In Kitwe, Zambia, KC4K is partnering with Lifesong for Orphans where they run a school for more than 300 orphans and vulnerable children up through high school. With your help we are able to embrace all areas of the childrens' needs: acedemic achievement, two nutritious meals daily, and health care. 

So far with your support, we've been able to do a lot in collaboration with Lifesong.

Watch an interview of Kendall Ciesemier, founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids, on FOX - Chicago

Kendall Ciesemier, founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids, was named a 2010 nominee for Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year: Readers’ Choice Award. Check out the full article at www.glamour.com

Daily Herald | by Robert Sanchez   August 23, 2022

Kendall Ciesemier was 11 when an idea to donate $360 to sponsor one child in Africa blossomed into a charity that would raise money for thousands of kids affected by AIDS. In that time, she met a former president, appeared on "Oprah" and raised more than $830,000 through her Kids Caring 4 Kids organization. But a few years later, the motivation that called her to action was starting to wane.

Check out this Q&A at seventeen.com with Kendall Ciesemier, Founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids.  Kendall chats about how KC4K got started, why she’s passionate about helping kids in Africa, how she juggles her busy life in high school, and what she’s thinking about for the future.

By GIOVANNA BREU for the New York Times Published: June 3, 2022

It was one of the first meetings of the Kid’s Advisory Board of Children’s Memorial Hospital, and 17-year-old Kendall Ciesemier was telling the high-priced architects designing the new $915 million hospital that they needed to go back to the drawing board.

A Dream Come True … I’m Going to Africa!

I can’t believe it!  In June I’m going to Africa. Now I will get to see our efforts of five years in action! My family will travel with our partners in Zambia and South Africa. We’ll visit two orphan care centers we support, a well project, and a bike distribution.