Strategic Priorities for FY2026-2030:
Children today are growing up in a world marked by profound disruption and accelerating change. Armed conflicts, climate disasters, and economic crises are converging with deepening inequality, democratic backsliding, and shrinking civic space. Over one billion children experience violence annually. More than 1.2 billion live in high-risk climate zones. Development assistance is declining while global protection funding gaps widen. In this landscape, children—especially the most marginalized—are among the most impacted and the least heard.
Yet amid this uncertainty, there is opportunity. At ChildFund Alliance, we see the resilience, insight, and leadership of children not as a footnote—but as a force for transformation. As one young girl from the Philippines said, “I want to inspire others to speak for themselves… so that they can be heard.” Her words reflect the heart of our strategy.
The ChildFund Alliance Strategy 2030: Championing Child Rights in a Changing World is both a reaffirmation of our mission and a strategic shift. It is grounded in what we know works—drawn from decades of experience in over 66 countries—and shaped by what children have told us they need. It is also forward-looking: designed to help us meet global disruption with clarity, focus, and courage.
The strategy centers on three interconnected pillars:
- Ending Violence Against Children (EVAC) – reaffirming our flagship priority and pushing for visibility, accountability, and investment through 2030 and beyond.
- Child Sensitive Humanitarian Action – enhancing our humanitarian impact and ensuring children’s rights and protection are not sidelined in crisis response and recovery.
- Child Rights in a Changing Climate – positioning climate change as a defining child rights issue and ensuring children are seen as central to sustainable solutions.
These pillars are enabled by common commitments: participation of children and young people, locally led action, learning and evidence, and joint advocacy and resource mobilization. These are not just principles; they are the mechanisms through which we will achieve impact.
Our new Strategic Plan for FY2026-2030 is available now. You can access it here.
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