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Causes: International, International Development
Mission: Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development organizations working in more than 60 countries. We help more than 14 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying conditions that prevent them from achieving their potential. Childfund was founded in 1938. We work in partnership with children and their communities to create lasting change. We support long-term community development, promote children's rights and child protection, prepare for natural disasters and respond to humanitarian emergencies. Each member organization retains its own distinct identity and governance by national boards. The alliance holds members accountable to global standards of the highest levels of quality and integrity in programming, finances, fundraising and governance.
Programs: The general, overall mission of childfund alliance is to provide for the well-being of deprived, excluded, and vulnerable children around the world in order to complete that mission, the alliance develops common standards in program, fundraising, governance, and finance as it relates to all its members.