Heal The World Foundation
The Heal The World Foundation
was founded by Michael Jackson in 1992 as a charitable organization to aid
children and the environment. Its goals include providing medicine for children
and fighting world hunger, drug and alcohol abuse, and child abuse. Heal The
World works with established local and national organizations in order to
share expertise and existing infrastructure in delivering needed services
to disadvantaged children.
Accomplishments
1992:
June -- Donated 100,000 DM to
Sophia Childrens' Hospital in Rotterdam.
July -- Donated L. 821,477,296 to La Partita del Cuore (The Heart Match) in Rome. Donated 120,000 DM to children's charities in Estonia and Latvia.
September -- Donated 1 million pesetas to charity headed by the Queen of Spain. Dedicated children's playground at orphanage in Bucharest, Romania.
November -- Forty-seven tons of winter relief supplies airlifted to the children of Sarajevo in association with AmeriCares, including medical items, blankets, winter clothing, and shoes.
December -- Relief supplies airlifted to children in Bosnia in association with Operation Christmas Child, consisting of 30,000 "shoebox gifts" of toys, school items, photographs, and letters collected by U.K. schoolchildren.
1993:
January -- A new U.S. Children's Relief Initiative announced in Los Angeles:
"Heal L.A.", in collaboration with Cities In Schools, Big Brothers/Big
Sisters, the BEST Foundation, Watts Health Foundation, and the Partnership
for a Drug Free America, will help solve the problems facing inner-city youth
by providing drug-abuse and AIDS prevention education, mentoring, and immunization
campaigns in the wake of the 1992 unrest.
Donated $1.25 million dollars plus proceeds from Michael Jackson's half-time
performance at Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, CA (USA) to Heal L.A.
February -- In association with Sega, launched an initiative to distribute more than $108,000 of computer games and equipment to children's hospitals, children's homes, and children's charities throughout the U.K.
April -- Unannounced visit made by Michael Jackson to three Heal L.A. project sites to participate in discussions with recipients and providers of the immunization, mentoring, and drug-abuse prevention programs.
May -- With the assistance of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Atlanta Project Immunization/Children's Health Initiative, arranged for the immunization of 17,000 children in 5 days in Atlanta, GA (USA); support from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Ronald McDonald Children's Charities, Gladys Knight, and TLC.
August -- With Pepsi-Cola Thailand, donated $40,000 to Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's charity, the Rural School Children and Youth Development Fund, in support of school lunch programs in rural villages in Thailand.
In conjunction with Pepsi-Cola International, donated new ambulances to the Contacts One Independent Living Center for Children in Moscow, Russia and the Hospital de Ninos Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
October -- Donated $100,000 to the Children's Defense Fund, the Children's Diabetes Foundation, the Atlanta Project, and the Boys and Girl Clubs of Newark, New Jersey.
December -- With the Gorbachev Foundation, airlifted 60,000 doses of children's vaccines to Tblisi, Georgia.
In association with Operation Christmas Child, gave to children in the former Yugoslavia over 100,000 "shoebox gifts" of toys, small gifts, and letters donated by children in the U.K.
1994:
January -- In conjunction with Unihealth and the Los Angeles Immunization
Coalition, provided vaccines to children made homeless by the Los Angeles
earthquake; with Discovery Toys, donated hundreds of toys to the children
in the immunization drive.
Provided $85,000 through Heal L.A. to earthquake relief efforts by non-profit
organizations dedicated to aiding families with long-term recovery, including
the Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center, Casa Rutilio Grande, Clinica Para Las Americas,
Families in New Directions, Meeting Each Need With Dignity, Proyecto Esperanza,
Pueblo Nuevo, and the Vaughn Street Family Center.
In association with General Electric, Lever Brothers, and Surf Wash, donated washers, dryers, and soap to 25 non-profit organizations to provide free laundry services to families affected by the quake.
Heal the World and Heal L.A. board member Edward James Olmos provided education about earthquake safety to quake victims in shelters.
With the Salvation Army, treated over 400 homeless children and parents to a day at Universal Studios.
Spring-Summer -- Heal L.A. Immunization and Mentoring Initiatives supported by visits by Kriss Kross to the George C. Page Children's Hospital Community Health Center and Raven-Symone and Bryton McClure to the Bancroft Middle School.
Summer -- In conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District, Youth Services, the I Have A Dream Foundation, Best Buddies, Overcoming Obstacles, and California One to One, provides 2000 children with tickets to see Janet Jackson in concert, the " L.A. Laker Jam", and the Beach Boys.
August -- In association with Toys 'R Us and AmeriCares, distributed $20,000 worth of toys, food, and supplies to children's hospital in Budapest, Hungary.
Fall -- Heal L.A. funds implementation of the Los Angeles Team Mentoring Program in six Los Angeles Unified School District Middle Schools in the South Central Los Angeles and the Pico Union District, reaching over 1000 young people.
October -- Launched the Community School/Safe Havens Initiative designed to provide Los Angeles communities with a safe environment in which students, families, and residents can pursue after-school academic and recreational activities such as instruction in computers, languages, mathematics, and sports.
1995:
February -- Heal L.A. expanded
curriculum offerings and program hours of the Community School/Safe Havens
Initiative, which grew to include over 1200 families.
March -- Paid for liver transplant for young Hungarian boy, Bela Farkas.
April -- Sponsored 46 children from 17 nations to gather at Neverland for the World Congress of Children, a three-day seminar to discuss drug abuse, homelessness, increasing violence, AIDS, and child abuse.
June -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors present the findings of the World Children's Congress to the World Summit of Children during the United Nations' 50th Anniversary celebration in San Francisco, CA, and meet with U.N. Secre tary Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and several U.N. ambassadors.
Summer -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassador from Mexico accompanies Children's Torch of Hope across the U.S., bringing the message of the World Children's Congress to over 30 events sponsored by the Coalition for Children of the Ea rth and EC2000.
October -- Brownstone and Tasha Scott perform at Horace Mann Middle School to launch new school year for Community School/Safe Havens Initiative.
Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors report to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Switzerland.
December -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors address the dedication of the "Guardians of the Future" monument in Mexico City, co-sponsored by EC2000, Terra Christa Communications, UNICEF, the office of the mayor of Mexico City, and Coalition for Children of the Earth.
In association with the International Rescue Committee, shipped two pallets of toys to children in war-scarred Bosnia and Hercegovina.
1996:
February -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassador from
Mexico presents model for creating a sustainable environment to the U.N. Habitat
II Prep Committee.
April -- Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors attend
Children First: A Global Forum, in Atlanta, Georgia. The event, hosted by
former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, the Carter Center, and
the Task Force for Child Surv ival, and co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation,
the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the World Bank, and Heal the World, brings
together 360 representatives from 100 countries to discuss strategies to improve
the quality of life for children.
Heal the World/World Children's Congress youth ambassadors attend the Spectrum of Light Youth Conference in Washington, D.C. to form partnerships to emphasize the need for a sustainable society based on a healthy environment.
2000:
Heal The Kids, the latest initiative of the Heal The World Foundation in cooperation with the L’Chaim Society, is launched. It's a plan to initiate and coordinate international action to help parents rededicate their lives to their children and provide the children with the love and attention they need and deserve.
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Contact
Address:
Heal The World Foundation
9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1100
West Hollywood, California 90069
USA
Official Web Site:
http://www.healtheworld.com/
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