CHANGING THE WORLD
ONE CHILD AT
A TIME
In 2006 there are an estimated 100 to 150 million children living homeless in the streets worldwide, and this figure is expected to quadruple by the year 2020.
The Yes We Can Foundation's Childrens Outreach Program, has a mission to offer support to chronically homeless and at risk children as we work to turn their lives around. Growing on the margins of society, abandoned and afraid these children desperately need our care, guidance and protection.
The core belief of this program is that these young people will one day leave our care, with a high school education or equivalent, living skills, and a full or part time job in hand. Leaving with the confidence that our administrators are there as an extended family, hoping for their best, and always available if they need direction or guidance. 
YWCF Director Sam Nguyen (center right) with assistant staff at 
YWCF Director Nguyen (second left) poses for album picture with Senior Boys Class. These children have been rescued from the clutches of the streets, and have hope for the future.
YWCF Director Sam Nguyen (top centre) with orphaned junior boys and administrative staff.
The Program administrators actively seek out and engage homeless children in discussions about their circumstances, in order to provide guidance, professional advice, and positive alternatives based on their individual needs. YWCF maintains a non-denominational and non-discriminatory approach to providing assistance to all homeless youth in our target regions. Basic amenities like toilets and bathing facilities, are many times beyond their reach. Hunger and Malnutrition is widespread among them. Due to the lack of guardianship over their lives, homeless children indulge in various addictions like smoking, sniffing glue and other illegal drugs, leaving them the victims of a sub-culture of the streets. A few of our sponsored children, due to the economic fragility of the family backgrounds, have limited family ties that may be tenuous and are only maintained casually or occasionally.
YWCF Director Sam Nguyen
Dear Friends,
we thank you for your continued support in our efforts to improve the lives of displaced, homeless children Globally. Our current mission, to provide housing, meals, health care, and education for 1000 children by the year 2010, can only be achieved with your charitable support and the continued hard work of our dedicated team. With your help we can achieve this goal and go even further. Currently our Homeless Children's Outreach Program supports over 100 homeless children in Vietnam with plans to expand throughout Cambodia & laos within the next 24 months. We are making arrangements for expansion to the Caribbean and Central America within the next 36 months. Homeless children are the most vulnerable segment of society and we believe that every young person if given the chance, under the right tutelage, can achieve greatness. Thank you for visiting our site and we look forward to your review and support to continue forward and improve the lives of homeless children throughout the world.
Orphaned girls rescued from the streets by your donations. Medical supplies, meals, shelter and caring support are now available to these displaced girls.
YWCF Director Sam Nguyen (second from right) organizes delivery of gift packages to over 100 orphaned and displaced children. For most of these children, this the first gift they have ever received.
Street children are an urban crisis not only in the third world, but in developing nations worldwide. Most major urban cities have witnessed an alarming increase in the numbers of street children over the past decade. Some studies hypothesize, as cities expand, urbanization, rural-urban migration, and the disintegration of the family structure, have been the catalysts for many social problems including marginalized youth. The reality is that Homeless children are the most vulnerable group affected, simply due to the dangers, and hardships they face on the streets. Often alienated from society they seek refuge where ever they can find food or safety. With the help of charitable donations we can continue expanding our programs globally and change the lives of homeless children everywhere.
