Give Kids The World Village is an 89-acre nonprofit resort in Kissimmee, Florida that provides critically ill children and their families with week-long wish vacations at no cost. Half of all critically ill children eligible for a wish choose to visit Central Florida and its theme parks. Give Kids The World aims to fulfill that wish, providing children and their families with all-inclusive vacations including transportation, accommodations, food, theme park tickets, and entertainment. Give Kids The World has accommodated nearly 177,000 families from all 50 U.S. states and 76 countries throughout its history, and has been given a four-star rating from Charity Navigator for 15 years in a row, a rating in the top 1% of U.S. charities. History Give Kids The World was founded by Henri Landwirth. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Henri spent five years in the Auschwitz and Matthausen concentration camps during World War II. By the war's end, both of his parents had been killed, but Henri and his twin sister, Margot, survived and were reunited. Henri then immigrated to America on a freight ship. He was soon drafted into the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War. After his service, Henri used the GI Bill to study hotel management while working the night desk at Manhattan's Wellington Hotel. In 1954, he moved to Florida and began managing the 100-room Starlite Motel. This was followed by him opening a franchised Holiday Inn in Orlando. In the 1980's, Henri began offering complimentary hotel rooms to children with life-threatening illnesses who wished to visit Walt Disney World. One day, Henri noticed that a reservation for a young girl named Amy, who had leukemia, had been cancelled. While he had donated the accommodations, the other travel arrangements had taken too long, and Amy died before she could make the trip. Heartbroken, Henri vowed to never let a child's wish go unfulfilled. In 1986, with the support of multiple partners and individuals, Henri founded Give Kids The World Village. The Village now encompasses 89 acres, 166 private wish family villas, and an array of accessible rides, attractions and venues. The Village The Village encompasses 166 private storybook villas, four accessible rides and attractions, including the Enchanted Carousel, the Jurassic Junction (JJ's) train experience, Kelly's Sunny Swing and Lori's Magical Flight, the Gingerbread House Restaurant, the Serendipity pirate-themed entertainment stage, two wheelchair accessible pools, Jack's Wacky WaterWorks splash pad, horseback riding,