Sleeping Children Around the World

About SCAW

Sleeping Children Around the World (www.scaw.org) gives SLEEP, JOY and HOPE to children living in poverty in developing countries through the gift of a bedkit for a good night’s sleep. Miss Megan donates a bedkit to SCAW.org every time she provides a sleep solution.

Bedkit contents are tailored to each country’s unique needs and culture. The bedkit comprises:

• A mat or mattress and bedding

• A mosquito net to combat the threat of malaria, Zika, dengue fever, etc

• School supplies

• Clothing and sometimes footwear

Sleeping Children guidelines provide that the children who receive bedkits are:

• 6 to 12 years of age

• 50% girls and 50% boys

• Representative of all ethnicities and religions in the country

Additional guidelines ensure that:

• Sleeping Children focuses on countries with less than US $4,000 Gross National Income (GNI) per capita

• Bedkit contents are sourced locally whenever possible

• Sleeping Children’s overseas partners meet with school and community leaders to select children who can most benefit from receiving a bedkit

• We verify that each bedkit is received by a child in need

• We verify that 100% of bedkit donations go to bedkit contents