About KEY International
KEY International Foundation
OVERVIEW
KEY International Foundation is a nonprofit organization that serves
children whose families are in the lowest income categories in developing
countries. Most of these families subsist on less than the equivalent
of U.S. $50 a month (less than 2 dollars a day for an entire family),
and the children in these families have little or no access to quality
primary education or basic healthcare.
The acronym KEY stands for Kids Empowerment and You.
As mentioned in the Bylaws,
the specific goals of KEY International are:
1. To support socio-economic and educational projects serving
poor children in developing countries.
2. To improve access to primary school education and vocational
training for the poor.
3. To improve access to primary health care for the poor.
4. To raise necessary funds to achieve the goals of KEY International.
5. To increase awareness among people in developed countries of
the social, medical and environmental problems faced by the very
poor in the developing countries.
6. To support and collaborate with persons and organizations already
involved in similar activities.
Although KEY International Foundation will focus primarily on children
in India, if possible, poor children in other developing countries
may also receive some support eventually. Accordingly, the specific
activities that we are planning are:
1. Fundraising
We will increase the awareness of the general public in the U.S.
to the condition of impoverished children in India and other developing
countries through our fundraising events. We will make presentations,
set up a website, distribute newsletters periodically through the
use of email, and sell merchandise such as hand-made greeting cards
made by poor children and their families. 100 percent of the funds
generated from the public will be used exclusively to support programs
in India and developing countries. Members of the board of directors
will be covering or donating towards all the administrative costs
of running KEY International Foundation. The Board members will
receive no compensation and devote their time and efforts to the
KEY International foundation voluntarily.
2. Identification and monitoring of appropriate projects for funding.
See Project Funding Guidelines.
We will obtain detailed information about programs in developing
countries serving poor children and their families. We will visit
the sites in India at our own cost, will observe the quality and
the nature of the services being offered, will interact closely
with the managers of organizations serving the poor there to ensure
that the funds are used properly. See all our Projects
approved for funding since 2003.
3. Collaboration with organizations with similar goals.
We will identify organizations with similar goals and work with
them cooperatively to serve needy children
and their families. Dr. Bala Batavia has already had contact with
members of some non-profit organizations such as Sahaya International
(www.sahaya.org) and ASHA for
Education (www.ashanet.org),
both excellent charity organizations based in the USA, whose focus
is also to help the poor in India. He has also initiated contacts
with similar organizations in India.
If you know of any existing organizations that would like to work
with KEY International, or if you want to start your own nonprofit
organization to help the poor and need advice, please contact
us and we will be happy to work with you. |
