From a desire to draw upon and share what we have learned in the field with responders at all government levels and in the private sector, Project K.I.D. is committed to an ongoing mission of informing and spearheading coordinated emergency preparedness and response activities that will address the specific needs of children in times of disaster and devastation.

Project KID in Mobile Press Register 7 Feb 2010

Posted by lenore on February 7th, 2010

The Mobile Press Register carried the attached story on PKID's efforts in Haiti today..

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/02/fairhope_woman_in_haiti_to_hel.html

The Story of 500 Dolls.. and What Comes Next

Posted by lenore on February 3rd, 2010

500 Dolls

This is the story of how a question “What can we do right now?” turns into a movement, and of how that movement reaches from the highest reaches of the military and of philanthropy to cancer patients and isolated retired elderly folks.

PlayCare for Haiti 25 in 25 Challenge!

Posted by lenore on January 31st, 2010

Project K.I.D. co-founder Paige Ellison-Smith is currently in Haiti and has witnessed the tremendous needs of a people in mourning for the losses they have suffered. Please help us offer hope to Haitians by serving their children in this time of great devastation and sorrow.

The goal of our “25 in 25” campaign is to have 25 kits ready to ship to Haiti in 25 days! We need your help to accomplish this goal!

ONE WEEK, 500 DOLL CHALLENGE!

Project K.I.D., in partnership with The Just Me Project (http://henrysworld.org/), is seeking 500 amputee dolls by Sunday,

Project K.I.D. Arriving in Haiti 28 Jan, SitRep#4

Posted by lenore on January 28th, 2010

Project KID Co-founder Paige Ellison-Smith arrived in Santo Domingo on Wednesday evening, 27 Jan. She is traveling to Haiti by bus today and will rendezvous there with partners from World Cares Center. Assessment for potential PlayCare sites will begin immediately, especially near hospitals and clinics where there are continuing reports of children being released from care without adults to care for them.

Initial Haiti PlayCare Response

Posted by lenore on January 21st, 2010

Project K.I.D. co-founder Paige Ellison-Smith is scheduled to arrive in Haiti on Wednesday, 27 February. The goal of our initial response is to facilitate effective response to children by:
• Engaging local and arriving responders in deployment of emergency and respite child care in key locations
• Providing field expertise, knowledge, and technical consulting to all groups needing flexible and workable solutions for meeting the emergency needs of children for safe and developmentally appropriate care
• Providing informed situational analysis and reports on children’s needs

Haiti Earthquake--Response Strategy Talking Points

Posted by lenore on January 20th, 2010

Project KID has been tracking the situation in Haiti and is making plans for an initial response phase. (Check back here for more details in coming days.)

We believe that the PlayCare Model is fully adaptable to the circumstances on the ground now:

• In 2009 over 3.4 million children, ages 0-14 lived in Haiti. That is over 38% of the total Haitian population.

Operation Safeguard

Selection Process
Applicants must submit the following materials no later than March 15, 2010:

A) Two letters of recommendation from teachers and/or local community members testifying to their maturity, leadership potential, and willingness to learn.

B) A letter from a parent/guardian supporting the student’s application.

C) Complete contact information for the student, including email if available.

D) ONE of the following that answers the question:

Why should youth be considered assets in times of emergency?

Essay – 750-1000 words in length

To hold safe

Framing a New Era of Disaster Child Care

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  Disasters rend the fabric of community and family life in multiple tragic ways. When the primary social institutions supporting childrens well being are left in chaos in the wake of disaster, children become particularly vulnerable to physical and emotional trauma. One of the most critical challenges facing disaster responders and recovery agencies today is to attend quickly and with a well-considered advance plan to the special needs of kids in devastation.

PlayCare

Project: K.I.D. is organized around a very simple premise:  Play is at the heart of what it means to be a kid.  This means that as soon as possible in the wake of a disaster, children need protective, restorative environments where they can return to being kids.

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