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Philanthropy

When a child gains access to safe surgery, everything changes. A life is saved. A disability is prevented. A family can look to the future with hope.  

Through your philanthropy, you can help build the systems that make this possible  supporting sustainable surgical care where the need is greatest, and where the impact will last for generations. 

Why give to us?
1

Generational impact

Your support helps build permanent surgical capacity  from locally owned operating rooms to trained teams  ensuring children can access safe care not just today, but for decades to come.

2

Change on a huge scale

A single gift can unlock thousands of life-saving and life-changing operations. By strengthening entire health systems, your philanthropy reaches far beyond one child or one hospital. 

3

Locally led, global support

We partner with governments and local surgical teams to deliver programmes that are owned, led, and sustained within country  ensuring long-term impact and accountability.

4

Closer to impact

We work closely with our philanthropic supporters, offering insight, connection, and transparency  so you can see and understand the difference your support is making. 

Cost-effective, high-return giving

Surgery is one of global health’s most cost-effective investments. Your support creates practical, measurable change. It saves lives, prevents disability, and generates long-term social and economic value for families, communities, and countries.

Ways to support

However you choose to give, we will work with you to ensure your support creates meaningful, lasting change.

Major gifts

Play a leading role in transforming children’s access to safe surgery, from equipping a single operating room to enabling national plans that reshape care for entire populations.

Trusts and foundations

If you give through a trust or foundation, we will work with you to deliver high-impact programmes aligned with your funding priorities – with clear reporting, measurable outcomes, and a focus on long-term change.

Country and programme partnerships

Support the countries, hospitals, or areas of work that matter most to you, from operating room installations and surgical training to solar power, biomedical support, and wider health system strengthening.
Other ways to give

Leave a gift in your will

By including Kids Operating Room in your will, you help secure the long-term future of safe surgery for children who need it most. Your legacy strengthens surgical systems, builds lasting capacity, and ensures that no child is left without the care they deserve. 

Every gift makes a meaningful, lasting difference – you help make surgery possible, so children can make anything possible.

Other ways to give

Possibility Programme

Join a committed community of supporters helping make safe surgery possible for children around the world. Through an annual unrestricted gift from £1,500, members help Kids Operating Room respond where the need is greatest, while staying closely connected to the impact their giving makes.

Philanthropy in action

Our philanthropic partners have made anything possible for kids all over the world – from Afghanistan to Zambia 

The tireless effort from our team to make this possible has been breath-taking. Afghanistan is one of the hardest places in the world to be a child and there is a huge and desperate need for a paediatric surgery facility. This installation will directly save lives, as well as allow children to live their lives free from disability and pain.

Nicola Wood MBE
Co-founder, Kids Operating Room

Our impact at a glance

000,000
Life-changing operations
000
Operating rooms in 39 countries
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Surgeons trained
$00bn+
Economic benefit

Help change what is possible for children

Whether you are considering a major gift, giving through a trust or foundation, or exploring a longer-term commitment, we would be delighted to start a conversation.

From first discussions to long-term collaboration, our team will work with you to shape your giving around what matters most to you. We will keep you close to the work, with clear reporting, honest insight, and regular opportunities to understand the impact your support is helping create.  

Together, we can support the operating rooms, surgical teams, and health systems that make safe surgery possible for children. 

Make something amazing possible

Reach out to our fundraising team today to find out how you can make safe surgery possible, so kids can make anything possible.

Talk to Tommy

Contact Tommy, our Associate Director of Philanthropy

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