Giving Back

Street Child provides sustainable access to quality education to the world's most-marginalized children living in the world's toughest places, based on the passionate belief that education is not only a fundamental human right, but the surest pathway out of poverty.

Street Child supports children living in poverty in the world’s toughest places to go to school and learn to read and write for a brighter future.

We believe that education is a fundamental human right and the surest pathway to a life free from poverty, so we work with children who are excluded from the education system, or who live in places where the system does not exist or has collapsed:

• Children living in rural villages, where there are no schools
• Children living in refugee camps
• Girls, whose education is not considered important
• Children orphaned by Ebola or conflict, who have no one to support their schooling
• Children whose education was disrupted by disaster or conflict
• Children living in extreme poverty, who have no hope of reaching school

One-third of the world's out-of-school children live in disaster and conflict-affected countries. This percentage is rising annually, yet only 2% of humanitarian funds are spent on education in these emergency zones. Education in emergencies is therefore a huge part of what we do.

Village Impact partners with vulnerable communities and local governments to build schools in conflict-affected communities in rural Kenya. But this is only the beginning!

They also provide the schools with essentials like desks and chalkboards, textbooks, science labs and school libraries, water and sanitation systems, kitchens, school gardens and teacher accommodations.

They also hire psychosocial counselling staff, who provide one-on-one and group counselling sessions to students at many schools. Students in Village Impact partner schools enjoy world-expanding experiences like field trips, student conferences and summer camps that help young people build the mindset and skills they need to develop their businesses and lift themselves out of poverty.

In addition, they provide access to professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators. All their projects are community-driven and, once completed, each school is community-owned and government-supported.

Children International gives children in poverty the tools they need to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. With the support of donors and sponsors, children and youth gain the skills and confidence they need to create promising futures free from poverty.

• 385 million children live in extreme poverty.
• 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines.
• 821 million children, women and men around the world are undernourished.

These facts are staggering and may seem like insurmountable challenges with no resolution.

While the path out of poverty is not an easy one, when you put these issues into perspective, you can see how all of us working together can do our part to break the cycle of poverty for this generation and the next.

Small changes add up.

Putting poverty in perspective allows us to see how global problems can be solved when we all do our part. Your sponsorship or gift provides children access to educational, health care and dental programs while also funding empowerment and employment initiatives, and building community centers. Together, we can give children the chance to envision a better future and create lasting change for their communities.

Action Against Hunger is an independent and determined charity that tackles the causes and effects of hunger – no matter what the circumstances.

The mission of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and natural disaster.

From crisis to sustainability, we tackle the underlying causes of malnutrition and its effects. By integrating our programs with local and national systems we further ensure that short-term interventions become long-term solutions.

Action Against Hunger works in over 47 countries, in addition to the 5 headquarters in the UK, the US, Canada, France and Spain that lead on the organizations international work.

Aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #2 of Zero Hunger, Rise Against Hunger provides immediate nourishment for those facing hunger today and implements sustainable solutions that will lift entire communities for years to come. Rise Against Hunger targets remote, last-mile communities in countries around the world and works with local leaders and in-country partners to address food and nutrition security challenges. Rise Against Hunger works to end hunger through four pathways:

• Through the implementation of sustainable agriculture and income-generating projects, the Empowering Communities pathway promotes improvements in agricultural production and rural livelihoods to help individuals increase their incomes and access to food. Rise Against Hunger currently has ongoing Empowering Communities initiatives in Mali, Malawi, South Sudan, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
• While long-term food security takes root, the Nourishing Lives pathway provides nutrition and encourages education through school feeding, vocational training and health clinics.
• From droughts to floods, in conflict zones and political crises, the Responding to Emergencies pathway deploys food and aid in communities when it is needed most.  
• Rise Against Hunger knows hunger will not end without Growing the Movement, building awareness and activation for this crucial issue. Each year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers and advocates engage with Rise Against Hunger’s mission through the organization’s meal packaging program and other activities.
  

Through a holistic approach to child development, Compassion blends physical, social, economic, and spiritual care. The mission does all of their work through partnerships with thousands of local churches in 25 countries around the world.

Through child sponsorship Compassion International Mission has specific initiatives to help babies and mothers in poverty, develop future leaders, and meet critical needs.

The opportunities to assist with critical needs includes medical assistance, extra food and nutritional supplements, income-generation training, emergency home repairs and disaster relief, access to clean and safe water, education assistance, and other necessities.

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Make-A-Wish® aims to grant the wish of children diagnosed with a critical illness in the U.S. and its territories. A wish is granted every 34 minutes to help children believe that anything is possible and gives them the strength to fight harder against their illnesses.

Wishes are far more than gifts, or singular events in time. Wishes impact everyone involved—wish kids, volunteers, donors, sponsors, medical professionals and communities. For wish kids, just the act of making their wish come true can give them the courage to comply with their medical treatments. Parents might finally feel like they can be optimistic. And still others might realize all they have to offer the world through volunteer work or philanthropy.

Wishes can change the odds for children fighting their illness. A wish helps kids look past their limitations, families overcome anxiety and entire communities experience joy. Most importantly, wishes can improve a child’s quality of life. Experience the power of imagination and the strength that comes from it. At Make-A-Wish, life-changing wishes start with you.

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