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Believe in the Power of Children this Giving Tuesday!
Episode 1

This summer, the Superniños faced one of the biggest challenges in its history. Donations from Paraguayan sources that previously made up a significant portion of our annual budget struggled to come through due to an unpredictable economy. The devastating news left the team with a tough decision: shut down programs until 2025 or find another way forward.

The management was prepared to deliver the hard news, but what they received instead from staff and parents alike was a resounding no. Shutting down was not an option. Together, they decided there had to be another way to continue the work they believed in so deeply.

They’d have to raise 20.000.000Gs, or over $2500. But how…?

Stay tuned this Giving Tuesday to find out what happened!

Episode 2

Faced with the challenge of raising $2500 quickly, our Superniños mobilized. The team quickly realized their greatest strength was teaching children—this was their mission, their passion, and their gift. They simply needed to do more of it - this time as a fundraiser.

From that determination, English Rockets, a successful English program was expanded, and Jaikuaa ("we know") was born. This series of one-month intensive classes in art, Guaraní, music, guitar, and reading/writing began with just twelve students and has already started transforming lives.

Michelle had minimal background in Guarani and struggled with it in school. As a Kid Teacher, however, Michelle learned the importance of learning Guarani to improve her ability to connect with all kids in her community. No one at Michelle’s school had the patience to teach her. But, thanks to caring teacher Nati, Michelle is now able to write and defend essays or have important conversations, all in Guarani!

Lucas deeply feared trying anything new, but he dreamed of playing the guitar. Thanks to his teacher, Edu, he now practices at home in every spare moment, plays popular songs, and writes his own while singing at the top of his lungs!

Math classes were in high demand because so many children struggled with it in school. Twelve children quickly learned to multiply, divide, and do fractions. Their grades instantly improved, thanks to their dynamic teachers, Jorge and Edu.

The Kid Teachers all said they learned so much about teaching from these experiences, and more and more children are signing up for classes.

But will they reach their goal?

Stay tuned to find out!

Episode 3

Where we last left our heroes, the Superniños were mobilizing to raise $2,500 in a few months. (for scale, the minimum wage is $368/month). Many of the Kid Teachers were dependent on their teaching salaries to stay in school themselves. Their work as Superniños was not just a hobby - it was their livelihood.

While Jaikuaa classes were going strong, other Superkids were working hard, using their own superpowers.

They hosted a basketball tournament, a video game tournament, and two Pizza-thons!

Parents helped by making and selling over 250 plates of delicious food, raising over 6 million Guaranies ($766)!

Aliana, the director of Superniños, connected the team to an office building that was being torn down. Superkids swooped in to auction off everything from doors to floors, shelves to toilets, all to raise more funds!

All of this got a lot of attention from the community, and they got help at every turn, with opportunities to promote their projects on radio and television, and meetings with business owners and government officials to rally support.

But did they reach their goal?!

Yes, they did! They raised $2,515 in total and stayed in business all year! If you did not already believe in the power of children, this is proof that you can!

And if they can do all that, what can you do?

This Giving Tuesday, you can help ensure their work continues. Raising $6000 will develop Jaikuaa classes as a new local funding source, keeping Superniños sustainable and thriving as a beacon of hope for the children and communities it serves.

Here’s How You Can Help:

Donate Today: Every gift keeps programs running and supports children as they grow into changemakers.

The Empanada - $75 - Supports two weeks of Math, Guarani, Music, Art, Reading, or English classes.

The Morning Cafecito - $149 - Supports one month of Math, Guarani, Music, Art, Reading, or English classes.

The Yerba Mate Party - $499 - Supports one semester of one of Math, Guarani, Music, Art, Reading, or English

The Gran Asado - $1200 - Supports an entire class of Math, Guarani, Music, Art, Reading, or English for the year!

Spread the Word: Share this story to inspire others to believe in the power of children.

Become a Sustaining Partner: Your monthly gift creates stability for Superniños’ long-term success.

Be part of their journey. Together, we can empower children to lead the change our world needs.

Donate now and make a difference.

Because when we believe in the power of children, extraordinary things happen.

