Children's Place International

07/27/2026

CPI Executive Director, John Sweeney, reflects on the government's decision to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and other groups today:

“Recently, on a trip to western Michigan, I heard the familiar sound of Haitian Kreyol from migrant workers working on farmlands.

For centuries, Haitians, like so many other nationalities, have immigrated to the United States. Prominent Americans of Haitian descent, including Edwidge Danticat, Wyclef Jean, Naomi Osaka, Kwame Raoul, Karine Jean Pierre, Jason Pierre Paul, and many others have enriched the country on many fronts.

To see the current administration target Haitian immigrants in Ohio and now end the Temporary Protected Status (while welcoming white South Africans), not only causes intense suffering for affected children and families but also deprives our country of our lifeblood…a people in search of opportunity, and when finding it, seizing it, making themselves, their families, and our country better off.”

The potential crackdown follows a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Trump Administration to end Haitians’ Temporary Protected Status.

07/02/2026

Yesterday, we shared exciting news: Children's Place International is transitioning to become a standalone nonprofit organization!

This marks a pivotal moment in our journey.

To help move our mission forward, we're launching the CPI Forward Campaign. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of shaping the future of Children's Place International and the impact we can make together in support of kids and families around the world.

Learn more about the campaign and how you can support this next chapter: https://givebutter.com/cpi-forward-campaign

Thank you for being part of this journey with us!

Every child deserves a healthy, hopeful future. The CPI Forward Campaign will help make this possible.

07/01/2026

Big news from Children’s Place International!

We are excited to announce that we are becoming a fully independent non-profit organization.

While our mission remains the same, this new chapter will strengthen our ability to expand life-changing healthcare, education, and opportunities for children and families around the world.

We are deeply grateful to our parent organization, Children’s Place Association, for their many years of collaboration and support. They will graciously serve as our fiscal sponsor, accepting donations on our behalf, until the transition is complete.

We are also so honored to continue this journey with our incredible Child Thrive community-based partners in the Caribbean and Africa, our dedicated Board of Directors, and all of our generous supporters and volunteers who make this work possible.

As CPI Executive Director John Sweeney shared, “Thank you for believing in this mission to bring healing, hope, and opportunity to children and families facing tremendous challenges. We couldn’t have reached this day without you all.”

Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this exciting journey and how you can help create a future where every child can thrive no matter where they are born!

06/24/2026

Today, we celebrate Loveda, who earned her degree in civil engineering in Haiti, and all the graduates across our global Child Thrive programs whose hard work, perseverance, and determination have opened new doors of opportunity.

As you move forward, you carry with you the pride of your families, the strength of your communities, and the promise of the impact you will make in the years ahead. Congratulations! We can't wait to see where your journey leads.

06/16/2026

"Haitian history teaches that adversity is not the end of the story."

Read the inspiring story of Dr. Alister Martin's journey to become New York City’s Health Commissioner.

Like Dr. Martin, youth graduating from our Child Thrive Haiti program attend university or technical school at 25 times the national rate. They go on to become doctors, engineers, teachers, and other valued professionals in their communities!

05/29/2026

As many as 50–80% of children born with sickle cell disease die before the age of five.

There is perhaps no deeper anguish for a parent than watching their child suffer, powerless to stop the pain and dire prognosis.

But today, something remarkable is happening in northern Tanzania. Hope is becoming tangible. A dedicated team led by Dr. Esther Majaliwa and Dr. Oliver Henke at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), together with Children’s Place International, is building a pediatric bone marrow transplant unit—the first of its kind in the region and the second in the whole nation.

This treatment offers something that once seemed impossible for children with sickle cell disease: a functional cure.

Exciting progress is underway. Screening for eligible children has begun, outreach with healthcare workers is underway, and hospital renovations are transforming existing rooms into a specialized transplant ward.

This is what “Child Thrive” partnerships make possible. The chance for children around the globe to live long, healthy, hopeful lives!

02/26/2026

This week, CPI and partners published a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Philanthropy outlining a new model for global health partnerships in a time of historic foreign aid reductions entitled:

Re-envisioning Global Health Partnerships in Times of Decreasing Foreign Aid: The Child Thrive Coalition.

Since 2025, global health aid has declined by more than 20%, with devastating consequences for children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

This crisis necessitates new ways of thinking about partnering and resourcing global health projects.

In this paper, we introduce the Child Thrive Coalition Model — a community-centered approach.

Rather than replacing foreign aid dollar for dollar — an impossible task — we propose re-structuring how resources flow into global health. If you are a philanthropic leader, foundation executive, corporate partner, or impact investor thinking about how to deploy resources more effectively in this moment, I would welcome a conversation.

The question is no longer how to sustain the old model.

The question is: What replaces it?

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nvsm.70048

Very special thanks to Darius M. Moore, MPH, Mina Halpern, Dr. Wesler Lambert, Cinaiya Stubbs, Jeremy Rossman, Dr. Esther Majaliwa, Dr. Gary Harper and Micol Werner Seferin.

01/15/2026

The Children’s Place International community came together during the 2025 Place the Hope campaign to support children facing cancer, HIV, sickle cell disease, and other life-threatening conditions.

$265,000 raised. Thousands of lives impacted.

Thank you for helping us bring care and lasting hope to these incredible kids!

12/05/2025

A new study finds that the global child death rate is tragically on the rise for the first time in a century. Children's Place International Executive Director, John Sweeney, shared his reflection:

"When global health funding is cut, kids die. It is that simple. Among all government and philanthropic investments studied, global health programs for children—especially those that reduce malnutrition, infectious disease, and early mortality—consistently deliver some of the highest documented returns in the world."

https://lnkd.in/guht-APW

Child death rate on the rise for first time this century, report finds. According to the annual Goalkeepers Report from the Gates Foundation, a decrease in global health funding has fueled a spike in child mortality....

12/03/2025

Thanks to your incredible generosity, we just celebrated our most successful Giving Tuesday to date — and because you showed up so powerfully, we unlocked an additional $35,000 in critical support for kids around the world!!

Your gifts are already opening doors to lifesaving care, education, and opportunity for children who deserve every chance to thrive.

We’re also deeply grateful to our match providers, Marc and Kathleen Harris, whose leadership and commitment helped inspire this amazing outpouring of support.

Thank you for believing in this work, for standing with children who need us most, and for helping create real, lasting change. We could not do this without you!