ChildFund Alliance is a network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in 66 countries around the world. The Alliance helps nearly 36 million children and their families to overcome poverty. We work to end violence against children; provide our expertise in emergencies and disasters to ease the harmful impact on children and their communities; and engage children and youth to create lasting change and elevate their voices in decisions that affect their lives.
Over the years, our members have engaged in global initiatives to achieve a world free from violence and create sustainable solutions that protect and promote children’s rights and their well-being. In recent years, major ChildFund initiatives have included our Child-friendly Accountability initiative, ChildFund Pass It Back, and WEB Safe & Wise Campaign.
World Index
Our flagship World Index report has been published since 2015 by ChildFund Alliance Italian member WeWorld. Measuring the living conditions worldwide of women and children by assessing the promotion, exercise, and violation of their rights, the 2024 edition presents a global ranking of 157 countries, identifying the root causes of rights violations and areas most urgently in need of intervention.
WEB Safe & Wise
In an era where digital technologies are rapidly expanding, children face unprecedented threats to their safety and well-being. More than 175,000 children go online for the first time every day, and an estimated 750,000 individuals are seeking to connect with them online for sexual purposes. WEB Safe & Wise works in partnership with children to counter these threats and to create tools and resources to help them be effective digital citizens who are equipped to safely navigate the online world.
Ending Violence Against Children
ChildFund Alliance and its members are determined to create a world where every child feels safe and protected. A core pillar of our collective strategy is protecting children from violence in the home and community, in schools, online, and in times of crisis, including when faced with the impacts of a rapidly changing climate. In November 2024, ChildFund representatives attended the first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children to advocate for policies and actions to protect all children from harm and ensure we can meet Sustainable Development Goal Target 16.2.
Child-friendly Accountability
ChildFund Alliance developed the Child-friendly Accountability initiative to meaningfully engage children in the global effort to eradicate all forms of violence against children. This initiative is helping children access age-appropriate data and information to contribute to monitoring child protection systems, to support children in holding their governments and local authorities accountable to their commitments in SDG target 16.2, and to advocate for international, national and local systems and policies focused on eliminating violence against children.
ChildFund Rugby
ChildFund Rugby partners to deliver a range of innovative and award-winning sport for development curricula, giving children and young people from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to play, learn and lead. ChildFund has been appointed as the Principal Charity for Rugby World Cup New Zealand 2021 and Rugby World Cup Sevens South Africa 2022.
Preventing Irregular Child Migration in Central America (PICMCA)
In spring 2017, ChildFund Alliance members Children Believe, Educo, and ChildFund International launched an initiative in partnership with the government of Canada to improve the conditions driving the irregular migration of unaccompanied children to the United States. The joint effort aims to reduce the threats to migrant children and youth while improving the conditions that cause them to flee their homes.
Free from Violence
ChildFund’s Free from Violence campaign urged stakeholders to prioritize the protection of children from violence and exploitation. ChildFund gathered opinions on violence against children from more than 16,000 children worldwide. Their top three calls to world leaders were to create and enforce legislation against violence, to fund and run awareness campaigns at all levels, and to ensure offenders are punished so that children feel safe. As the United Nations General Assembly prepared to discuss the future global priorities, children delivered a resounding statement on the importance of eradicating violence against them. The United Nations’ new Sustainable Development Goals, adopted shortly after the campaign in 2015, included a stand-alone target on violence against children.