More than $37,000 was raised for children in need in Nepal and Uganda during the Kathmandu Kids Club and the ISIS Foundation's recent charity auction, 'A Little Help, A Little Hope'.

Of that sum, the Kathmandu Kids Club — formed last year to specifically raise funds to support The ISIS Foundation's work in Nepal — raised over $20,000 which will go directly to the ISIS children's homes in Kathmandu. ISIS provides full-time residential care for 136 children who have been internally displaced due to war, as well as providing health services to more than 6,000 locals who would otherwise not receive any healthcare at all.

The remaining approximately $17,000 — proceeds from the auction and sale of Ugandan goods — will go directly to ISIS Foundation projects in Uganda, which include support for a neonatal intensive care unit at Kiwoko Hospital. The funds will enable a container full of urgently needed supplies to be shipped from the US to Kiwoko.

The auction's title was inspired by NBA legend Earvin 'Magic' Johnson's quote: "All a kid needs is a little help, a little hope and someone who believes in them."