Social Mission:
Kids4Kids believes in a world where all young people should, by the power of their positive actions, have the opportunity to make a difference.
Through service and creativity, Kids4Kids develops platforms to empower all young people to be socially responsible and community conscious.
Business Model:
Kids4Kids’ revenue derives primarily from a combination of:
- Traditional fundraising as a registered charity, including from our biennial gala dinner and foundation grants;
- Corporate sponsorship for programs such as our Buddy Reading literacy development program and our Powered by Youth and Sharing For a Cause youth empowerment programs;
- Program income from the sale of the books of winning entries from our Writing For A Cause competition, participation payment by learning centres and full fee- paying students for our Powered by Youth empowerment program.
Founding Team:
Michele Lai, Shirley Kuan ; current Board of Governors also include James Haybyrne, Jack Lee, Kyran Sze, Brian Tang
Impact:
Kids4Kids’ mission is to provide a platform for youth programs that:
Empower and Educate; ØØ Engage; Enable; and Impact.
Kids4Kids has worked with more than 50 charity organizations and schools to benefit children from low income families via programs including Buddy Reading, Writing for a Cause, Powered by Youth Forum and Action for a Cause, and to date, our impact includes:
- 800+ hours reading aloud to kids
- 20+ community centres and schools have benefited from our programs
- 5270+ children have been read to under the Buddy Reading scheme
- Over 5,000 children from 56 primary and secondary schools 10 learning centres have participated in Writing for a Cause
- 67 stories have been published in Kids4Kids Books and Treasury
- 9 youth forums and 140 schools
- Collected and donated 110,560+ items through our annual ‘Sharing for a Cause’ campaign