Orphans International Worldwide (OIW) was founded by former investment banker Jim Luce in 1999 as a response to the global crisis facing orphaned children. OIW has established a network of locally incorporated homes to house and educate children orphaned and abandoned after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and the 2004 hurricane in Haiti. OIWW provides aid to the world's most disadvantaged children with the donated services of 100 volunteers, on an annual budget of less than a half-million dollars. OIWW is associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information and is headquartered in New York City. OI America is a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation.