OUR VISION
(What we do and where we are going)
The Karma Kids are eight individual children who represent the
various faces of humanity. Different cultures notwithstanding, if we take a
little time we begin to notice that our core values are very much alike.
The main purpose of The Karma Kids is to spread good values, virtues, and
social skills to children (of all ages!) around the globe. We aim to do this
through the messages in the stories and through the website.
We intend the stories to entertain children and also to be parenting aids for
their carers.
Each story addresses a value that is helpful for your child's development,
e.g., honesty, neatness, sharing, etc.
This value is first imparted to each Karma Kid by an animal friend at the
beginning of the story. Children love animals and relate to them easily, and
this initial learning scene prepares them to digest the main point of the story
from the get-go.
The story shows the good that can come from acting in accordance with the
story's main virtue, and also what can happen as a result of taking the
opposite, negative path.
On the website you will see a section called DAKS, which are Daily Acts of
Kindness. This section and the related pages were created to encourage children
to give and share from an early age, and to help you lay good foundations for
your child's development of character and civic responsibility.
We will donate 10% of all profits we generate from this project
to helping children and animals around the world. For future projects, we hope
to raise this number to 100% (please see the ''What We REALLY Do'' pages in the
Adults' Section for a more detailed account).
Our plans for the future include the following:
The Karma Kids
* A series of The Karma Kids audio books read by celebrities that
will be encourage your children to read along with them on the website.
* A range of irresistible cuddly toys made from sustainable materials by
well-compensated workers on a profit-sharing plan, where a percentage of the
money goes to helping the particular animals featured.
* Translation of the books and website into all major languages, beginning with
Spanish and Chinese.
* A range of education toys.
* A second series of The Karma Kids storybooks.
* A series of 15-minute Karma Kids cartoons for children's TV, to be translated
into all major languages.
* A feature-length animated film about The Karma Kids.
We will make every effort at each stage of our evolution to
ensure that all products and packaging are made from sustainable resources and
that all staff involved in this project receive proper benefits (health,
working environment, and holidays).
We will make our financial records available every year on our
website, audited by Price Cooper Waterhouse, to show how we effectively use the
money we generate from this project.
In addition to donating 10% of the net profits from the Karma
Kids to helping children and animals, 50% of the gross income from the project
will go into a redevelopment budget, which will be used to:
*Print books
* Open a distribution center
* Pay for studio time to record audio books
* Translate the stories into major languages
*Develop the second series of The Karma Kids
* Finance other pertinent development needs
Thank you for your support.
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