Project Sunshine International

KENYA

Since January 2006, Project Sunshine has reached over 400 children and families that are affected by HIV/AIDS in Mombasa through our arts and crafts, reading, writing and safe water and hand washing programs. According to a nurse at Bomu Medical Center, “Project Sunshine’s programs are an essential part of the HIV treatment and therapy at Bomu. Families turn to Project Sunshine just as they turn to medical treatment, they can’t have one without the other.”

Project Sunshine is working with Bomu Clinic in Mombasa, Kenya to address the issues of access to medical care, stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS, drug adherence and social support. Project Sunshine’s volunteers come from Bomu Clinic’s Post-Test Club, a group of community leaders who have been tested for HIV/AIDS, and publicly expose their status as a way of raising awareness and training others to practice safe behavior and get tested.

For more information on Project Sunshine Kenya, please contact Naomi@projectsunshine.org. Click here for Photos of Project Sunshine Kenya

CANADA

Project Sunshine's programs in Toronto, Canada provide free social, recreational, and educational services to children facing medical challenges in several facilities throughout the region.

For more information on volunteering with Project Sunshine in Toronto, individually or with your corporation, please contact Laura@projectsunshine.org.

Our first Annual Gala in Toronto was held on October 18, 2007, bringing together hundreds of Project Sunshine supporters for a spectacular night.

For more information on supporting our Gala in Toronto, please contact Emily@projectsunshine.org or Laura@projectsunshine.org

CHINA

Project Sunshine launched its new international program in China in February 2008.  In an effort to serve a diverse group of children, Project Sunshine China provides programming to two medical facilities in Beijing.  One facility serves abandoned and orphaned children facing medical challenges, and the other serves children facing mental health challenges.  The children Project Sunshine serves range in age from newborn to twenty-one years-old, come from all socio-economic classes, and arrive at the facilities in Beijing from wide-ranging geographic locations and diverse family situations.  Our volunteers are students from a local university’s social work department and individuals who work in corporations in Beijing.  Project Sunshine's programs are for Chinese children, delivered by Chinese volunteers in a dual effort to provide individual attention and stimulation to the children, while simultaneously empowering the volunteers.    

For more information on Project Sunshine China please contact Sara@projectsunshine.org

ISRAEL

Project Sunshine has launched a chapter in Israel. Volunteers from the Tel Aviv area will be visiting local hospitals bringing arts and crafts, mentoring, tutoring and other free, social, educational and recreational programs to children living with medical challenges and their families.

For more information on Project Sunshine Israel please contact Naomi@projectsunshine.org.

ETHIOPIA

Project Sunshine is launching its Craft Kits International program at WWO-AHF Family HealthCare Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Craft Kits International provides individualized arts and crafts activities to hospitalized children and families around the world. Volunteers both in the US and Ethiopia will assemble kits and distribute them to over 300 orphans and children in families living with HIV/AIDS.

For more information on this program please contact Naomi@projectsunshine.org.