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Estee Katcoff is fundraising
Support Paraguyan kids like Mika to 'Be Yourself'
It’s 5am and a tiny ten-year-old leaps out of bed in the darkness of her humble home and enthusiastically pulls on a beloved turquoise t-shirt.

Mika (Mikaella) lives with her family in Aguapety. Although she is less than 18 miles from the Superniños office, the trip must account for muddy roads, late buses, traffic, and other potential delays. Neither Mika nor her parents mind the distance. For Mika, the joy of teaching and seeing her friends is well worth the trip.

The extra work and logistics are not even a question for her parents, who have watched their daughter blossom in just a few short months. “Before Superniños, my daughter could not make friends or show her true self to anyone,” explains Mika’s mom. “She was very quiet and scared to share her opinions. As a mom, I am so happy to know she is in a safe place and that today she can talk with neighbors about what she is doing. She is SO proud of teaching other kids.”

Mika is doing her work to improve the lives of children in Paraguay. With the support of her parents, Superniños, and YOU, Mika can fully be herself and help close the gap between where other Paraguayan children are with literacy and where they deserve to be.

$100 - Send one lucky child to a life-changing Kid Teacher camp!

$250 - Send one lucky kid to a leadership camp AND Superniños activities for one year!

$400 - Fund an inspiring teacher's salary for one month!

$1,000 - Send ten lucky children to a life-changing Kid Teacher camp!
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Estee Katcoff is fundraising
Superkids Giving Tuesday Fundraiser
In early 2023, a mother approached us with an interesting request: Could her fifteen-year-old daughter join our middle school program, despite the fact that she was out of the age range? You see, Estefani wanted to become a teacher one day, and she thought Teen Teachers would be a perfect early training program. We gladly accepted Estefani and watched her shine as she became a leader to our middle school Jovenes Profes, helping to explain instructions for reading, writing, and vocabulary assignments.

Though we have gotten pushback in the past, Superkids has introduced teaching strategies that are familiar in the US but considered innovative in a Paraguayan context. We teach literacy by *teaching letters* as the building blocks. We teach any lesson with care, passion, and attention to detail. We always put children first.

As Superkids gains recognition for strategies that work, we hope to build a stronger partnership with current and future teachers like Estefani who want to help our pedagogy of love become standard practice!

Donate to help Superkids train more future leaders in innovative teaching techniques.

Additionally, new for this year, we'll be creating Superkids merch to celebrate each of our values! The year of 2024 will celebrate Get Passionate. Donate $100 to receive a magnet and $300 to receive a t-shirt.

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Estee Katcoff is fundraising
Help Superkids teach in 15 schools!
In August and September of each year, we share Superkids with hundreds of children by conducting special programming at partner schools around town. Support us in teaching children across 15 schools the skills that locals have chosen as the themes of 2023:

*How to Apologize*

*Boundaries*

*Emotional Expression*

Sponsorship Levels:

$99 - Sponsor materials and transportation to enable the team to conduct their best work

$199 - Sponsor a grade at one school - we will send pictures!

$499 - Sponsor a school - we will send pictures and a thank you gift!

$999 - Sponsor two schools - we will send pictures and a special thank you gift!

$2999 - Sponsor six schools - we will send pictures and an extra special thank you gift!

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Estee Katcoff is fundraising
Superniños Giving Tuesday 2023
Superniños has grown to 18 staff on a $100k annual budget in 2023, largely thanks to a partnership with GLOW to run nine empowerment clubs for 200 girls across Oviedo over the weekends. We now have programming in Oviedo seven days per week with a varied portfolio of literacy and leadership programs in addition to Niños and Jovenes Profes. We also have incoming partnership requests from local media to continue our TV Show Mita'i in 2023.

It's been amazing to see our tenured facilitators develop professionally into leadership roles, many having been in the organization for 4+ years now- Arthuro, Junyor, Steff, and Victor are all Coordinators of various parts of the organization, with Dalma as the Programming Director. We also have an Executive Director Brett, who is a former Peace Corps volunteer living in Asuncion, supervising admin and Paraguayan fundraising.

