We protect childhood by providing a family environment for children through direct care, strengthening families, building up communities, and advocating for children's rights in Guatemala, India, Moldova, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.
Children's Rights International's mission is to promote, protect and advance the human rights of children, primarily in developing countries, and to promote understanding of, adherence to and effective implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC).
The ChildSafe Movement was created to provide everyone with the tools to protect children in their daily environment. They do this by delivering concrete measures and advice to individuals, businesses, governmental and non-governmental organizations. They have undertaken vigorous awareness-raising activities and encouraged behavioral change with one objective in mind: to make children and youth safe. Their 'Don't Create More Orphans' campaign discourages donating to orphanages and their 'Children Are Not a Tourist Attraction' campaign discourages orphanage tourism
The Childwatch International Research Network is a global, non-profit, nongovernmental network of institutions that collaborate in child research for the purpose of promoting child rights and improving children’s well-being around the world. Their website provides useful resources and links around children and family issues.
Children who have endured the trauma of separation from family need a champion. Chosen & Dearly Loved works to find a loving and permanent family, preferably biological family whenever possible, for every child through four areas of impact: Family Reunification, Adoption Grants, Family Support, and Advocacy
Learn more about Chosen and Dearly Loved's campaign to transition orphanages to family reunification centers, 1MillionHome.
CAFO unites more than 200 respected organizations and over 720 church members. They labor together in shared initiatives that inspire and equip Christians for effective orphan care, family preservation, adoption and foster care. They work to see the local church in every nation known as the primary answer for the needs of vulnerable children in their midst.
The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS (The Coalition) is an independent group of thought-leaders from across the donor, UN, non-governmental, and academic communities. Each Member is a highly influential expert in their particular field – from sexual and reproductive health, early childhood development, to HIV – with the connections and gravitas to impact global policy change.
Comhlámh was set up in 1975 by Irish returned development workers, who defined the organisations principle objective as, “to enable persons who have rendered services overseas in developing countries upon their return to Ireland to bring to bear their own particular experience in order to further international development co-operation.”
The Community Child Protection Exchange – or “Exchange” – is an online initiative which aims to improve the level of knowledge and understanding around community-based child protection mechanisms and national child protection systems.
The Exchange recognises the rich knowledge base which resides within the practitioners and implementers working with communities to protect children. This recognition is reflected in the Exchange’s “ground up” learning approach to information and knowledge exchange, which sees practitioners as experts in their field.
Conflict Dynamics International is an independent, not-for-profit organization founded to prevent and resolve violent conflict between and within states, and to alleviate human suffering resulting from conflicts and other crises around the world. Their Children in Armed Conflict Accountability Initiative promotes timely and effective accountability for serious violations of international law committed against children in armed conflict.