'Pass It Back' Cup in Belfast proves inspirational
by Irish Rugby Football Union / In the News
Earlier this week girls from Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines took part in the ChildFund Pass It Back Belfast Cup at Belfast Harlequins RFC, competing against girls from across Ulster with a helping hand from some of the Wallaroos team on the day.
'Unrecognised crisis': 160km from Australia, women in serious danger
by The Sydney Morning Herald / In the News
Australia’s near-neighbour Papua New Guinea is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a mother and there are signs the country’s health crisis is getting worse, a report has found.
Women in PNG are 35 times more likely to die during pregnancy than women in Australia (1 in 120 in PNG compared to 1 in 8700 in Australia), according to an evaluation of maternal health by the aid agency ChildFund Australia.
1-Tok Kaunselin Helpim Lain: A Report on the First Two Years of Operation in Papua New Guinea
by ChildFund Papua New Guinea / Reports
A National Health Crisis: Maternal Deaths in Papua New Guinea
by ChildFund Australia / Uncategorized
Anne Lynam Goddard, CEO, ChildFund International
by Diana Quick / CEO Forum
Anne Lynam Goddard has been a passionate voice for protecting the world’s most vulnerable children for more than 30 years. Goddard began her career in the Peace Corps in Kenya. After earning a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she joined the international humanitarian organization CARE and lived and worked overseas for almost 20 years.
In 2007, Goddard joined ChildFund International as president and CEO. She directs the organization’s efforts to promote child protection strategies around the world. Goddard is currently a board member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and a member of the federal Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid.
ChildFund 'Pass It Back' Belfast Cup Creates #WRWC2017 Memories
by Irish Rugby TV / Video Gallery
ChildFund and iCARE join forces to improve education for children in developing countries
by ChildFund Australia / Public Statement
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 5 June 2017: Respected international development agencies ChildFund Australia and iCARE (International Christian Aid Relief Enterprise) today announced their decision to join forces, and combine their decades of experience in delivering high quality education programs for children in Asia, Africa and the Americas.
ChildFund Australia brings direct sponsorship to the community
by Diana Quick / In the News
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.
ChildFund Laos Country Report 2015/2016
by ChildFund Laos / Reports
ChildFund Myanmar Country Report 2015/2016
by ChildFund Myanmar / Reports
ChildFund Papua New Guinea Country Report 2015/2016
by ChildFund Papua New Guinea / Reports
ChildFund Pass It Back Cup - Belfast 2017 Appeal
by Diana Quick / Public Statement
Help support a group of young Lao, Filipino and Vietnamese women embark on a life-changing event through sport and travel.
The ChildFund Pass It Back Cup - Belfast 2017 is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for girls from some of Asia's most disadvantaged communities to take part in an international rugby competition, meet role models, and explore about the role of girls and women in sport across the world.
ChildFund Pass It Back wins award at Beyond Sport Global Awards 2017
by ChildFund Australia / Public Statement
ChildFund Pass It Back, a unique sport for development program in Asia, has won the UNICEF Safeguarding Children in Sport Award at the prestigious Beyond Sport Global Awards.
ChildFund Vietnam Country Report 2015/2016
by ChildFund Vietnam / Reports
Choosing Between School and Food: The Difficult Choices for Children in Myanmar
by ChildFund Australia / Member Spotlight
Eight-year-old Khet Khet is the youngest of three girls. Her eldest sister, Ma Nwe, was the same age when she had to make a very difficult choice: she and her younger siblings could go hungry, or she could drop out of school to care for them so both of her parents could work.
Dial for help: The surprise hotline helping quake survivors in Papua New Guinea
by IRIN / In the News
More than two months after Papua New Guinea’s strongest earthquake in almost a century, stranded survivors are turning to an unexpected lifeline: a small domestic violence hotline run by a non-governmental organisation [ChildFund].
Although the risks of violence against women rise after disasters, most callers aren’t women. They’re men reaching out for support, enquiring about how to obtain food, shelter, and other services, or fearful of violence that has broken out in some areas after tribal clashes.
Giving female rugby players from Asia’s poorest communities a once in a lifetime opportunity
by ChildFund Ireland / Public Statement
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 8 JUNE 2017: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 is set to inspire young girls in Asian communities as the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), World Rugby, and ‘ChildFund Pass It Back’ bring girls from across the world’s most populous continent to Ireland to take part in an international rugby competition.
HOPE in Papua New Guinea
by Diana Quick / Member Spotlight
In Papua New Guinea, ChildFund Australia has implemented the HOPE (A Haus (house) for Protection and Empowerment) project, which aims to reduce the widespread violent abuse of children’s and women's rights by empowering survivors and training human rights defenders. The project has provided a safe refuge center for survivors of violence, better prevention mechanisms and a group of human rights defenders trained and empowered to intervene in sexual violence cases and encourage survivors and families to seek legal justice and medical attention.