
No child should miss school for want of a meal.
The Bathsheba Foundation sends food, clothing, school and medical supplies to children and families in Africa and the Caribbean.
DonateTransforming communities since 2008
- Children assisted
- 650+
- Countries
- 10+
- Direct donations
- 1M
Our mission
Fed, clothed, and in the classroom.
We believe necessities should never stand in the way of a child's education. Since 2008 our all-volunteer team in Queens Village, New York has collected, packed and shipped supplies to communities across the diaspora, and helped families pay for school fees, uniforms and home repairs.
Our storyEducation
School fees, uniforms, books and supplies.
Nourishment
Food for children and their families.
Care
Clothing, medical supplies and relief.

Where we work
From Queens to the diaspora

From our founder
My Message
Cleo BrownFounderMy journey started when I visited Africa. On my arrival in Dakar, I was taken around the rural areas of the country, to my dismay they were men and women who were suffering and in pain, pain that would require the attention of a physician but of course they could not afford one. The cries for help were unbearable to the point that I was inconsolable and fountain of tears prevailed.
I remembered one gentleman came up to me and ask for a pain reliever, I cloak in tears, seemingly futile to the needs of the villagers. I got weaker and weaker as I continued because each case would be worse than the last, it seems like the smaller villages were affected with more cases of malnutrition, children teeth were so badly damaged from lack of clean water, children limbs were missing from birth defect or injuries sustained by young mothers, boys and girls from a small age of 8 or 9 were on the street begging just so that the family could have a meal for the night.
Coming from America where we have everything readily available to us, the lump in my throat was suffocating. When I got back home to America I vowed that I would do everything in my power to assist the needed and impoverished. When a need is met for someone anywhere in world that experience difficulties in acquiring the basic need to survival, I am pleased knowing that someone life is affected in a positive way. My duty is to make a difference.
What we send
Food
Most cash gifts buy food supplies for children and families.
Clothing
New and gently used clothes, shoes and school uniforms.
School supplies
Books, notebooks, pens and toys, plus help with school fees.
Medical supplies
Basic supplies for families and community clinics.
Get involved
Join our volunteers
Donate supplies
Food, clothing, toys, books, medical and school supplies. Non-food items must be new or gently used.Pack a shipment
Help sort and pack boxes in Queens Village.Host a drive
Collect supplies at your church, school or workplace.Call us
(917) 804-3826



