Thanks to you were able to fill up our $5,000 fund to provide 100 children with an education stipend of $50 each in 2026 through our partnership with Orphan’s Aid Society.

These children have been orphaned or impacted by war in Ukraine and they use their $50 stipend for items like textbooks, winter coats and school supplies. Every dollar counts and the stipend helps to support them staying in school.

100% of your donation goes directly to help children because Baal Dan is run by volunteers that subsidize all the administrative costs of running this charity.

​Below is a thank you note from one of the children who receives the education stipend of $50; Evhen in Ukraine. 

Since the war started in Ukraine over 3 years ago, we have been providing orphans with education stipends to help them stay in school.

For the last 3 years, we provided an education stipend of $50 per child for school supplies for 100 children orphaned or impacted by the war in Ukraine through our partnership with Orphan’s Aid Society.

We would like to continue this program and raise at least $5,000 by this Friday at 5 pm EST.

The $50 per child stipend covers items like textbooks, a winter coat, a bus pass - all to help them stay in school.

100% of your donation goes directly to these children because Baal Dan is run by volunteers that subsidize all the administrative costs of running this charity.


Below is a thank you note from one our little ones, Darnya in Ukraine.
In 2025, we provided an education stipend of $50 to Darnya who lost her father in the war in Ukraine in 2022 through our partnership with Orphan’s Aid Society. 

Grateful thanks to the following organizations for generously supporting our annual Networking for a Cause event in New York City on September 25, 2025. We could not host this event without your support and all proceeds will benefit hunger relief programs for children in need in Ethiopia provided by ASDEPO.

This is the question I probably get the most as the founder of a charity. And when people find out I don't have any paid staff, I usually get a look of skepticism and asked for proof of how I can ensure that donations really get to the kids. 

Well, for one I have had 20 years of experience doing this and for the most part how we ensure that the money we send in grants for the children we help has not changed.

First we spend time trying to select trustworthy partners.

Then, we stay in close contact and finally we strive for transparency in our interactions.

From a grocery receipt to a quick WhatsApp call or text. Here's an example of how we know the money is going where it needs to go! 

​We are in it together - all of us - for the children.

For more than 10 years we have been quietly supporting the Lighthouse Stimulation Center with grants varying from $1,000 to $5,000 for food for the children in their care, clothing and supplies.

The children have special needs and come from impoverished backgrounds and the center provides essential services. A little goes a long way thanks to the stewardship of Lucilla our contact there and the watchful eye of our former Board Member, Deacon Walter Middleton who drops in there from time to time to check on the kids.

​When you donate to Baal Dan you donate to these children whose daily meal and uniforms are funded thanks to your generosity.