped​ improve and develop the library, allowed the hiring of more and professional ​staff to cater to more and more children while providing better support to the most vulnerable minors.

 INDIA

MOTHER AND CHILD FOUNDATION, KERALA

The Mother and Child Foundation was founded in 2000 in Thodupuzha – in the state of Kerala, South India. It is a charitable organization which provides shelter, education, food and other basic human needs, but most importantly love and care, to forsaken or orphaned children, youth and mothers without discrimination of caste, creed, and religion.
To date, the foundation accommodates 176 children from all backgrounds and religions. All live under the same roof with dignity and respect for each other.
Some children are picked up from the streets or from unwed or mentally sick mothers but this does not deter the foundation from putting the children through their studies. Some of the professional studies include Nursing, Engineering, hotel management, computer engineer etc.. For those who do not or cannot pursue academic studies then professional and practical training is offered in music, plumbing, electrical work, welding, tailoring etc. And those who are recognized as having a talent in certain areas are encouraged, such as Jaison, who is given free schooling in a sports school due to his athleticism.