ChildFund

ChildFund Helping children worldwide grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe since 1938. Proud to be a Forbes Top 100 Charity & top-rated by Charity Navigator. 🏆

Every child needs someone who’s on their side – someone who cares about what happens to them and works to ensure their highest good. ChildFund is a global community of people who care about children and take action to help them live at their fullest potential at every stage of their lives. We focus on helping children grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe throughout their journey from birth

to young adulthood, working through 200+ local grassroots organizations globally to create the environments children need to succeed. Last year, with these partners' support, we reached 14.8 million children and family members with critical programs and services. About 200,000 Americans support our work by joining our ChildFund Village monthly giving community, sponsoring individual children or investing in ChildFund programs. Join our movement at ChildFund.org! A NOTE FOR SPONSORS: We know many of you are excited to share about your sponsored child, and this is great! It's a special relationship in your life that deserves to be celebrated. However, it's important to keep in mind child protection and safety if you choose to share about your sponsored child on social media or elsewhere. Please do not share the child's last name or details about where they live. This shows respect for your sponsored child's privacy and helps to keep them safe! Remember, it’s never appropriate to share the child’s sponsorship identification number or detailed family information online.

How do you define the word “charity?”If there’s one thing we’ve learned in nearly 90 years of working with children, fam...
09/05/2026

How do you define the word “charity?”

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in nearly 90 years of working with children, families and communities, it’s that charity begins with perspective: a skill which is only developed through active listening. Every child has different experiences. Every family has different needs. Every community has different wisdom to share and different ways they aspire to grow.

When we listen before making judgments, we position ourselves to be true partners in supporting children to build the future they dream of.

When we learn before we act, we go beyond being charitable to becoming true changemakers.

If you agree, you’re in the right place. 💓

Had to add our two cents to this trend. Because sometimes it’s not about what you do, but what you don’t HAVE to do anym...
09/03/2026

Had to add our two cents to this trend. Because sometimes it’s not about what you do, but what you don’t HAVE to do anymore. ✌️

Your support allows us to work in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities to support kids’ access to the basics: nutritious meals, clean water, healthcare, education, protection and more. It’s kinda chic for a child to have a childhood, yeah? ➡️ ChildFund.org

09/02/2026

Back to school can be an exciting time. It can also be stressful. And when that stress begins to impact children's mental health, it's up to the grown-ups around them to find ways to take the pressure off. Check out how ChildFund's No Pressure Zones for kids in the U.S. do exactly that ➡️ https://childfund.pulse.ly/pzsm8gierl

Our program in South Texas, powered by AmeriCorps volunteers, now reaches 1,800 kids in 19 under-resourced schools, supporting children's mental health and academic performance in innovative ways. đź‘Ź

It’s only as hard as you make it! ✍️Believe it or not, the children we support absolutely love hearing from you, learnin...
09/01/2026

It’s only as hard as you make it! ✍️

Believe it or not, the children we support absolutely love hearing from you, learning about your life and soaking in any words of encouragement you may have for them. Taking the time to write a letter to a child is probably the most impactful thing you’ll do today. Don’t be nervous—give it a try! 💚

Let us know if you like them 🫶Visit ChildFund.org for the story behind the pictures!
08/31/2026

Let us know if you like them 🫶

Visit ChildFund.org for the story behind the pictures!

08/28/2026

We said what we said. đź’Ż

Children are the future, but they’re people now, too. We protect and support them not only because we believe in who they can be, but in who they already are.

If you agree, you’re in the right place. 🫶

Thinking of families in Nepal and Tibet today. 💔With hundreds of people killed, and thousands more injured or missing – ...
08/27/2026

Thinking of families in Nepal and Tibet today. đź’”

With hundreds of people killed, and thousands more injured or missing – many of them children – yesterday’s catastrophic flooding is not something we can look away from. Rising global temperatures will continue to make emergencies like these more commonplace.

Children can’t wait for investment in disaster preparedness and heat resilience at the local, national and global levels: We need action now, for their sake.

08/25/2026

This month’s country spotlight is on Senegal!

Senegal is a small country on the west coast of Africa. A former French colony, it is now a peaceful, democratic country whose economy relies on agriculture and tourism. Senegal also has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation.

Since we started working here in 1985, ChildFund Senegal’s programming has centered on holistic methods to promote children’s development, placing emphasis on health and nutrition, education and protection, economic development and leadership.

Learn more about our work in Senegal at ChildFund.org!

Back-to-school photo dump! đź“šFrom Kenya to Cambodia, the excitement is REAL for kids in our programs. Here's to a great y...
08/24/2026

Back-to-school photo dump! đź“š

From Kenya to Cambodia, the excitement is REAL for kids in our programs. Here's to a great year ahead!

More on how you support children's education: https://childfund.pulse.ly/nrhkua8lko

When you give, where do your donations go? Say hi to just a few of the kids whose lives you’ve changed so far. ✨Monthly ...
08/23/2026

When you give, where do your donations go? Say hi to just a few of the kids whose lives you’ve changed so far. ✨

Monthly giving is the easiest way you can make the biggest difference for children around the globe. We’re proud to be a top-rated nonprofit by Charity Navigator and other independent watchdogs, known for our impact, financial transparency and accountability to our donors. Learn more and join our monthly giving community, the ChildFund Village ➡️ https://www.childfund.org/donate

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