Mother of 10 Learns New Farming Techniques to Feed Children and Earn Income
by Aloisio Assis and Zoe Hogan, ChildFund Timor-Leste Rosita and Elia in the vegetable garden cultivated by the farmer’s group. Rosita is no stranger to the difficulty of feeding a family. For more...
View ArticleTsunami? Earthquake? This Indonesian Teen Is Prepared
By Sagita Adesywi, ChildFund Indonesia Anastasia Anastasia, a 16-year-old from the Indonesian island of Flores had the honor of being the youngest keynote speaker at two events aimed at helping...
View ArticleYouth in the Americas Embrace Finance Education
By Graeme Thompson, ChildFund Americas Regional Program Coordinator Is saving even possible in rural, poor communities? That was a question a lot of people asked when the Aflateen program began in...
View Article‘If I Were President’…Children Have a Few Ideas
By Virginia Sowers, ChildFund Community Manager For the past few years, the ChildFund Alliance (a 12-member organization that includes ChildFund International) has been asking children to tell us what...
View ArticleThe Day of the Dead: An Opportunity to Honor Children Who Didn’t See Their...
By Gabriela Ramírez, ChildFund Mexico Communications Officer, and Patricia Toquica, Americas Region Communications Manager The beginning of November marks a special celebration in most Latin American...
View ArticleYou’ll Never Look at Your Toilet the Same Way Again
By Martin Nanawa, ChildFund Philippines Each Nov. 19, World Toilet Day is observed as reminder that 2.6 billion people lack access to toilets and proper sanitation. This year, sanitation is a...
View ArticleIt Gave Me a Sense That Things Really Can Be Fixed
By Mauricio Bianco, ChildFund Brasil Mauricio Bianco, marketing and fundraising manager for ChildFund Brasil, recently traveled to Ecuador. Today, he shares his impressions in the second of a two-part...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes With ChildFund Spokesperson Alan Sader
by Loren Pritchett, ChildFund staff writer Alan Sader, ChildFund’s TV Spokesperson When I sat down with Alan Sader, ChildFund’s TV spokesperson, I’ll admit I was a tad star struck. When I was younger,...
View ArticleReflections on Sponsorship: A Visit to Vietnam
Guest Post by Pete Olson Pete Olson is an American Formula car racer in the Asia Formula Renault Series. Olson’s Race for Children campaign is to raise awareness around the issue of child poverty while...
View ArticleYouth in Bolivia: “We Might be Small, but We Can Do Big Things”
By Abraham Marca and Ana Vacas, ChildFund Bolivia It’s common to hear older Bolivians describing adolescents and children as being in their “donkey’s age” because they can be bull-headed. A youth group...
View ArticleChildFund Projects Up Close in Zambia
Jake Lyell, photojournalist and videographer, provides a behind-the-scenes view as he travels to southern Africa to document the needs of the people of Zambia and report on the successes of ChildFund...
View ArticleMonitoring the Needs of Children in Mali
By Kate Andrews, with reporting from BØRNEfonden As strife spreads through Mali, ChildFund Alliance partner BØRNEfonden reports that the children they serve will face many hardships in the future....
View ArticleCarnations: The Sweet Smell of Success
By Cynthia Price, Director of Communications Carnations are now plentiful in Santa Rosa de Patután. I’ve never been a fan of carnations. I’m more of a roses and Gerber daisy girl. But then I went to...
View ArticleNational Peace Corps Week: ChildFund Employees Reflect on Experiences
By Kate Andrews, ChildFund Staff Writer This week, we recognize Peace Corps volunteers, many of whom leave the United States to live thousands of miles away from family, friends and familiar cultural...
View ArticleProtecting the Welfare of Children in The Gambia
By Ya Sainey Gaye, ChildFund The Gambia ChildFund’s national office in The Gambia, in partnership with Save the Children International, recently donated office equipment and supplies to the Child...
View ArticleBeyond Price: An Afghan Girlhood
Reporting by Ahmadullah Zahid, ChildFund Afghanistan On International Women’s Day, we’re spotlighting some of the amazing girls and women we’ve encountered in ChildFund-supported communities. We honor...
View ArticleChildFund Brasil Expands Work to Amazon Region
By Patricia Toquica, Americas Region Communications Manager School sponsorship is a new initiative of ChildFund Brasil to reach children in the most remote areas of the Amazon forest and improve their...
View ArticleStarting Over Again: An Afghan Returnee’s Story
Reporting by Ahmadullah Zahid, ChildFund Afghanistan Malik Nader, a father of eight, says that a lack of water was a major difficulty in Sheikh Mesri New Township. ChildFund’s RESTART project has...
View ArticleWithout Fresh Water, It’s Not Easy to Have Clean Hands
By Sagita Adesywi, ChildFund Indonesia World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater...
View ArticleClean Water: A Learning Essential for Southern Philippines School
By Martin Nanawa, ChildFund Philippines World Water Day is held annually on March 22 to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater...
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