We are a little over 2/3 of the way to our $30,000 EOY Goals - please help us reach the target so that we can accommodate all the children and schools registered for 2023!

What you get for your donation:

$100.00 - Send one lucky child to a life-changing Kid Teacher camp

$400.00 - Fund an inspiring teacher's salary for one month

$1,000.00 - Send ten lucky children to a lifechanging Kid Teacher camp

$5,000.00 - Provide scholarships for 50 Kid Teachers

You can also sign up to become a recurring donor in two ways:

Website: https://superkidsfoundation.org/donate

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Estee Katcoff is fundraising
Estee and Isaac's Wedding Fundraiser - Superniños
Letter from Estee:

"Ahekahina che chiko'i guara." This was my recurring joke as I walked around a small community in Paraguay for five years. I barely know any of the Paraguayan indigenous tongue, but I do know how to make my host family laugh when I depart a house. By telling everyone in Guarani that I have to go look for a boyfriend.

Moving to Paraguay in 2018 at 30 years old was a hard choice. I remember confiding in new friends, Laura and Brock, that I was worried about the sacrifices to Jewish dating that I was making to start a non-profit. I moved to Paraguay to start an organization for 2-5 years. Despite my fears. I knew that I needed to start a nonprofit at this point in my life to reach my children who I taught while in the Peace Corps while they were still children. But I was still worried - what would my life be like after?

Little did I know, the not-yet-mustachioed man who would become my butt buddy was taking his own risks. This man who despises leaving the house and does not eat chocolate finished his History degree and became a professional traveler. He turned into a pilot, but while soaring in his career found himself crashing in his love life. He had nearly called quits on dating when he had the opportunity to get set up with a friend of a friend who was living in Paraguay.

Our relationship was expedited, thanks to the pandemic, as both of us were grounded from our travels and forced to spend time with each other.

I didn't think it was possible to be committed to international development and also have someone who will wait for me at home, but somehow, I found someone who donated a Purim gift to the poor in my community, who was willing to travel to my nonprofit for our honeymoon, and who is willing to collect donations for an important cause in lieu of wedding gifts.

Superniños is doing a lot of firsts in the community of Coronel Oviedo. First summer literacy camp in the region. First bilingual TV show to teach the alphabet. And honestly, often it seems, that this is the first group of young people in our region who REALLY are making change for kids who don't know how to read past the letter A.

Superniños is more than a non-profit. It is a home, a community, a family, and a cause. We believe in the power of children. Do you?

https://www.facebook.com/superninospy

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Jazchu Mora is fundraising
Fail Forward Fundraiser
Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit Superkids Foundation, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Superkids Foundation: The Superkids Foundation mobilizes children as agents of change in their communities. Our primary program is Kid Teachers, where we teach children how to teach other children how to read. For this fundraiser we are focusing on Mita'i, a TV show for Paraguayan children made by Paraguayan children. We truly believe that Mita'i can make a difference, especially in today's situation, as so many children are not attending class due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

$5,000+

Sponsor the whole 10-episode season as one of our largest producers (with full producer credit).

$2,500-$4999

Sponsor the Kid Teachers in creating and producing five episodes (with recognition in the credits).

$1,000-$2499

Sponsor the Kid Teachers in creating and producing one episode (with recognition in the credits).

$249-$999

Sponsor the Kid Teachers in creating and producing a Story Segment (with recognition in the credits).

$50-$249
Contribute to leadership, writing and training classes for our Kid Teachers participants.

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Jazchu Mora is fundraising
SERtiembre tú mismo
Meet Elias.

A 5th grader who lives in the countryside, Elias wakes up at 4am each morning to BE A LEADER. As a Kid Teacher, Elias propelled the Guarani language forward by helping his peers practice informally, insisting that they improve to better reach students in other communities. Other Kid Teachers improved their teaching thanks to Elias.

When word got out that Elias was trained as a Kid Teacher, Elias was invited by a local preschool teacher to accompany courses and apply Superniños teaching methods based on phonetic literacy and child-centered instruction. HIs mother told us that the children LOVED learning through play with Elias and saw him as a role model.

