Give Kids The World Village
Give Kids The World Village Wish Vacation · About this organization
What you get
A free weeklong family wish vacation with lodging, meals, transport, theme-park tickets, nightly entertainment, activities, and daily gifts.
How to start
You can use the Village’s directory to contact a local wish-granting organization about your child’s wish. That organization arranges the referral.
Good to know
- Give Kids The World does not grant wishes or accept direct family wish applications.
- There is no on-site medical staff, so arrange your child’s equipment and medical orders before travel.
The details, as published
Your child with a critical illness and your family can take a free, weeklong wish vacation in Central Florida after a partner referral. The stay includes Village lodging, meals, local transportation, theme-park tickets, nightly entertainment, activities and gifts. A local wish-granting organization or children’s hospital checks the medical requirements and arranges the referral.
What help you may get
Wishes And Family Experiences
Weeklong Central Florida wish vacation
A weeklong, cost-free family wish vacation with Village accommodations, theme-park tickets, nightly entertainment, activities, and daily gifts.
Actual eligible cost · One Time
1 weeks per award
Can cover
- Village accommodations
- theme-park tickets
- nightly entertainment
- Village activities
- daily gifts
Does not cover
- On-site medical staffing
- The vacation is provided at no cost to the family; no retail value is published.
- The current site describes a child's special wish vacation; prior-wish rules are determined by the referring organization and are not fully published by Give Kids The World.
Travel And Transportation
Wish-vacation transportation
Your wish trip includes transportation as part of the Central Florida vacation. Before making reservations, confirm with your referring wish organization who books your flights and local rides and who pays for fuel.
Actual eligible cost · One Time
Can cover
- wish-vacation transportation
Does not cover
- routine transportation to cancer treatment
- No amount or current division of travel responsibilities is published on the reviewed family pages.
Meals And Food
Wish-vacation meals
Your family gets free meals and snacks at the Village during your weeklong wish vacation. Budget separately for meals outside the Village.
Actual eligible cost · Per Trip
Can cover
- meals during the Village stay
Does not cover
- ongoing household groceries
- Meals outside the Village
- No meal value is published.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is within the program's published life-threatening-illness scope when a medical doctor deems the child eligible; the local wish-granting organization makes the case-specific determination.
Age
Age 3 to age 18, measured at application.
- The official page does not clarify whether both endpoints are inclusive or which date controls age eligibility.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- The current official pages do not publish an active-treatment, post-treatment, or medical-stability rule.
- A medical doctor must deem the child to have a life-threatening illness.
- Eligibility is published as regardless of income.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- The family must work through a wish-granting organization or children's hospital serving their area.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- No treating-facility restriction is published; a children's hospital may serve as the referring partner.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Give Kids The World Village — The Village is the vacation destination and does not limit residence eligibility. — Central Florida wish-vacation resort.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Community Referrer
- Open the official directory and contact a wish-granting organization serving the child's area.
- Determine whether the child qualifies for a wish and obtain the required medical-doctor determination.
- If eligible, express a wish to visit Central Florida.
- Refer the eligible child to Give Kids The World through the partner workflow.
- Coordinate the weeklong Village vacation after partner referral.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page — Use the directory to find and contact an eligible local wish-granting organization; this is a routing directory, not a Give Kids The World family application form.
Documents to prepare
- Medical-doctor determination that the child has a life-threatening illness; the exact document format is not published.
- After an eligible child expresses a Central Florida wish, the referring organization contacts Give Kids The World and the Village arranges the weeklong vacation.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Sep 25, 2026 |
- The official referral directory is live. Intake is partner-mediated through a local wish-granting organization or children's hospital; no direct family application to Give Kids The World is published.
- The Village publishes no general family application deadline; the local wish organization controls its intake.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Give Kids The World does not grant wishes or accept direct family wish applications.
- Your child must be 3–18, have a medical doctor confirm a life-threatening illness, be accepted by a partner wish organization or children’s hospital, and choose a Central Florida wish.
- Before applying, ask your local wish organization about its forms, prior-wish rules and timing.
- The Village has no on-site medical staff, so arrange needed equipment and medical orders before arrival.
- You need money for meals outside the Village, fuel, souvenirs and purchases at the parks.
- Will the local wish-granting organization and medical doctor deem this child's B-ALL case to meet the life-threatening-illness standard?
- What are the selected local wish organization's current application fields, documents, prior-wish rules, deadlines, and response time?
- Which party currently pays for airfare, rental car, spending money, and special medical or language needs for each referral?
- GPT Pro run58 (2026-09-25): Which documents, deadlines and prior-wish rules apply at the family’s chosen wish organization?
- GPT Pro run58 (2026-09-25): Who books and pays for airfare, local transport and fuel for this particular referral, and what language or medical-equipment arrangements are needed?
- GPT Pro run58 (2026-09-25): At what point does the referring partner assess the 3–18 age band?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Sep 25, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Our Families · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Frequently Asked Questions · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Give Kids The World Village · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Get to Know Give Kids The World · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Wish Granting Organizations · checked Aug 27, 2026