​Children on the Edge exists to help marginalised children, who are living on the edge of their societies. These are children without parental care, neglected or persecuted by their governments, ignored by international media and missed by large overseas agencies.

​Working in partnership with local communities, we help create safe, child friendly environments. We support children to realise their rights, and restore the ingredients of a full childhood by generating hope, life, colour and fun. 

WHAT WE DO

OUR HISTORY

CHILD RIGHTS APPROACH

​EVERYONE NEEDS A CHILDHOOD

Too many children are leading lives in barren, difficult places. They are scratching for a living often without parental care. Many are neglected or even persecuted by their own governments, ignored by international media and missed by large overseas aid agencies.These children are being robbed of their childhoods. 

They are children on the edge of society. Forgotten, but not by us. 

For 29 years we have been a charity that returns a full childhood to forgotten children. ​

​FORGOTTEN CHILDREN IN FORGOTTEN PLACES

As a small charity we simply can't be everywhere.

You will find us in the places where the cameras do not click, where many aid agencies do not venture; places as forgotten to the world as the children we try to help.

Finding these places, getting into these fragmented communities, is not always easy. We can often meet resistance and sometimes, we have to go against the flow

ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL

Our programmes give these children a safe environment where they are protected, their rights are realised and their dignity and self worth is nurtured.

By restoring the ingredients of a full childhood - hope, life, colour and fun - we give them the chance to thrive and an opportunity to be children again.

These are the tenets of what we provide, but nothing is off-the-shelf with Children on the Edge. Each project is innovative, bespoke and built on extensive research.

Our programmes are often used as models of good practice, leading to change on a larger scale and creating an impact that punches above our weight.

​A CONVERSATION NOT A CLIPBOARD

We value each person as a unique individual so a relational approach is at the heart of all that we do.

To develop work which genuinely meets the needs of forgotten children, we build vital networks of like-minded people, global experts and local partners. Utilising creativity and expertise is essential. We resource local partners, nurture independence and encourage community ownership.

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