Mission Statement: Kids home international is a non profit humanitarian organization that seeks to improve the quality of lives of the 
homeless and orphaned kids through programs designed to develop their 
spirit, mind and body, so they can realize their full potential in the society.

Kids Home International intends to reach out to the homeless, orphaned and exploited children through select programs that target underserved communities. To achieve this goal, Kids Home International will implement the following strategies:

• Establish a home for vulnerable children with no families
• Empower, protect and strengthen the care of orphans within their extended families and communities
• Set up a system that will support families and communities to respond to the psychological needs of the orphans, homeless, and exploited children
• Emphasize the need for the youth to be involved in decision making in community problems e.g. AIDS
• Target the most vulnerable children and communities, not only those orphaned by AIDS.
• Establish school and free access to education
• Reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with AIDS
• Implement economic intervention strategies towards families with needs
• Start up programs that will address the sexual abuse and exploitation of women and girls
• Linking HIV/AIDS prevention with support for orphans and vulnerable children

In a joint report by the UNAIDS and UNICEF, they estimated that 892,000 children under the age 15 had lost their mother or both parents to AIDS by the end of 2001.The Kenyan National AIDS and sexually transmitted disease control program (NASCOP) estimates that there will be 1.5m orphans under 15 years by 2005, largely due to AIDS. An estimated 600 children are orphaned everyday. US census bureau projections indicate that by 2005, there will be about 820 orphaned per day from AIDS. Most of these children withdraw from school because of lack of extended family support. Girls are the most disadvantaged due to cultural attitudes. They are then forced into prostitution in order to sustain themselves.

Kids Home International will strive to establish a safe and secure place for children with no families to call home, which would enable them to receive tender care and loving support during their stay there. Every child deserves a chance- a chance to live, a chance to love and be loved, a chance to learn, and a chance to grow into a happy and productive adult. Unfortunately, too many children are denied a chance for these basic human rights.

Click here to see a PowerPoint presentation on
Kids Home International's 2003-2004 Strategic Plan "KHI In the Community."

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