| Key Club International donates more than $275,000 to U.S. Fund for UNICEF |
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INDIANAPOLIS—April 10, 2008—Key Club International, a Kiwanis service leadership organization for high school students, is donating $277,130 for UNICEF’s emergency relief efforts in Kenya. The donation will make a huge difference to many families in the country plagued with ethnic instability and civil unrest.
It’s a worthy cause, although it’s not the original intent of the funds. Key Club International began its 2007 fall service project; Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, with the hope of donating money to the Kicking HIV/AIDS Out of Kenya program. This program, for 15- to 19-year-old Kenyan girls, uses soccer to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, teach life skills, bolster confidence, promote leadership, and strengthen leadership skills. As Key Club prepared to donate the $277,130 it raised, the program was suspended after violence broke out in Kenya following the announcement of disputed presidential election results. Seeing a need, the Key Club International board of trustees decided to donate the money to UNICEF for immediate emergency relief. The funds, which will be administered by UNICEF, will be used to assist the more than 180,000 displaced families and children whose lives have been forever changed by this conflict. Since the fighting began, UNICEF has been on the ground in Kenya providing supplementary food, water, and shelter to tens of thousands of people. Counseling is also being offered to the children whose lives have been turned upside down by this conflict. The Kicking HIV/AIDS Out of Kenya program will be reinstated when the country stabilizes. |
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