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Kids to Kids Funds 78 New Projects!
The results are in! Over 400 Kids to Kids Members have spoken by casting over 1,600 votes and picked the newest round of projects to receive K2K grant awards. We received more than 90 applications for projects for kids around the globe, including first-time proposals from Morocco, Peru, the Philippines and Rwanda. Kids to Kids will fund 78 of these new projects, reaching over 18,000 more kids with opportunities in arts, sports, education and the environment. That brings our grand to total to a whopping 30,000 impacted by you and our Kids to Kids program. That's AMAZING!
Here is a sampling of projects in each country:
Belize - Kids to Kids is supporting three new projects in Belize, bringing our total to 63 in the country. Click here for a map of the new projects.
Magic School Bus: Exploring Belize
Amigos del Ambiente (Friends of the Environment)
Grow Garden Project
 Costa Rica - Kids to Kids is awarding grants to eight new projects in Costa Rica, bringing us to a total of 52 projects. Click here for a map of the new projects.
Art for Peace
Saltos y Trucos (Jumps and Tricks)
Empowering Young Women Leaders
Garden of Growth for Youth
Readers' Clubhouse
Healthy Kids Summer Camp
Court Full of Smiles
Amigos del Ambiente (Friends of the Environment)
Dominican Republic - In this round of grants, Kids to Kids is adding 14 new projects in the Dominican Republic and has now funded 67 projects in the country. Click here for a map of the new projects.
Knowledge is Power
Youth Painting the Future
Biblioteca (Library) Ismael De Los Santos
Engineering a Brighter Future!
El Partidense Community Magazine
Documenting Dreams
For a full list of projects in progress in the DR, click here!
El Salvador - Kids to Kids is funding 10 new projects in El Salvador in this round, bringing our total to 91 projects - our largest program so far! Click here for a map of the new projects.
Eco Art Camp
Sowing Seeds to Grow Healthy Strong Kids
Malnutrition Prevention Convention!
Girls Softball Camp
Artistic Creations
For a full list of projects in ES, click here!
Morocco - Kids to Kids is kicking of its program in Morocco with six new projects! Click here to see a map of the first K2K projects in Morocco.
Shaping Young Minds
The First Ever Iztat Summer Camp
Watch It Grow
Rihane Screen Printers & Fashion Designers
Ecological Youth House
Nour Basketball Association
 Peru - With the Kids to Kids program starting in Peru, we are awarding grants to 28 new projects. Click here for a map of the first K2K projects in Peru.
Trees, Bees and Recyclables Please
Seeds to Stomach
Allismanta Yachkuqkuna! (Excellent Readers)
The Kids' Zone
Youth Going Green
Books + Reading = Fun
For a full list of new projects in Peru, click here!
Philippines - Kids to Kids is supporting three projects in the Philippines, making it our first country in Asia! Click here for a map of the first K2K projects in the Philippines.
Kickin' It in Guiuan
Nutrition Knowledge
A Reading Room of Our Own
 Rwanda - And last but certainly not least - the first six Kids to Kids projects in Rwanda. Here is a map of the first K2K projects in Rwanda!
Ubukorikori Buhoraho (Arts for Life)
"Some-bunny Loves Me" Agriculture Club
Kin-Folk Art
Duterimbere (We Move Forward)
Hope House
Indagamirwa! (Those we admire and look forward to watching)
Now that's a lot of projects!
Summertime Call to ACTION!
World Connect needs to raise $100,000 this summer to expand our Kids to Kids Program to five additional countries before the end of the year and we need YOUR help. As you can see above, Kids to Kids is making an amazing impact all over the world and we want to keep growing! Make a contribution to the Kids to Kids All-Kids fund today. Gifts of any size are appreciated. After you have donated, read the list of potential countries and send us your picks for the next to be part of Kids to Kids.
K2K Featured by BOOST Collaborative
 BOOST Collaborative, short for "Best Out-of-School Time Opportunities", featured Kids to Kids as the Program Highlight in its most recent newsletter. BOOST is committed to creating opportunities for change in educational and social service agencies serving youth in the out-of-school time hours. They thought Kids to Kids could be a really neat option for all of the educators and youth development professionals they work with and decided to share! To read the newsletter, click here.
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