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Mission
ChildFund International exists to HELP deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to improve their lives and the opportunity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change in their communities. PROMOTE societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children. ENRICH supporters’ lives through their support of our cause. ChildFund International works in 24 countries and assists 18.2 million children and family members worldwide, regardless of their race, creed or gender.
Ruling year
1951
CEO/President
Mr. Isam Ghanim
Main address
2821 Emerywood Parkway
Richmond, VA 23294 USA
Formerly known as
Christian Children's Fund
EIN
54-0536100
NTEE code
Children's and Youth Services (P30)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Children of all ages, nationalities, religions and cultures suffer from violence, exploitation and abuse. Children facing these issues are unable to exercise their other important rights — to food, shelter, adequate health services, education — which further impairs their development and perpetuates the cycle of poverty. Poor access to healthcare and low standards of health are dangerous issues facing children worldwide because they are particularly vulnerable to the effects of poor health, whether they stem from malnutrition, communicable diseases or birth defects. Investing in better healthcare in developing countries is vital to helping families break the cycle of poverty. Children become more vulnerable during emergencies. Whenever disaster strikes — whether it’s an earthquake, drought, typhoon or other crisis — ChildFund’s emergency response and rehabilitation efforts focus on child protection and emotional support, in addition to traditional relief and aid.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
ChildFund Programs
ChildFund connects children with the people and resources they need to grow up healthy, educated, skilled and, most importantly, safe. Our programs are comprehensive, creating conditions where children can thrive throughout three life stages -- ages 0-5, 6-14 and 15-24 – with interventions tailored to meet children's needs as they evolve from infancy through young adulthood. ChildFund’s approach places a special emphasis on protecting children from violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect, because these can shatter a child’s positive development in a second.
Our hyper-localized approach supports local partner organizations to implement programs that strengthen families and communities to address the root causes of poverty and protect their children’s rights. Children’s voices and experiences are at the center of our work. When children and youth are able to claim their rights, they become agents of change in their own lives and mobilize their peers to action. We
actively engage children and youth in defining both problems and solutions.
In addition, a systems approach guides our initiatives across the multiple contexts that affect children: Our approach sees the child existing inside a series of different rings of potential support and risk, from home to school to the larger community and beyond. In our work, we are conscious of how these different layers affect a child’s life and how they interact with each other, whether strengthening a system of support or fragmenting it. This understanding helps us direct our work and engage with children, families and communities to prevent violence, strengthen institutions and advocate for broader reform and social change with high-level government actors and decision-makers.
ChildFund works in 24 countries, reaching 13.6 million children and family members.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
ChildFund Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Total dollars received in contributions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
ChildFund Programs
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children who have the ability to seek help from and respond appropriately to adults
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
ChildFund Programs
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This is based 2019 study measuring the comfort level of children to inform an adult of harm happening to any child. 485,710 children in program areas were surveyed, not all children were enrolled.
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
With primary funding from sponsors, as well as support from government, corporate and individual donors, we work long-term in communities to help them transform themselves into places where children have what they need to live at their potential throughout their lives: access to health care, nutrition, learning opportunities, safety and caregivers equipped to ensure all these elements are in place. Our approach is grounded in the idea that if any of these pieces is missing, especially early in a child’s life, his or her development is at risk.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
ChildFund bases its programs on evidence of what works to promote development at each stage of a child’s life:
-- For infants and young children ages 0 to 5, programs focus on ensuring improved nutrition, health, safety and early learning experiences.
-- Programs for children and young adolescents ages 6 to 14, focus on increased learning, health, positive relationships with peers and adults, and skills for active participation in family, school and community life.
-- Our programs for youth ages 15 to 24, focus on improved employment, sexual and reproductive health and civic engagement and leadership.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
ChildFund helps to serve those individuals, especially children, living in the poorest communities around the world. Children in these areas are especially vulnerable because they’re less likely to receive crucial support from adults. Children facing these issues are unable to exercise their other important rights — to food, shelter, adequate health services, education — which further impairs their development and perpetuates the cycle of poverty. With our local partners, ChildFund creates safe spaces where children feel nurtured and protected.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Voice Now! is ChildFund's global effort to gather feedback, ideas, and solutions directly from adolescents and youth (ages 15- to 24) around the challenges of greatest importance to them and their communities, the initiative uses a youth-centered design methodology to leverage ideas and build solution prototypes that could be scaled into replicable program models and/or community-based activities.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people
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