The Children’s Project is an important part of Physicians with Heart. The Children's Project provides much needed items for children at orphanages or hospitals in the recipient country. Items include vitamins, furniture, bedding, clothing, school supplies and toys. This project benefits hundreds of children each year and is often a highlight for many delegates. It provides attendees an opportunity to personally see the difference they have made in the lives of children.
Children's Project
2008 Children's Project
2008 Children’s Project
A 25-member delegation just returned from this year’s PWH airlift to Kyrgyzstan, former soviet republic. The Children’s Project team vistited two boarding schools. While at the Chuy Boarding School in the capital city of Bishkek, delegates replaced the heating system which had broken the previous winter due to extreme conditions. Additionally, delegates painted a special mural for the children. The delegation provided two classroom hearing aid systems and over 30 individual hearing aids for children at Special Boarding School #21 for Hearing Impaired and Deaf Children. As always, the Children's Project also brings toiletries, bedding, shoes, hats, gloves and many other items for the children at each school. Check back for more information and additional photos of their trip!
2007 Children’s Project
In 2007 the Vakhsh Boarding School in Tajikistan received a new shower building, towels, linens, vitamins and other supplies from this special project. Donations to the AAFP Foundation's International Fund enable the Children's Project to purchase important items for children who would otherwise go without.
Learn more about the Ruth Ostergaard Children’s Fund which assists with this worthwhile humanitarian work.
Why donate to the AAFP Foundation?
Supporting your Foundation means you believe in the power of family medicine and in the importance of helping others.
“Family Medicine has been great to me. It’s been good to my family. And I feel like it’s now time for me to give back.” - William H. Coleman, MD, PhD
