# Gifts4Orphans

> Gifts4Orphans is a student-founded nonprofit supporting orphaned and vulnerable children in Kazakhstan and Ukraine with food, medical supplies, toys and safer living conditions.

Gifts4Orphans is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, founded in 2018 by middle and high school students and incorporated in Georgia in 2019. It has raised over $5,905 across 15 projects.

## Key facts

- Legal name: Gifts4Orphans, Inc.
- Founded: 2018 (registered as a Georgia nonprofit in 2019)
- Based in: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Contact: info@gifts4orphans.org
- EIN: 83-1081702
- Where we work: the Shchuchinsk Babyhouse in Kazakhstan (37 children, birth to age three), and Ukraine via the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Georgia Branch
- Previously supported an orphanage in Moscow, Russia (2019–2021)
- Total raised: over $5,905 across 15 projects since 2018
- Paid staff: none. Run entirely by student and adult volunteers.

## Full text of this site

- [Everything, in one file](https://gifts4orphans.org/llms-full.txt)

## Pages

- [About](https://gifts4orphans.org/about.md): how the organisation started, and the Shchuchinsk Babyhouse
- [Projects](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects.md): all 15 projects, what each raised and what it bought
- [Team](https://gifts4orphans.org/team.md): who runs Gifts4Orphans
- [News](https://gifts4orphans.org/news.md): 12 updates from 2017 onwards
- [Donate](https://gifts4orphans.org/donate.md): how to give, and where the money goes
- [Get involved](https://gifts4orphans.org/get-involved.md): volunteering and hosting a drive
- [Contact](https://gifts4orphans.org/contact)

## Partners

- **Shchuchinsk Babyhouse**: The orphanage in Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan that we have supported since 2018. It cares for 37 children from birth to age three, and has looked after roughly 2,400 children since 1946.
- **Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Georgia Branch**: Our partner since March 2022. Together we raise funds and awareness for Ukrainian children and civilians affected by the war.

## Individual projects

- [Pathway to Accessibility (Fall 2024)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2024-pathway-to-accessibility): Raised $1,200 to build an accessibility ramp so children with mobility challenges and strollers can get around the grounds safely.
- [Warm Steps for Orphans (Spring 2024)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/spring-2024-warm-steps-for-orphans): Over $1,000 raised to lay new carpets on the orphanage’s second floor — a warmer floor for children learning to crawl and walk.
- [Jewels of Joy (Fall 2023)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2023-jewels-of-joy): Volunteers made and sold handmade jewelry, raising over $250 to send parcels of toys to Kazakhstan.
- [Spring of Smiles (Spring 2023)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/spring-2023-spring-of-smiles): A huge toy collection with our friends at McGinnis Woods — four big boxes of toys, all delivered to Kazakhstan.
- [Language Expo at Georgia State University (Fall 2022)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2022-gsu-language-expo): A Ukraine awareness and fundraising event at GSU’s Language Expo raised more than $500 and drew strong student support.
- [McGinnis Woods Fall Festival (Fall 2022)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2022-mcginnis-woods-fall-festival): A Ukraine fundraising stall at McGinnis Woods Country Day School’s Fall Festival raised $1,215 for humanitarian relief.
- [International Culture Fest, Atlanta (Summer 2022)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/spring-2022-international-culture-fest): We joined the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America at Atlanta’s International Culture Fest to raise awareness about the war.
- [We Stand with Ukraine (Spring 2022)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/spring-2022-we-stand-with-ukraine): Our first Ukraine fundraiser after the invasion. More than $500 raised and passed to the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.
- [Fall 2021 Fundraiser (Fall 2021)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2021-fundraiser): Another successful fundraiser, with the funds sent directly to the orphanage.
- [Fall 2020 Fundraiser (Fall 2020)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2020-fundraiser): A rocking garage sale raised $310, sent straight to the orphanage in Moscow.
- [Spring 2020 Fundraiser (Spring 2020)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/spring-2020-fundraiser): Another collection of toys, clothing and small electronics for the orphanage in Moscow.
- [Fall 2019 Fundraiser (Fall 2019)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2019-fundraiser): Raised money to cover shipping and to buy the specific items the children had asked for.
- [Gifts for Kids in Moscow (Spring 2019)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/spring-2019-gifts-for-kids-in-moscow): Our first collection for a new partner orphanage in Moscow: books, clothes, toys, small electronics and sweets.
- [Fall 2018 Fundraiser (Fall 2018)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/fall-2018-fundraiser): Raised $320 for medical supplies and oil-filled heaters to keep the orphanage warm through the winter.
- [Spring 2018 Fundraiser (Spring 2018)](https://gifts4orphans.org/projects/spring-2018-fundraiser): Two money drives raised $610 for the orphanage in Kazakhstan — a vacuum cleaner, then diapers, food and clothes.