SUPERKIDS HELPS KIDS BECOME THEIR TRUE SELVES. We have helped Elias and hundreds of other children reach heights that they never previously thought possible. A kid can be a teacher. A kid can be an agent of change. A kid - even a kid who lives in the countryside of the middle of Paraguay - can become a TV figure.

We want to show kids that if they show up as their true selves, anything is possible. Today, we are asking our donors to help us expand our reach for 2022.

Here's what is coming up for Superninos!

Training 120 Kid Teachers to help younger children recover unfinished learning

Empowering 100 girls in six girls' groups throughout the city

Teaching 3000 children essential life skills focused on leadership and communication

Preparing TENS of THOUSANDS of children as excellent readers through early literacy intervention in the form of our TV Show Mita'i

$50.00 - Contribute to a Kuña'i Scholarship Fund for emerging young women leaders

$100.00 - Send one lucky child to a lifechanging Kid Teacher camp

$400.00 - Fund an inspiring teacher's salary for one month

$1,000.00 - Send ten lucky children to a lifechanging Kid Teacher camp

$5,000.00 - Provide scholarships for 50 Kid Teachers

$10,000.00 - Endow a scholarship for 100 Kid Teachers

$20,000.00 - Donate a Classroom to support large-scale education efforts

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Estee Katcoff is fundraising
Super Tuesday- Help Us Launch Súperniños TV!
Celebrate #GivingTuesday with us this year by helping the Superkids Foundation create a TV show! GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

At The Superkids Foundation we are raising money this year to continue providing literacy and leadership programs for kids in Coronel Oviedo, and the surrounding Caáguazu region in Paraguay. Since COVID-19, the Supekids Foundation has gone through a lot of changes. Following the local ministry of education's guidelines, we have transitioned almost entirely to virtual learning and have been using LOCAL TELEVISION CHANNELS to get our educational programs to our students safely in their homes.

In 2021 we will air 45 episodes, teaching letters of the alphabet to 20,000 children in the Caáguazu region! Each episode will teach early literacy skills in fun and dynamic ways similar to Sesame Street, but featuring the kids and sites of the Coronel Oviedo community and weaving in Paraguayan culture and stories.

One of our values is to believe in the power of children. We are involving our Kid Teachers in every step of the process. They have participated in zoom meetings with industry experts, helped write grants for filming equipment, helped generate character ideas for the programs, and are going to be the stars in every program. We are dedicated to helping our kids nurture their spirit of service and provide them with the training and opportunities to be agents of change in their communities.

With your help, we will be able to purchase technical equipment for filming and editing the episodes!

Prep Corps is a major funder for the Superkids and they will be TRIPLE MATCHING OUR DONATIONS! We are thankful for your donations, no matter how much. We wish you a happy thanksgiving!

BECOME A PRODUCER
$100 - Sponsor the filming of a Song or Game (and include your message in the credits!)
$250 - Expand our reach by covering costs of broadcasting, props, and equipment
$399 - Dedicate an episode in honor of a loved one
$499 - Feature the logo of your company
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Meagan Terry is fundraising
Super Tuesday Campaign
This Super Tuesday aka Giving Tuesday, The Superkids Foundation (formerly known as Zero Violencia) is raising funds to help us expand our Kid Teachers program in 2020 -where kids teach kids how to read in Paraguay. Less than 30% of sixth-graders in the heart of Latin America can understand a paragraph in the newspaper.

This year, our Kid Teachers taught over 5,000 hours of literacy to younger students and became everyday superheroes in their communities.

You can be a hero, too! Donate to our Super Tuesday fundraiser through the end of the month and every dollar donated will be TRIPLED by our amazing partner, PrepCorps: GMAT and GRE!

Every dollar donated will go a long way! Please consider choosing Superkids as your charity of choice this year and help us mobilize even more kids as agents of change in their communities!
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About Superkids Foundation

Our mission is to mobilize children as agents of change in their communities.

3001a South Court StreetSeattle, WA 98144

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Causes

Youth organizing, Student services

Established

2016

Tax ID

81-2650732

NTEE code

Youth Development Programs

Superkids Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 81-2650732. Donations are tax-deductible. Select content is provided by GuideStar.

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