The 2012 Little Heroes Foundation Clean Water Project in China was featured in the Deseret News on Thursday, February 7.

The article reads as follows:

In 2012, the Little Heroes Foundation was able to install clean water machines in 25 boarding schools located in Zhongwei, China. It is estimated an additional 30,000 children a year will have access to safe drinking water from the machines.

Located in the desert region of the Ningxia Providence, Zhongwei is a poor area where the average income is $535 yearly per household and access to clean water is limited. Children in the area are the most vulnerable to disease through drinking the water, which causes them to be too sick to attend school.

Little Heroes partnered with the YangFan Foundation, which was able to develop an efficient system of purchasing and installing clean water filtering machines in local boarding schools.

So far, machines have been installed in 25 boarding schools. The Little Heroes Foundation has committed to fund another 25 schools for the drinking water machines. The machines have helped 14,983 children thus far. It is estimated that each year, an additional 30,000 children will be helped by receiving access to the clean water.

Founded in 2007 by Travis and LaRee Hansen, the Little Heroes Foundation’s mission is to “improve the mental and physical well being of children throughout the world by serving, supporting and enhancing human life,” according to its website. Members of the organization choose one major project each year which they help plan, fund and oversee.

Along with its sponsor support, the Little Heroes Foundation has received generous private donations. All donations received by the organization are used to help improve lives around the world. For more information on the Little Heroes Foundation, visit its website atlittleheroesfoundation.org.

See the full article here.

Mom It Forward, a “social media community and worldwide network dedicated to enhancing the lives of women, their families, and the communities in which they live;” highlighted the Little Heroes Basketball Camp service project on Friday’s blog. The 2012 Little Heroes Camp project consisted of donating 350 school kits to local children in need.  The kits including things like notebooks, pencils, rulers and scissors as well as hygiene supplies and socks.

Check out the full blog post here.

The Little Heroes Foundation has provided a grant to the Seltsovsky orphanage in Russia to help fund program materials for 50 children living there. The orphanage is run by the To Children with Love organization, which has brought over 5,000 children out of poverty since their beginning in 1998.

The main focus at the orphanage is “de-institutionalizing” orphaned and abandoned children. This is accomplished by a four-part program which includes 1) recognition and celebration of each child’s birthday, 2) opportunities to socialize with children who live in traditional families, 3) help with building attachment skills and peer relationships, and 4) taking a variety of like skills classes such as woodworking, sewing, cooking, etc. This four-part program has proven to help each child increase their self-esteem, interact with people different from themselves, motivate them for a better standard of living, and become eager to be a full participant in society.

The Little Heroes Foundation is proud to be supporting the 50 orphaned children living in the Seltsovsky orphanage and hopes to provide them with a greater ability to overcome their current situations.

A big thank you to the Rose Foundation for donating a suite to the Little Heroes Foundation for the Utah Jazz vs. Sacramento Kings game on January 28. LHF was able to invite the families of Gavin and Mekhai (pictured below) to attend the game.

Gavin and Mekhai are the best of friends and they had a wonderful time dancing to the music and watching the basketball game.  It was a treat to meet their families and watch their kids enjoy the atmosphere of the basketball game.