Children in a Roma village in Romania laughing and waving at the camera

Since 2000

Showing the love of Jesus to children the world has overlooked.

We partner with local leaders in Romania, South Sudan and India to bring education, daily meals, clean water and lasting hope to children living in extreme poverty.

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25+years serving children in crisis

3countries, led by local partners we have known for decades

600+children a year at Vacation Bible School in India

95.5%of 2024 expenses went directly to programs

Who we are

Every child deserves to know they are seen, valued, and loved.

Kids in Crisis International is a faith-based 501(c)(3) established in 2000. We help children and their families break out of illiteracy, poverty, hunger and hopelessness, and we do it through relationships that have lasted more than two decades.

The name came from what our founders, John and Suzanne Fenlason, witnessed in Gypsy communities in north-west Romania in the late 1990s: children so impoverished it was not unusual to see them walking barefoot in the snow. All were illiterate, and hopelessness was everywhere.

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”Luke 18:16, our call and our commission

Our story and our people

Alina Galea with children from the after-school program in Lazareni, Romania

2000Founded after seeing children walk barefoot in the snow in Romania.

Where we serve

Three places. Three partners we have walked with for years.

We do not parachute in. Each ministry is led by people who live there, and our job is to stand behind them.

Lazareni, Romania

Caleb Foundation

Kindergarten and after-school programs for Roma children, summer camps, a sewing room for mothers, and a new mission house. Led by George & Alina Galea since 2001.

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Mundari Bura, South Sudan

Timothy School

A K–8 school built from nothing in a village scarred by civil war: classrooms, a bore-well, solar power, a daily meal and a farm. Led by Dr. Alex Bolek.

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Cheyyar, India

Village Outreach

Churches built, orphans cared for, and support for widows, lepers and the visually impaired. In 2025 a three-day VBS reached 654 children. Led by Pastor Jeremiah Daniels.

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What your gift does

Real needs, real numbers.

These are the actual annual costs our partners report to us. A general gift goes where it is needed most, which is the most useful kind; if you would rather give to one country's work, you can.

Kindergarten teacher for Roma children

A year of salary for the teacher who gives Roma children in Lazareni their first classroom, and their first Romanian, which is a second language for them.

$19,500Fund our mission in Romania →

After-school program teacher

Tutoring, homework help and a meal for the older students, so they keep up with their Romanian peers and stay in school.

$8,500Fund our mission in Romania →

Christmas for the children of Lazareni

Presents and parties for the younger and older kids in December, plus a Christmas bonus for staff and volunteers.

$2,900Fund our mission in Romania →

Teachers and support staff at Timothy School

Salaries for the K–8 teachers, who live on site at the school during the school year.

$12,000Fund our mission in South Sudan →

Uniforms, shoes and socks

We have only been able to buy uniforms for the students once. We would love to do it again.

$10,000Fund our mission in South Sudan →

Vacation Bible School

Three days each May for the children of Cheyyar Taluk, and attendance has doubled in three years to more than 600. It takes 25 teachers, 110 volunteers, buses and autos from eleven villages, workbooks, snacks, a chicken biryani on the last day and a gift for every child. Many accept Christ each year.

$5,700Fund our mission in India →

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Students at the bore-well water pump at Timothy School

Story of impact

From a war-scarred village to a K–8 campus.

When Dr. Alex Bolek visited Terekeka County in 2013, he found his family's community devastated by 22 years of civil war. Today Timothy School serves children from several tribes on 988 acres gifted by the village.

3 school buildings for K–8, plus an office block for teachers
A bore-well, water tower and water yard for the school and the whole community
Solar power for the teachers' residence and two Starlink systems
One meal a day for every student, with the ministry of For Afrika
Next: a high school, three blocks of four classrooms, about $171,000

Read the South Sudan story Help build the high school

Financial transparency

Where the money went in 2024.

We are a small, volunteer-led organization, which is why almost every dollar reaches the field. Three years of figures are published.

95.5%of every dollar spent in 2024 went to the children in Romania, South Sudan and India

See 2022–2024 financials

Romania · Caleb School

$50,317

South Sudan · Timothy School

$27,630

India Ministry

$22,518

Office

$3,519

Fundraising

$1,173

Received in 2024: $109,900 · Sent to the field: $100,465 · Office and fundraising: $4,723

Our partners on the ground

Led by people who live there.

George & Alina GaleaLazareni, Romania

With us since the beginning. Directors of the Roma ministry and of the Caleb Foundation, established by Kids in Crisis in 2001.

Dr. Alex BolekJuba & Mundari Bura, South Sudan

Born in Sudan, trained as a doctor in Romania, and home again after the civil war to build Timothy School and the Rock City Medical Centre.

Pastor Jeremiah DanielsCheyyar, India

Our partner since 2019. Church planter and pastor serving orphans, widows, lepers and the visually impaired across the villages of Cheyyar Taluk.

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Your gift becomes a teacher's salary, a meal, a well, a Bible, a Christmas.

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