IMPROVING THE WORLD, ONE CHILD AND ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME
Kiwanis is the safety net that creates opportunities for children to be curious, safe and healthy regardless of the community in which they live.
Each community has different needs, and Kiwanis empowers members to pursue creative ways to serve the needs of children, such as fighting hunger, improving literacy and offering guidance.
Here are just a few examples of how Kiwanians impact the lives of children.
The White Raven against child poverty
Embracing the ambitious project of reducing child poverty in the Waasland region of Flanders, Belgium. Together with school associations, the club Sint-Niklaas Waasland worked to detect which children were most at risk and worked to address their needs and provided children with new clothing, food, educational materials, footwear and more.
Margot, step by step
Margot, suffered from a spastic diplegia (or Little disease). Thanks to the action of the clubs in the District France-Monaco, Margot was able to undergo surgery at the Pediatric Hospital of St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. Margot is walking again!
Bicycle helmets for youth safety
School bags to counteract exclusion
Many clubs from the Kiwanis Germany District have been distributing school bags and supplies to socially disadvantaged children. The action is intended to create almost the same starting conditions for all children who enter first grade (at 6 years old).
