sleeping children around the world scaw type charity founded 1970 founder murray and margaret dryden headquarters toronto canada website sleeping children around the world sleeping children around the world scaw is a charitable organization founded in 1970 by murray and margaret dryden headquartered in toronto canada providing bedkits to children in developing countries . in return for each 35 cad donation scaw provides a child with a kit consisting of a mat or mattress pillow bed sheet blanket mosquito net if required clothes outfit towel and school supplies . the kits are created in the country where they are to be distributed . this helps reduce transportation and material costs as well as providing an economic benefit to the targeted area . the organization reports that since 1970 bed kits have been provided to over 1.4 million children . all charitable contributions go directly to purchasing the bedkits . the expenses connected to the volunteers who distribute the bedkits are paid by each volunteer . administrative costs including the sole paid employee are paid from a legacy fund set up by murray dryden specifically to defray the costs of administration and to ensure that all money donated goes towards purchasing the bed kits . there is no promotional budget as advertising is only by word of mouth . 1 references edit dryden murray profile . the canadian encyclopedia . retrieved 2007 06 04 . external links edit sleeping children around the world this article about an organization in canada is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sleeping children around the world & oldid 724341141 categories canadian organization stubsphilanthropic organization stubscharities based in canadaorganizations based in torontoorganizations established in 1970hidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 june 2016 at 16 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view