We undo the effects of war on children

We create and fund Child Protection, Education, Trauma Recovery, and Youth Empowerment programs in 16 countries: Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Colombia, Burundi, DR Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, Germany, and Sweden, that clothe, feed, educate, protect, reunite, heal, and more for hundreds of thousands of children every single year.

Working alongside local partners and hiring field staff based in the countries where we work or neighboring areas, allows us to deliver aid in a culturally cognizant manner while also providing employment opportunities for extremely skilled individuals whose previous livelihoods may have been affected by conflict.

 
 

Education

Our education programs are curated for the contexts of conflict. We create safe spaces for children to learn, improve access to educational materials and qualified teachers, and provide Award-Winning mobile education through our Can’t Wait to Learn program, which condenses years of primary education into digital applications.

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86,743

Participants in 2023

14

Education interventions

 
 

Child Protection

Children often face the worst of war. Our Child Protection programs, which include psychosocial support and trauma recovery, community-based case management, and awareness activities, create a fully-encompassing safety net around children and their families so they can focus on healing, and growing, from the impacts of war.

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144,821

Participants in 2023

6

Protection interventions

 
 

Food Security & Livelihood

Our Food Security & Livelihood Programs, including cash & voucher assistance, vocational training, business mentorship support, on-the-job training, and life skills trainings, help ensure that those we reach can not only return to their communities, but create a life for themselves that’s free from the constraints of wartime.

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12,902

Participants in 2023

5

Livelihood interventions

 
 

Reintegration

Hundreds of thousands of children are forcibly conscripted into armed conflict through threat of violence. These children face some of the harshest realities of war. But for those that are lucky enough to escape the battlefield, who’s there to help them? Our reintegration programs help formed child soldiers return to their families, education, and lives.

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2,054

Participants in 2023

3

Reintegration interventions

 
 

Where We Work

 

On January 1, 2024, we became the official US-based member of the War Child Alliance foundation. The War Child Alliance has a presence in 19 countries: Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Colombia, Burundi, DR Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States of America.