The Gala is Canceled, But The Programs Must Go On!
The ongoing pandemic and restrictions about in-person events forced Yours Humanly to make the difficult decision to cancel our 2021 Gift of Schooling Gala, the signature event that significantly powers our projects and programs on behalf of children in need. While this was the right decision, it leaves us in a financial crisis because, while our programs must continue, they must do so without the benefit of funds that would have been raised at the gala. You can see, we need your help.
 
In the face of this urgency, we do have great news about the impact of your considered donation. An Angel Donor has stepped forward to challenge all of us to step forward as well. When you donate by May 31 to our online fundraising campaign, which we created in lieu of our in-person gala, your gift will be doubled!
 
Consider the donations you would have made at the gala fundraiser through ticket purchase, silent and live auctions, and Fund a Need. Our generous Angel Donor invites you to put your intended gala donations where they will make a dramatic difference in the life of a child forever.
 
During this great financial need, we ask you to please give today and help us continue our programs that help transform the lives of children through the power of education. We will be there for them—and we ask you to join us.
Our Impact, With Special Thanks to You!
Thank you for being a part of our journey to transform precious lives. Your generous gifts and support have enabled us to continue our programs on behalf of children in need even during these difficult and unprecedented times.

Through our Bridging Gaps and Coloring Futures initiatives, we have served more than 1,000 children so far this year. Your compassion and generosity made all this possible!
Literacy Programs
United States
Annual Scholarships
India
STEM Kits
United States
Annual Scholarships
Nepal
Yours Humanly 2021 BookFest Read-a-thon
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Yours Humanly 2021 BookFest Read-a-thon, sponsored by Amazon, a free summer fundraiser that encourages reading while helping children in need. Readers reach out to their family, friends, and social circles and ask for one-time donations to support their reading efforts on behalf of Yours Humanly. Pledging participants choose the amount they wish to donate and reading participants honor those pledges by doing something they already love to do—read!
 
Funds raised go toward Yours Humanly’s global projects to create safe and productive classrooms and educational experiences for children in need as schools move through recovery and students return to the classroom. 
 
In addition to your own participation, perhaps you know children or young adults who would like to make a difference in the lives of others. Collecting pledges and reading for a cause is a great way to spend summer days!
 
The Yours Humanly 2021 BookFest Read-a-thon runs through July 31, 2021, and free registration is now open, with easy step-by-step instructions. We invite all readers and supporters of Yours Humanly around the world to help us help children in need through the lasting power of education. Happy reading!
Yours Humanly Receives $18,000 Donation From Intel
Yours Humanly received an $18,000 donation from Intel in support of our global educational projects on behalf of children in need. We are sincerely grateful to members of the Intel workforce who contributed to this donation, and give thanks for their generosity and belief in the work we do!
Yours Humanly Children Have the Power to Empower Award
We are pleased to announce that Nika Hirsch (Northfield, MN) and Riley Pryor (Edmond, OK) are recipients of a 2021 Yours Humanly Children Have the Power to Empower Award, which recognizes children between the ages of ages of 6 and 17 for their outstanding acts of goodness that make a significant difference in the lives of others.
 
Congratulations to Nika and Riley!
 
Learn more about the Children Have the Power to Empower Award recipients and their work here.
Are you passionate about helping children in need around the world gain access to quality education? Our volunteers drive the change that is at the core of our mission. If you are interested in becoming a committed volunteer and making a difference in the lives of children, please contact: volunteer@yourshumanly.org
A Personal Message From the Yours Humanly Family
The pandemic continues to ravage lives and economies throughout the world, upending social and academic structures; isolating students from teachers and friends; and devastating family dynamics, leaving thousands of children with only one parent, and in far too many cases, no parent. People living in Asia are suffering an unimaginable health crisis as the second wave of COVID-19 and its variants sweeps across the continent, sparing very few in a population of more than 4.5 billion. Here we are, 18 months out from onset, and the situation now is more dire than could have been predicted. The focus of frantic relief efforts is on saving lives, taxing available medical resources that fall critically short of needs.
 
We are sincerely concerned for the entire world—for its children, its families, and its communities. We are mindful of the extent of the crisis in Asia, including the four countries in which we work—Cambodia, India, Nepal, and the Philippines. Our hearts go out to all families who are suffering so greatly from the effects of the virus and grieving for ill and lost loved ones. Yours Humanly will do what we can, when we can, to help ease their pain and brighten their lives.
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