Updates

ChildFund Deutschland will continue its support to its Ukrainian partner organizations in the North, South and East regions of the country. The provision of financial support is key to the carrying...

A full-scale military attack (invasion) of Ukraine was started by Russia in the night of February 23/24, 2022. Cities, towns and other targets in all regions of Ukraine have been shelled or attacked...

Governments must acknowledge the devastating injustice of the climate crisis faced by Children, girls and young women and the disproportionate impacts on their lives and make strong commitments to...

Tropical storm Ana has struck communities still reeling from the devastating consequences of previous cyclones in the past two years. As of the 9th of February, the storm has affected 180,869 people,...

From the 24th to the 25th of January 2022, the country recorded more than 30 earthquakes. Two back-to-back aftershocks of a magnitude of 5.45 at 8:20 a.m. and 5.6 at 9:06 a.m. on the Richter scale,...

Ces 10 dernières années, les efforts mondiaux visant à éliminer les MGF ont été mis à mal par les crises humanitaires, la croissance démographique, les difficultés économiques et la pandémie du...

For the past decade, global efforts to eliminate FGM have been challenged by humanitarian crises, population growth, economic deprivation, and the coronavirus pandemic. If efforts are not...

Between June and October 2021, partners of ChildFund Alliance and local organizations implemented a joint exercise using the Community Protection Approach (CPA) to identify the principal protection...

As the 3rd African Girl Summit focusing on “Culture, Human Rights and Accountability; Accelerating End to Harmful Practices” starts in Niamey, we, African Girls from Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania,...

COVID-19 Knows no Boundaries ChildFund reached more than 6.8 million children and family members and directed more than $100 million dollars to COVID-19 relief efforts during the first year of the...

One billion children experience violence and abuse every year. That shocking figure has risen even higher during the COVID-19 pandemic. Violence prevention and response services have been disrupted...

CHILD-FOCUSED AGENCIES STATEMENT ON THE 2021 MINISTERIAL DECLARATION The United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is responsible for ensuring progress towards the...

Introduction For caregivers and teachers Welcome to the Children’s Climate Cards Climate change is happening. Impacts are projected to become increasingly severe across the world. Children have a...

2021 is designated as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, as unanimously adopted in a UN General Assembly resolution in 2019 and launched by the International Labour...

Dear Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, The lack of predictable and accountable coordination arrangements for humanitarian cash continues to hamper the scale, quality and...

Over the past year, anniversaries of the conflicts in Syria, Libya, Yemen, and new outbreaks of violence elsewhere, have served as grim reminders of the international community’s lack of meaningful...

Following a State of Emergency declared on 1 February 2021, mass protests began taking place throughout Myanmar. Many individuals taking to the streets are children and young people, peacefully...

Introduction Although children have been spared the worst of the direct health effects of COVID-19, the pandemic has disrupted the delivery of essential health services and lives of hundreds of...