Isabelle Redford

Isabelle Redford is an artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who lives in Altamont, Kansas. She draws the artwork for a line of greeting cards which she sells and uses the proceeds to fund the construction of orphanages around the world. She currently has raised around $500,000 dollars toward 11 homes located in Haiti, Africa, and India, along with raising money to support orphans with food and clothes. This is especially notable because by the time the first orphanage was completed and the plans for the second one were announced, Redford was only seven years old.[1]

Isabelle Redford

She first had an interest in funding the orphanages when, at the age of five, her mother told her a story about twin girls in Haiti whose mother had died during childbirth.[2]

Within hours after ABC News reported that Redford was ABC's Person of the Week, the amount of money that she had raised increased from $10,000 to more than $265,000.[3]

With a more recent update(2018):Redford is looking to launch an online store in the coming months in which she will be selling more advanced pieces that she has created. You can also view her current story now at ingrainedjourney.com

References
  1. Kansas Girl, 7, Makes Art for Charity, Builds Orphanages With Her Profits, ABC News, July 10, 2009
  2. Orphans Live In Her House of Cards, CBS News, July 14, 2009
  3. Kan. Girl, 7, Sees Charity Interest Surge, KMBC-TV, July 15, 2009
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