Remote river communities in Peru’s Amazon had no local high school—teens faced an 8+ hour boat trip to Iquitos, so most stopped after primary. In 2018, Nevada Building Hope Foundation and founder Ahhyun “Bailey” Ahn secured approval and funded a community-built secondary school in Ayacucho; Phase I opened in March 2020. Residents constructed the campus themselves, and Phase II (2021) added two classrooms and bathrooms, with a final building and a small tech/library center planned. In 2022, the team built the “USS DANI” to safely ferry students and covers its annual fuel. Today the school serves three villages—Ayacucho (~165 people), San Juan de Yanayacu (~50), and Junín (~12)—reaching roughly 100 school-age children across the area. Six teachers now deliver national coursework plus English, arts, farming, and conservation rooted in local culture. 

After catastrophic flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Children War Relief, through Microsoft MSAI org, launched a Brazil Flood Relief project to reach families falling through the cracks of the shelter system. Across three volunteer waves—two led by Leonardo and a third led by Pedro (volunteers within Microsoft)—the team first focused on emergency support for displaced households and those who weren’t accepted into shelters or didn’t feel safe there. The first two trips delivered water, food, medicines, hygiene and cleaning supplies, and pet food, while actively building a request pipeline by contacting women/children shelters and individual families to compile itemized needs. Volunteers navigated shortages and blocked routes to serve remote, overlooked areas that had little access to aid. The third trip shifted to recovery: Pedro met with 33 families and purchased a single high-impact household item for each—such as a sink, microwave, refrigerator, stove, or mattress—to immediately improve daily living after flood damage. Powered by grassroots donations and matching gifts, funds are deployed directly by on-the-ground volunteers; as the region moves from crisis to rebuild, the partnership will alternate between essential supplies and targeted home replacements based on verified requests, expanding the number of families reached with each round. 

In partnership with IMOCE Mission, Bailey welcomed Ukrainian teenagers who were airlifted to the U.S. for respite after losing their father in the war. The visit offered a day of care and normalcy in Seattle—exploring the Seattle Aquarium, riding the Great Wheel, and sharing conversations that centered the teens’ voices and hopes. Lunch was sponsored by Children War Relief, ensuring every moment was focused on the kids rather than logistics. Beyond a day out, the goal was community: to surround these teens with kindness, stability, and reminders that their futures still hold joy. This collaboration reflects our commitment to trauma-informed, human-centered support for youth displaced by conflict.

Children War Relief is funding cameras and core gear to launch a student-led art photography course at Trush College in Lviv. Initiated by students (Sofia Gordienko, Victoria Zhmurko, Eva Luchkiv, Sofia Prylutska, Olya Shalai, Diana Kornienko, and Danylo Helyk), the program will teach young people to document their surroundings, community events, and their own artwork amid the war. Volunteer professional photographers based in Lviv will mentor the cohort. Our grant prioritizes cameras and lenses, with supplemental studio essentials (softboxes, monolights, triggers, tripods, background stand) to enable hands-on learning. The goal is to equip students with practical skills, a creative outlet, and the tools to preserve their stories—and their city’s—through powerful images, capturing the beauty even during the war