Kids helping kids through celebration, education and fundraising.

Our Mission

Purple Cake Day is a charity event that supports children worldwide to receive the education they need to break the poverty cycle and create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Purple Cake Day is about kids helping kids. The activities celebrate and connect children around the world, helping them learn about their role in the global community, and grow their sense of compassion, respect and leadership.

Get involved: Purple Cake Day 2013

This year we’re raising $100,000 to help children in Haiti, Nepal, and Kenya get the education they need to change their lives. We'll sustain our support to the Children of Haiti Project, in Haiti We'll sustain our support to First Steps Himalaya, in Nepal We'll extend our support to the Hilde Back Education Fund, Kenya We'll continue to develop our Emergency Children’s Fund, so that we can respond to humanitarian crises affecting children

What’s the Problem?

101 million children worldwide are not enrolled in school
Millions of children are in overpopulated classrooms, without text books or qualified teachers
2 million additional teachers are needed right now
793 million (17%) of the world’s adults still lack basic literacy skills
Education accounts for just 2% of humanitarian aid

What’s the Solution?

Education is the proven single most important factor in reducing poverty. The impact of investment in education is profound: education results in improving health, promoting gender equality, better employment opportunities, higher income and reducing poverty.

About Purple Cake Day

Purple Cake Day is a charity event that supports children to get the education they need to break the poverty cycle and create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.

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