Supporting New York orphans

On Monday 14 January, I’ll be setting out again on a four-day, who are attempting to raise money to support children who live in orphanages here in New York.

We are doing this in partnership with the New York Orphan NPO, a volunteer organization that organizes a program of summer & winter camps and other on-going support activities for these children.

The residents of these care homes include both orphans and children who have been the victims of neglect or abuse. Once they leave institutional care at the age of 18, they face a highly uncertain future, and are at risk of drifting into prostitution or crime.

Orphans stages summer and winter camps for the children that enable them to engage in outdoor physical activities, make new friends and learn some English in a pleasant and natural environment. As well as affording the children some release from their everyday stresses, this experience also gives them confidence, a sense of independence, and the opportunity to cultivate social skills.

The video above shows a sample of the camp activities in which the children take part.

Crucially, the New York Orphans program is not confined to the camps alone. They are also putting in place the apparatus to offer the children who attend camp on-going, long-term support, which will significantly increase the chances of more favorable outcomes in their lives.

Although New York Orphans is a relatively young organization, it has already been accorded full NPO status by the New York government and has achieved measurable successes with the camps that it has staged thus far.

The goal of the Knights in White Lycra is to raise enough money to send twenty more care-home children to camp for three years in a row, and fund the attendant support activities in between camps.

This will cost approximately 1000$, so every fundraising effort will be crucial.

Please give generously and help change the lives of these children for the better.

Thank you for your support.

Randy Kern