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Toms Shoes donates 53,000 pairs of shoes to support the education-related work of ChildFund The Gambia 

During its long history of political upheaval and conflict, Myanmar didn’t prioritize education — and its effects are still being felt today. In the 2016 Human Development Report, Myanmar ranked 150th among 187 countries for expected years of schooling. Linked to education are ongoing challenges of child labor and poor economic prospects, particularly in rural and remote areas.

ChildFund Australia was facing a conundrum. For years, the organization had funded much of its development work by linking donors directly to a single beneficiary, through child sponsorship. But the model had come under scrutiny in recent years, with questions over how tightly donor money needed to be linked to individual children. Moreover, a number of countries where ChildFund Australia works simply weren’t good fits for individual sponsorship, for legal and cultural reasons.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland—Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 is set to inspire young female rugby players from disadvantaged communities in Asia, with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), World Rugby, and ChildFund Pass It Back giving them the opportunity to visit Ireland and take part in an international rugby competition.

Pass It Back is an innovative Sport for Development program led by ChildFund in partnership with World Rugby, Asia Rugby and Women Win that delivers an integrated life skills and rugby curriculum for children and young people in disadvantaged communities across Asia.

Idag släpps den internationella rapporten Counting Pennies som för första gången visar hur mycket av det totala biståndet i världen som går till att bekämpa våld mot barn. Varje år drabbas mer än en miljard barn av någon form av våld. Trots detta går bara 0.6 procent av det totala statliga utvecklingsbiståndet i världen till att stoppa våld mot barn.

(Only 0.6 percent of world aid goes to stop violence against children). Full article (in Swedish). 

It’s a truism that children are our future. For Lee Je-hoon, it’s a principle guiding his life. The 77-year old has been CEO of ChildFund Korea, an organization specializing in children’s welfare, for the past seven years.

ChildFund Alumni Association in The Gambia at the weekend concluded a three-day mentorship training for more than 30 of its members on leadership skills, career development, entrepreneurship and roles of youth in community development.

An estimated two thirds of women in Papua New Guinea have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, although many believe that this is an underestimation.

One in every three children in India feels their school is not safe “sometimes”, while citing deficient infrastructure and lack of toilets among their biggest concerns, according to a survey.

ChildFund Ethiopia said Thursday that it has so far reached close to 100,000 Ethiopians in its response to the El-Nino-driven drought that affected millions of people in the East African country.