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Children, Incorporated (CI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) international child sponsorship organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Children, Incorporated was founded in 1964 by Jeanne Clarke Wood, daughter of the noted philanthropists Dr. and Mrs. J. Calvitt Clarke. After personally witnessing the deprivation of children in Guatemala, Ms. Wood began writing letters and seeking assistance for the 95 children she met on her journey. This became the first Children Incorporated project. Thanks to past and current supporters around the globe, Children Incorporated now has over 300 projects in 23 countries which serve over 15,000 children annually. To date, over 250,000 children have been provided opportunities for growth and education and experienced the support and encouragement Children Incorporated programs provide. Children Incorporated envisions a world in which each and every child has the education, resources, and opportunity to build a better life. 〔https://childrenincorporated.org/about-us/our-history/〕 == Sponsorship model == Children Incorporated relies on donors and individual sponsors to provide opportunities to children around the world. Sponsorship provides an underprivileged child with basic necessities such as food, clothing, healthcare and education. Sponsorships cost $28 per month per child, although CI has offered certain breaks to longtime members by allowing their sponsorship rates to stay the same as when they had joined, such as $24 a month, as long as that sponsored child continues to be part of the program. The sponsorship stipend is the responsibility of the coordinating organization, and many coordinators draft budgets saying what the stipend is spent on and remit it to CI. Most of the stipend money is spent on items relative to the child's cleanliness, medical and dental needs, such as clothes, soap, toothpaste, or to defray cost of education, such as school supplies. As an international non-profit, Children Incorporated partners with other organizations that already have structure in areas of need. Affiliating with established orphanages, schools and childcare centers that have the staff to manage programs on a volunteer basis. Over 300 volunteer coordinators drive programs throughout 22 foreign countries. Although Children Incorporated was started as an international program, it has expanded into a domestic capacity. Children Incorporated's mission statement has said that despite the conditions of the Third World, they are also committed to the concept of "charity begins at home" and an American program was also deserved. The U.S. program has three major sections, inner city Detroit and Richmond, American Indian reservations and the Appalachia region. There are different regulations for sponsors enrolled in the U.S. program; American children are given stronger identity protection in that their photographs are not shown on the website as are international children. Electing to sponsor an American child will reveal the photograph to the donor. Sponsors may also send care packages to American children, which is discouraged in the international programs out of concern for poor postal services and corrupt customs officials in many Third World nations.〔https://childrenincorporated.org/about-us/how-does-it-work〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Children, Incorporated」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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