Speech for the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control with power-point September 21, 2009 Kampala, Uganda Kay Kobbe, Presenting President of Kids for World Health Wait ten seconds.. It is with great Joy and privilege that I am present among you representing Kids for World Health here in Uganda. It is an honor to have an opportunity to share the work of our young people…and as you have heard, they are indeed here in Spirit. What a gift it has been to learn, to expand our understandings, and to broaden our worlds. Photo of kids reading in the classroom. Begun in a class of 18 third graders...
Larchmont Daily Voice, December 28, 2011 LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Students from Kay Kobbe’s 2001 third-grade class founded Kids For World Health, an organization that reaches far beyond her Chatsworth Avenue classroom. Read article...
Sound Shore, March 2, 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof will give a speech, “Combating Poverty and Global Health Issues: the Impact of Youth Involvement and Community Activism,” at 7 p.m. March 14 at Mamaroneck High School, 1000 W. Boston Post Rd. His talk will headline “An Evening for Understanding,” a community event sponsored by the student nonprofit Kids For World Health. There will also be a presentation about the work students are doing with the nonprofit to fight poverty and health problems in places like Lwala, Uganda. The suggested ticket donation is $10 for adults and $3 for students, with proceeds used to fund the...
Larchmont Gazette, May 20, 2010 Imagine being a patient who needs an operation, only to find a shortage of equipment and medicines to ensure a safe outcome? That’s the predicament Kids for World Health will be working to prevent at their World Health Fest on Sunday, May 23 from noon to 2:30 at Larchmont’s Constitution Park (next to the Larchmont Fire Department). Read article...
Larchmont Gazette, November 15, 2007 Founders of Kids for World Health, a not-for-profit grassroots organization begun in 2001 by Chatsworth School students when they were in the third grade, will be visiting the White House on Monday, November 19. The group’s mission is to raise awareness of the world’s most neglected diseases and to help in the effort to eliminate them. When one of the students, Sarah Comerford, wrote to the First Lady about Kids for World Health, the result was an invitation to a private meeting for the founders with Laura Bush. Read article...
Larchmont Gazette ...A second award, for an organization, will go to the now-international movement, Kids For World Health, which was started in 2001 by 3rd graders at Chatsworth School, guided by their teacher, Kay Kobbe. The original founders, who are still working for the cause as seniors in the Mamaroneck High School, will accept the award on behalf of the organization… Read the article here. Comments from the Editor: In January, 2010, Kids for World Health received the MLK, Jr. Human RightsCommittee Award for service to the world’s poor. Other awards received at the ceremony were the following Recognition from the New York State Senate The Town of Mamaroneck...
