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After weeks of planning and days of hoping for blue skies and warm sun, Saturday, May 8 was a day of clouds and rain for the Boston area.  This, however, did not stop Kaya supporters, Inger-Marie Pu, Regina Wiryaman, Hilary Laing and their children, Anne-Milda Pu, Anthony Wiryaman, Serena Laing, and Penelope Vandermeer, from forging ahead with their plans to raise funds for the organization through a yard sale.  Donations in excellent quality of every kind came in throughout the weeks before the big day

October 14, 2009 -- Kaya has a number in the 2010 Boston Marathon being held on Monday, April 19. We are looking for someone to raise funds for us by running on our behalf and will be accepting applications from potential runners who can meet certain requirements. The deadline for submitting an application is November 16, 2009. All applicants will be notified of our decision by December 16, 2009.

To learn more and to apply please contact Ian Phillips DeZalia at idezalia@kayachildren.org or (617) 207-5438.

May 20, 2009 -- Students at Lexington Christian Academy (LCA) in Massachusetts have organized a book fundraiser at the Barnes and Noble in Burlington, MA that will benefit Kaya's children in Bolivia. On Friday, June 5th and Saturday, June 6th supporters of Kaya Children can purchase books at LCA's wish list table. These books will be added to the library at Kaya's school for street-invovled children in La Paz, Bolivia.

April 22, 2009 -- Kaya founder and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Chi Huang, will give a presentation to leaders and donors of the Boston University Medical School on Thurs, April 30^th at the BU College of Management. He will discuss his intial time as a medical student in Bolivia, the development of what would become Kaya Children International and what Kaya is currently doing to help street-involved children today.

April 16, 2009 -- Kaya's Executive Director, Dr. Kristin Huang, and Kaya Founder, Dr. Chi Huang, will be presenting at the Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston's annual Social Concerns Ministry conference from May 1-3 in Lexington, MA.  This year the conference theme is Children in Need.  Below is the schedule for the three-day conference.  Note some presentations are in English (E) or Chinese (C) only, while others are offered with translation (E&C).

March 25, 2009 -- Executive Director, Dr. Kristin Huang, will have a paper she co-authored with Dr. Priya Nalkur presented March 28th at the Society for Psychological Anthropology’s Biennial Conference in Asilomar, CA.  The paper, Hopefulness in Times of Hardship among Tanzanian Youth, combines Nalkur’s research with at-risk youth in Tanzania with Huang’s experience developing interventions for street children.  Collaboration of this sort highlights Kaya’s efforts to share research findings on a global scale.

Dec 14, 2008 -- Kaya founder and current Chairman of the Board, Dr. Chi Huang, traveled to Taiwan to speak about his work as an advocate for marginalized children and to spread the word about how Kaya is making a difference for street-involved children today.

During his four-day trip, Dr. Huang spoke at the Lung Ying Tai Cultural Foundation’s Thinker’s Salon and Kaohsiung Medical College where he addressed large groups of students and professionals about children on the streets around the world and the need for a global perspective when addressing this issue.