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How We Help

We support local communities to provide education and protection for the world’s most marginalised children.

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For over 35 years we have worked alongside local partners to design award-winning programmes in some of the toughest situations, supporting thousands of children to safely live, play, learn and thrive.

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EDUCATING CHILDREN

We provide education for children who are forced to flee their homes, surviving in warzones, or living in poverty. 

Whether that’s finding a way to reach children living in vast refugee camps by offering classes outside, close to people's homes or creating videos and translating textbooks, so that children can be taught in a language they understand; we come up with creative solutions based on the needs of each community we work with. 

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PROTECTING CHILDREN

We work with communities, living in some of the most challenging environments, to protect children and help keep them safe. 

By training volunteers to act as Child Protection officers, communities become safer for children. Community workshops help families to understand the importance of education, adopt positive parenting practices and build safer lives at home.

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE

We are quick to act when people are affected by natural disasters, violence, or when they are forced to flee war. 

When our schools are bombed or destroyed by fire or bulldozers, we set up temporary learning spaces so children can keep going to school. When communities face hardship, we provide food, basic health care and warm clothes or fuel. When people flee war and violence, we use our expertise to reach people fast with the help they need, adapting our support as the situation changes. 

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OUR IMPACT

14,000

Children learning in refugee camps, conflict areas and marginalised communities.

22,000

Parents engaging with their children’s learning and sustaining their classrooms.

31,000

Children provided with protective care in classrooms & communities.

You Can Make a Difference

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£10

Can educate a child in a safe space for a month.
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£50

Can educate five children in a safe space for a month.
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£125

Can educate a child in a safe space for a whole year.

For every £1 we spend

How your donations help support our work

84p

goes directly to support our programmes

16p

helps to cover our fundraising & office costs in the UK

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