Children's Project

The Children’s Project is an important part of Physicians With Heart. The Children's Project provides much needed items for children in orphanages, institutions, schools 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 provides attendees an opportunity to personally see the difference they are making in the lives of children around the world.

The 2010 Children's Project will return to the Central Asian Nation of Tajikistan.  The project team will be visiting three boarding schools, each in dire need of the most basic items such as chairs, desks and school supplies. 

Boarding School #4 in Dushanbe
This school is home to nearly 400 socially orphaned and homeless children (ages 7 to 16). The Children’s Project would like to furnish two classrooms with desks and chairs, a teacher’s desk, coat racks and blackboards.

Boarding School in Yavan
This school cares for 180 children (ages 6 to 18) and is home to 100 of them. The Children’s Project would like to provide personal lockers for the children living at the school, in addition to desks and chairs for two of the classrooms, blackboards and a teacher’s desk.

Boarding School for the Deaf and Mute in Rudaki
This school is home to 190 students (ages 6 to 18) and provides a positive learning environment for children who have hearing and speech impairments. Many of the students are from orphanages throughout Tajikistan, others from low-income families and even some from high-income families because of the level of specialized instruction. In addition to providing audiology equipment, the Children’s Project would like to provide new sewing machines and an oven for the home economics class, enabling the children to learn a trade.

2010 Children's Project Flyer (2-page PDF file; About PDFs)