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‘It feels like I am a mother seeing my child walking’ - 10 years of change in Jinja

1/2/2024

Babra talking to community members in Jinja

Babra Nandawula

Guest blog by Babra Nandawula,
Social Worker, Children on the Edge Africa

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Blooming Marvellous - New Vegetable Gardens Bringing Hope in Karamoja, Uganda

6/12/2023

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In 2022, we began to replicate our Child Protection Team Model in the Karamoja region of Uganda, where children are at risk of neglect, abuse, hunger and trafficking. These new volunteer teams are already making an incredible difference, most recently in combating malnutrition by supporting communities to grow food.

Sparks Fly - How Three Replicable Models are Bringing Change

25/7/2023

A teacher in Uganda is leading a cluster lesson with young children outside

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Children on the Edge works to create conditions in which every marginalised child can flourish and thrive no matter where they live and irrespective of the challenging circumstances they face.

We identify children in some of the world’s toughest situations and work alongside local communities to co-create protective environments, so marginalised children can safely live, learn, play and grow.

This year, we reached more children than ever before, and saw three of our models of education and child protection replicated to new places, bringing sustainable change on a wider scale.

Sparks Fly: Our Annual Review 2022-2023

5/7/2023

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This year, we reached more children than ever before, and saw three of our models of education and child protection scaled and replicated to new places. Our latest Annual Review highlights what has been achieved and the impact our programmes have had in 2022-2023.

Read our summary below or Download the Full Version here.

Meet Child Protection Team Member Maria

25/5/2023

Meet Child Protection Team Member Maria. Maria standing next to a small hut

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In 2022 Children on the Edge started working with communities in the Karamoja region of Uganda, replicating our Child Protection Team model. The Children on the Edge Africa team worked alongside Karamajong community members to identify the needs in the area, which include child neglect and abuse, trafficking, hunger and crime, including a lack of police protection to tackle it, due to the remote nature of the settlements.

After identifying the needs in the area, they started building strong relationships with the wider community including local leaders, teachers and parents, supporting them to establish six voluntary Child Protection Teams for the 39 villages in the Lopoko sub county.

26-year-old mother of two Maria, was elected and joined one of the newly formed Child Protection teams in her area. Since joining the team, she has proved to be a very committed and active member who leads by example to help make her community safer for the children who live there.

An Update From Karamoja, Uganda

14/4/2023

Road sign in Karamjoa, Uganda: Don't sell your children, send them to school

Rachel Bentley

CEO & co-founder of Children on the Edge

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I’ve just returned from Uganda, where I visited Karamoja, a region in northern Uganda where Children on the Edge has begun to replicate our successful Child Protection Team model.

Children here are living on the edge of society, with little support. Read about how we're supporting communities here to better protect their children.

New Child Protection Teams set up in Karamoja, Uganda

9/2/2023

For the last 10 years, we have been supporting volunteer Child Protection Teams (CPTs) in six slum communities in Jinja, Uganda, a city 80 km east of the capital in Kampala. This low-cost, community-owned model has transformed these areas, enabling local people to create protective environments that allow children to thrive.

In 2022, thanks to our amazing community of supporters, we were able to replicate and introduce the Child Protection Team model in a new area - Karamoja, eight hours north of Jinja. Here, poverty is rife, and children are at risk. But five new Child Protection Teams will tackle child rights abuses and ensure vulnerable children are better protected.

Our Impact in 2022: The Highlights

31/12/2022

Children in Bangladesh planting trees

Children on the Edge works in coalition with local communities in some of the toughest places in the world, transforming the lives of marginalised children by creating protective environments where they can safely live, play, learn and grow.

2022 was an incredible year of transformation for the children we work with, thanks to continued support of our Children on the Edge community.

We invite you to grab a cup of tea and spend some time reading through our highlights page to find out all about the impact you had in 2022, and just how much your generosity is making a difference.

READ THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2022

Hope, Dignity & Justice: Our Annual Report 2021-2022

30/6/2022

Children on the Edge envisions a world in which every child thrives regardless of their geography, ethnicity, gender, or caste. We place children at the heart of everything we do by working hand-in-hand with local communities to restore hope, dignity, and justice; and to actively involve everyone in creating transformation.

Our work over throughout 2021-2022 reflects these values and we’re delighted to share with you what we’ve achieved, thanks to our generous supporters.

Download the Full Version or read our summary below.

Uganda: Child Rights Clubs Advocate for Education and Safety

13/6/2022

Child Rights Clubs in Loco, Wandago and Masese I slum communities in Uganda give children the opportunity to express themselves and play an active role in their communities, campaigning and advocating for change.

Working closely with the adult members of the Child Protection Teams in their communities, the focus for the Child Rights Clubs in recent months has been on education and encouraging children to get back to school after lockdown. Find out what they have been up to below...