This week, world leaders will turn their attention to the global hunger crisis in two pivotal events organized by the United States: a ministerial-level meeting on May 18 and a Security Council open...
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Joining Forces partnership calls for urgent actions to be taken to protect children and their families in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has created a major humanitarian and child protection crisis, jeopardizing the lives of millions of children, tearing families and communities apart, and creating devastating...
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Ukraine Crisis - Regional Response Plan

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...
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Ukraine Conflict Emergency Response - Situational Report #02 (March 2022)

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...
Combating climate crisis must be based on respect for human rights

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...
Mozambique: Tropical Storm Ana: Situational Report #01, February 2022

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,...
Southwest Haiti Earthquake: Situational Report #01, January 2022

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,...
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Union des forces pour une tolérance zéro à l'égard des mutilations génitales féminines en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre

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...
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Joining Forces for Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation in West and Central Africa

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...
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CPA in Central America - ChildFund Alliance in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua

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...
Benin + 10 more
West African girls’ Manifesto on ending harmful traditional practices

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,...
Forward Strong: Ensuring children remained safe, healthy, and able to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic, October 2021

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...
Together to #ENDviolence: Leaders' Statement. Six game-changing actions to End Violence Against Children

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...
United Nations High-Level Political Forum Ministerial Declaration is a missed opportunity for transformative language on children’s participation

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...
Children’s Climate Cards

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...
Addressing Child Labour: Lessons Learned from ChildFund Interventions (June 2021)

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...
Call to Action Letter on Cash Coordination [EN/AR]

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...
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Civil Society Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (2021)

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...
Members of ChildFund Alliance unite in urging that the safety and protection of young people in Myanmar be prioritized

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...
Joint statement by Joining Forces Asia: Governments must ensure fair, transparent, and gender-responsive COVID-19 vaccine distribution programs

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...