Our Philosophy:
At the Karen Sorbo Foundation, we believe that children today are a part of the future tomorrow. With this conviction, we aid children through numerous forms of advocacy; the most important of which is assisting them in finding their voice and using it as a platform. We believe all children, abandoned, orphaned or victimized should have access to their basic rights, including the
ir right to receive an education and any opportunity to realize their full potential. We uphold the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. We utilize UNICEF’S definition of an orphan: a child who has lost one or both parents. This definition is far more inclusive of affected children than the traditional, popularized concept of what constitutes and orphan and an orphan’s care. It emphasizes the necessity of addressing the needs of the child as well as the needs of the society surrounding the child. Additionally, we recognize that the recent UNICEF report estimating that there are 143-210 million orphans worldwide does not account for the millions of street children or those children who are sold and/or trafficked. We at Karen Sorbo Foundation, firmly uphold the idea that all “children have a right to grow up in an environment that protects them” Each year millions of children “age out” of the system, at the age of 16, and are left with no home or family to receive them, resulting in criminal enterprise, drugs and other vices, prostitution, and su***de. These children are amongst the homeless, abandoned and orphaned children who the Karen Sorbo Foundation helps. Annan stated in his opening statement for the 2005 State of the World’s Children, “Only as we move closer to realizing the rights of all children will countries move closer to their goals of development and peace.”
