We are grateful for all the support you and countless others around the world have given to Kidpower! Your gift helps us to provide:
- affordable and free educational resources to help prevent bullying, abuse, and violence
- workshops to people in need regardless of their ability to pay
- emotional and personal safety skills that help to create safe and strong relationships, reduce isolation, protect mental health, and increase happiness!
There’s still time this year to have your gift DOUBLED through a match by our Leadership Circle. Your gift today will help us serve hundreds of thousands of people in 2023!
Thank you!
Gratefully,
Irene
PS – Just in case you missed it – take a look at our short, inspiring Safety Highlights video!
Published: December 31, 2022 | Last Updated: December 31, 2022
Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director
Kidpower Founder and Executive Irene van der Zande is a master at teaching safety through stories and practices and at inspiring others to do the same. Her child protection and personal safety expertise has been featured by USA Today, CNN, Today Moms, the LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Publications include: cartoon-illustrated Kidpower Safety Comics and Kidpower Teaching Books curriculum; Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe; the Relationship Safety Skills Handbook for Teens and Adults; Earliest Teachable Moment: Personal Safety for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers; The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults: Personal Safety, Self-Protection, Confidence, and Advocacy for Young People, and the Amazon Best Seller Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels.