PROGRAMS

Mission & Focus

The mission of the Firelight Foundation is to support children in need.

The Firelight Foundation is based on the premise that every child, regardless of race, religion, or nationality deserves the promise of a future. Every child deserves to be provided with a safe environment, adequate food, health services, shelter, a sound education, and a supportive family system. Yet for many children, these basic needs and rights are denied or threatened due to poverty, disease, prejudice, natural disaster, or political unrest.

Children are our hope for the future. It is the goal of the Firelight Foundation to help create a better future for children.

The Firelight Foundation has selected the needs of children who are orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS as our central focus. In the past decade, this issue has become a global problem of epic proportions. Our geographic focus is Sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV/AIDS pandemic has robbed a staggering number of children of their parents, their homes, their education, and their future. The Firelight Foundation works to address the needs of children who are orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS through five areas of interrelated activities:

• Grantmaking
• Monitoring, Evaluation & Technical Assistance
• Strategic Alliances
• Public Awareness & Donor Outreach
• Youth Together Against AIDS/Pen Pal Exchange