Child's Dream is a non-profit charity organization for helping underprivileged children in the Mekong

Mekong

The Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....

 subregion, incorporated in Canton Zurich, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, and based in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. It was founded in 2003 by two Swiss men, Marc Jenni and Daniel Siegfried.

It provides support to street children, AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 orphans and all children suffering from poverty; sponsors building schools, medical treatment and the supply of medicines; and so on. By November 2009, Child's Dream Association had helped more than 150,000 children in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, Burma, Laos

Laos

Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

, and Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

. Since 2003, the Foundation has supported more than one hundred projects and gathered more than 3,000,000 USD in donations.

Principles

The association declares the following as its principles:

• Providing support to projects caring for children living in poverty
• Unconditional support
• Fund allocation with integrity
• Fundraising through personal relationships and trust
• Maintain independence and diversity
• Financial transparency
• Minimal administration expenses

Current projects

Among the projects current active are the following:

• Construction of school infrastructure in Laos, Cambodia, Burma and Thailand at a cost of more than 1,000,000 USD per year.
• Children Medical Fund (financial support for medical treatment of children with special needs), annual budget - 250,000 USD.
• Scholarship Program (sponsoring study of stidents), annual budget - 440,000 USD.
• Stationery Bank (supply school materials to migrant schools), annual budget - 150,000 USD.
• Malaria Control Programme, annual budget - 200,000 USD

External links

• Official page of Child's Dream Association
• diversethics Foundation, partner organisation, set up by founders of Child's Dream