Throughout the world, nurses, paramedics and non-specialist doctors care for critically ill children, in poorly resourced hospitals.
There is a lack of central funding, health education and little professional development for staff, which has a huge impact on the health and lives of millions of children.
children are multidimensionally poor, without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or clean water.
children live in slums, many working as waste-pickers, whose families cannot afford to send them to school.
children live in areas of high-water vulnerability. Healthy children need access to clean water, proper sanitation and good hygiene (WASH). 1 in every 5 children do not have enough water to meet daily needs. A lack of water kills over 800 children every day.
children live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day. Over 200 million children’s lives are at risk from malnutrition. Providing the right food at the right time ensures children develop and grow as they should.
children are displaced worldwide, with the number displaced by conflict rising rapidly every year.
children die yearly due to poverty, that’s almost 1000 children every hour, over 15 children every minute, one child every 4 seconds.
newborns die every year, most secondary to preterm birth, childbirth related complications, infections and birth defects. 75% of newborn deaths occur in the first week of life.
The raw, unadulterated emotion children express when suffering pierces our hearts, compelling us to act. Equally, the pure joy and elation we feel when they smile is second to none. Children need us now, more than ever.
Our children are the future.
They are our future teachers, carers, leaders.
This is why we fight on behalf of children who are in need, wherever they may be.
We are 100% committed to children.
We partner with world class charitable and humanitarian organisations, with proven track records of delivering child-centric programmes that make a significant impact to the lives of children in desperate need.
Some of our appeals are restricted, with the aim to raise funds for specific items or projects. Other appeals support an unrestricted fund within a country of need or in global support of emergencies. The flexibility provided by unrestricted programmatic funds has huge benefits in creating resiliency in the ability of our partner organisations to respond to emergencies, conflicts and humanitarian catastrophes that affect children, wherever they may occur.
We provide donors with quality feedback and regular updates on the impact of our work.
We are proud to be partnered with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Save the Children. These are some of the world’s leading charity and humanitarian organisations, that demonstrate a responsive and expansive capability to deliver programmes with impeccable governance and accountability processes.
We are also proud to be partnered with iF Charity, that has been working exclusively in Palestine since 2002.
