A young girl in Mozambique wearing colorful traditional dress washes her hands at a water well. Loricia, 8, Mozambique
A girl in India wearing traditional dress sings and dances. Upasi, 12, India
A little girl smiles while swinging on a swing in Uganda.
A little girl in Sri Lanka sticks her tongue out in a silly gesture.
A little boy sits in a doorway in Brazil, eating out of a pink bowl. Thiago, 4, Brazil

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Your support helps children in some of the world's most vulnerable communities have the chance to grow, learn and thrive.
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Making an Impact

In it for kids since 1938.

We help children thrive in spite of the toughest challenges in the world. Because we know that every child, like every person, matters.

Putting children first

Kids need to live their potential every day. We work with their families, communities and the systems surrounding them so they can grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe.
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Investing in localized change

Individual and institutional support allows us to invest in nearly 150 community-based organizations around the world — over $700M the last 10 years — to support and protect children. Because locally led change lasts.

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Experience you can trust

With nearly 90 years of experience working with children in challenging circumstances, we’re proud to be known for our commitment to child safety and financial accountability.

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When you sponsor a child, you embark on a journey you’ll never forget – to support a child, family and community through all life’s challenges.

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"You see pictures and you hear the stories, but going and seeing the impact firsthand is just incredible."

- Jonathan Roberts, ChildFund donor

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A young man wearing a nurse's uniform stands outside a hospital in Zambia, smiling at the camera.

"Reflecting on my life before ChildFund fills me with emotion. ... Without their support, I don’t know where I would be today."

- Peter Kabemba, program participant in Zambia

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"ChildFund cares enough about the kids to go off the beaten path. They’re not just rigidly following a protocol. They’re creative."

- Lauren Speeth, Founding CEO of The Elfenworks Foundation, which funded a robotics program in Brazil

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Children in ChildFund Brazil's robotics program

Sustaining Gifts, Lasting Change

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Monthly giving is the easiest way to make the biggest difference in kids' lives. Discover the power and purpose behind our monthly giving community, the ChildFund Village.

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The impact we make — together

So much becomes possible when children grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe wherever they are — at home, in school, in their communities and online. Together we’re helping them do exactly that.

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Global projects in action

Protecting childhood worldwide

ChildFund has programs in 66 countries to help children achieve their full potential. In the U.S., supporters can sponsor children in 21 of those countries. Our work is tailored to each country’s culture and context, whether we are supporting kids to get a better education in Kenya, resist child marriage in India or find a safe space to express their emotions in the United States.

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