President George W. Bush has appealed to American kids to chip in $1 each to help Afghanistan children.

Bush said he's setting up an America's Fund for Afghan Children. He asked each American kid to send donations to a special office at the White House.

At a news conference, Bush said, "Wash a car. Do a yard for a neighbor. And I hope the adults will help them as well."

He said he hoped school classes, Boy and Girl Scout troops and other youth organizations would join together to help. But, he made a special appeal to individual kids to send their $1 contributions too.

He said one-third of all Afghan children are orphans and half of them are severely under-nourished. The American Red Cross will supervise the sending of supplies to the Afghan kids, Bush said.

The address:

America's Fund for Afghan Children The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20509-1600