Foundation grant targets children in Haiti

The Kiwanis International Foundation (KIF) has awarded a $10,000 grant from its Disaster Relief Fund to Sleeping Children Around the World to provide bed kits for children in Haiti. The grant was requested by Aktion Club, which adopted Sleeping Children Around the World as its service initiative about three years ago.

A massive earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, reducing most of its capital and the surrounding area to rubble. This most recent grant brings the amount of money the foundation has earmarked for disaster relief there to more than $40,000.

Founded in 1970, Sleeping Children Around the World has been providing bed kits to children in need around the world, mostly in underdeveloped and developing countries. Each bed kit includes a mat or mattress, pillow, sheet, blanket, mosquito net (if needed), clothes outfit, towel and school supplies. The foundation grant will be enough to provide about 300 bed kits to kids with the most needs in Haiti.

Since partnering with Sleeping Children Around the World, Aktion Clubs have raised more than $50,000, including matching funds from the foundation.