COCI Board Meeting January 16 2015 Summary of

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COCI Board Meeting January 16, 2015 Summary of 2014 Activities

Our Vision We envision a world in which each child has the opportunity to live life fully and make their unique contribution

Our Mission To develop and fund programs creating brighter futures for the world's most vulnerable children.

Our Values We treasure and honor the lives of all children and believe that any child regardless of health, ability, nationality or gender has the right to fully realize their given potential in a loving environment. We believe that all children should be loved, protected and nurtured. We honor adults who embrace and empower young people to reach beyond their current experience and realize their dreams. We value young people as leaders and are committed that they have real opportunities to contribute in the world. We value enriching experiences that teach critical life skills and lead to independence. We believe in providing children with a solid foundation for healthy physical, intellectual, and emotional development. We believe in children helping other children.

2014 Brighter Future Report 10 orphans in Kenya have brighter futures 250 children in Houston have brighter futures 340 children in Mexico brighter futures 5000 children in Serbia and Bosnia have brighter futures

WHO DO WE SAY WE ARE? Cherish Our Children International (COCI) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit charity, established in 1993 that develops and funds programs that fulfill on our vision, mission and values.

WHO DO WE SERVE? Our financial and leadership support targets programs that address the well-being of vulnerable children with creative grass roots solutions that alter the future for generations to come.

Our Financial and Leadership support helps programs: • Articulate the Big Problem to be addressed; • Formulate the solution in an identified written program plan; • Attract and contribute resources to support the identified program; • Provide guidance and support to build the program’s foundation; • Provide and collaborate with local support for long term sustainability; • Release the program once it is self-sustainable; • Repeat the cycle.

Our Programs In addition to supporting our vision, mission and values, each program establishes and maintains goals based on the identified problem, how and when they will know it is solved and how the program can be sustained and replicated.

Our Programs Ø USA, Houston – No More Victims Inc. Ø Mexico, Reynosa - Little Blue Schools Ø Serbia – Community Advocacy for Special Needs Children Ø Bosnia – Hope School Ø Kenya – SOS – Adopt A House

No More Victims, Inc No More Victims, Inc. provides specialized program services to 250 children with incarcerated parents in 4 local high schools. The high school is the “entry point” to services that provide an informal family support system for educational, emotional, peer and life skills support. These children face poverty and extreme home distress due to generational incarceration.

No More Victims, Inc The predictable future for this population of children is that 70% of these children will end up incarcerated and or drop out of school. Our enrolled children for 2013 had no altercations with the legal system and 100% of our seniors graduated from high school last spring. In addition to the current enrollees, we support an alumni of over 2500 students who have successfully completed the program.

House #3 - SOS Village – Kenya Our village house provided TOTAL family support for 10 orphans. These children are “non-adoptable” orphans and will reside in the house for life with their brothers & sisters and committed “Mama. ”

House #3 - SOS Village – Kenya Without our program, these children would face a predictable future of disease, distress, poverty and early death. With COCI, they now have nutrition, medical care, education, love and support to realize their future dreams.

Community Advocacy for Special Needs Children-Serbia Provided advocacy for 5000 children and families by having an established SOS line that gives access to families to discover support and available resources.

Community Advocacy for Special Needs Children-Serbia Provided specialized job training called “My first job” for special needs older children/young adults. Provided dental care and screening to over 100 children.

Community Advocacy for Special Needs Children-Serbia Less than 10 years ago, these children would have been virtually under self imposed house arrest, today the children and family have hope for a brighter future!

Little Blue Schools - Mexico In 2014, education is now provided to 340 students and the census is growing daily.

Little Blue Schools - Mexico 360+ meals are provided daily. Teachers depend on the communities they serve for their meals and they receive lunch or breakfast with the students. Also the volunteer mothers who prepare the meals enjoy a nutritious meal.

Little Blue Schools - Mexico 6 years ago, these communities had no electricity, no running water, no education. Now the children can see a new way, a new future.