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Transforming Lives.
One Child at a Time.

Providing humanitarian aid, medical care and therapy, education, and vocational training with compassion to at-risk orphans and children with disabilities.

Who We Are

Philip Hayden Foundation serves children that the world considers broken, giving them the support they need to flourish. We believe every child is valuable. Beyond their basic physical needs, children need to feel love and be part of a community. PHF works directly with families and with local charities in China and Mexico to provide humanitarian aid, medical care, education, and vocational training for at-risk children. And that care always includes love and compassion.

Over 4,000 orphans cared for

What We Do

At Philip Hayden Foundation, we’re working to transform the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. We care for children in China and Mexico who have disabilities, live in impoverished areas, or don’t have adequate family support. 

We make a difference for these special kids in four key ways.

Humanitarian

Philip Hayden Foundation provides nutritious food, safe shelter, and medical services to vulnerable children. Children’s short-term basic needs must be met before they can benefit from other assistance like therapy, education, and vocational training. 

Vocation

Meaningful work allows people with disabilities to gain independence, contribute to society, and be viewed with dignity. Philip Hayden Foundation provides vocational and life skills training that enables at-risk young people to become productive, self-supporting adults.

Education

PHF helps at-risk children and children with disabilities receive specialized education that allows them to thrive. Depending on the need, our support may include funding a teacher in a Montessori classroom, paying school tuition, providing supplies, hiring a tutor, and more.

Medical

Medical care saves and transforms children’s lives. PHF provides surgeries, treatment, and medicine to vulnerable children, and we help families travel to medical appointments. We also provide therapies to children with disabilities and support training for therapists.

Children in Need

Maria

Medical

Meet Maria. Five-year-old Maria is one of many children in Mérida who needs your help to get the asthma medication she so desperately needs. Her family lives in extreme poverty and cannot afford the monthly expense. For $40/month, you can provide her asthma medication. You can learn more about asthma in our Stories of Hope.

Children in Need

Alonso

Medical

Meet Alonso. Alonso is ten years old and is one of many children in Mérida who needs your help to get the asthma medication he so desperately needs. His family lives in extreme poverty and cannot afford the monthly expense. For $40/month, you can provide her asthma medication. You can learn more about asthma in […]

Children in Need

Rosalía

Medical

Ten-year-old Rosalía was heartbreakingly diagnosed with a brain tumor, the same type as the tumor that took the life of her older sister, Fátima just last year. Rosalía started chemotherapy in February, but the first type was not successful. She now needs a more powerful chemotherapy medication, but the cost is far out of the […]

Children in Need

Wendy

Vocation

Wendy lived at the Philip Hayden Foundation for most of her teenage years. While she was there, she learned independent living skills and job skills. Through her own initiative, Wendy traveled solo to her home province to complete the paperwork for a disabled person’s ID. You can help other young men and women like Wendy […]

Children in Need

Olivia

Humanitarian

Olivia was born with a disability and lives in an orphanage in rural Asia. With the disruption due to Covid, diapers and formula are more expensive than ever. The costs are rising, but the reimbursement rate for each child is not. You can help provide formula and diapers for Olivia and others like her.

Children in Need

Eduardo

Medical

Eduardo and his family live just outside the city of Mérida on the Yucatán peninsula. Like many of their neighbors, their house has a dirt floor and no running water. Many days there is not enough to eat. But Eduardo is happy that his family is together – because to him, family is everything. Eduardo […]

Get Involved, Make a Difference

In many parts of the world, people with disabilities are invisible. And yet all of us yearn to belong and to have a purpose. Our vision is that one day every child will be seen, known, loved, and valued. The loving gaze of someone listening to our dreams or the sweet taste of success with a task can be life changing. At PHF, we make it possible for vulnerable children to experience these transforming moments and grow into their full potential. 

Our mission is to provide humanitarian aid, medical care, education, and vocational training to at-risk children in China and Mexico, transforming hopelessness into lives of dignity, fulfillment, and value.

With your help, we can make a difference, one child at a time.

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