Sleeping Children Around The World (SCAW)

For the past decade, JCI Toronto has supported SCAW, a Toronto-based charity that provides bedkits to needy children in underdeveloped and developing countries. Each $30 donation (Canadian funds) provides a bedkit that consists of a mat or mattress, pillow, sheet, blanket, mosquito net (if applicable), clothes outfit, towel and school supplies (bedkit contents will vary from country to country depending upon local needs.) Since its founding by Murray and Margaret Dryden in 1970 through to February 2002, SCAW has raised over $15 million to provide bedkits for over 600,000 children in 31 countries. Every child is photographed with their bedkit, showing the donor's name/country (or special occasion message) on a placard. Each photograph is then mailed back to the original donor, providing a timeless way for the donor to remember the child who so greatly benefited from their generosity.

Visit http://www.scaw.org for more information.