Our Work

What We Do

Through child sponsorship and government & corporate grants, ChildFund Ireland supports projects throughout the developing world but primarily in Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Brazil, Mexico, India, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Each country programme is comprised of a consistent, holistic, locally relevant set of education, health, livelihood, nutrition and food security, water and sanitation, HIV and AIDS, and child protection projects. Put together, these projects form programmes which build the assets (health, education, income) of poor children, youth and adults, reduce their experience of exclusion and invisibility, increase their power and protect children.

ChildFund involves children, the families of the children, and the communities, in the work of its projects. This not only encourages self-reliance on the part of everyone involved.  We work with partners in the field. We employ locals, we train locals, and overall we try to build capacity so that the locals can become self-sufficient. The community including children and youth are actively involved in every stage, including the setup and implementation of programmes. Progress of projects is continually monitored and the results evaluated.

The ultimate aim of ChildFund is for its projects to become self-sufficient and to have a lasting and meaningful change.

Irish Aid

From 2009 to 2011, ChildFund Ireland received significant support from Irish Aid (the Irish government’s programme of assistance for developing countries) in the form of a block grant for our programmes in five African countries:  Ethiopia, Guinea, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia.  An evaluation of the programme was carried out and is available here.   Final CAP Evaluation Report

Funding was received from Irish Aid as follows:

 IRISH AID FUNDING – YEAR ENDING 30TH DECEMBER 2009
COUNTRY/ REGION SECTOR DESCRIPTION FUNDING MECHANISM AMOUNT
         
Guinea Health Integrated Health Project for vulnerable children and women in rural Guinea CSF – Block Grant funding €35,781
Zambia Health Maternal and Child Health Project, Nyimba and Masaiti districts CSF – Block Grant funding €214,110
Uganda Orphans and Vulnerable Children Protecting orphans and vulnerable children in the districts of Kiboga, Masindi and Wakiso. CSF – Block Grant funding €306,956
Uganda Orphans and Vulnerable Children Enhancing HIV prevention through improved access to youth reproductive health services and prevention of gender based violence CSF – Block Grant funding €39,017
Mozambique Orphans and Vulnerable Children Community Action for Vulnerable Children and Families in Zavala District, Inhambane Province CSF – Block Grant funding €94.626
Mozambique Orphans and Vulnerable Children Community Action for Vulnerable Children and Families in Gondola District, Manica Province CSF – Block Grant funding €17,354
Ethiopia Orphans and Vulnerable Children Support for Orphans Vulnerable Children in Addis Ababa CSF – Block Grant funding €79,254
Ethiopia Prevention of GBV GBV Prevention and Protection in Siraro and Shashemane Woredas, Oromia Regional State CSF – Block Grant funding €38,194
 IRISH AID FUNDING – YEAR ENDING 30TH DECEMBER 2010
COUNTRY/ REGION SECTOR DESCRIPTION FUNDING MECHANISM AMOUNT
         
Guinea Health Integrated Health Project for vulnerable children and women in rural Guinea CSF – Block Grant funding  €94,318
Zambia Health Maternal and Child Health Project, Nyimba and Masaiti districts CSF – Block Grant funding  €44,298
Uganda Orphans and Vulnerable Children Protecting orphans and vulnerable children in the districts of Kiboga, Masindi and Wakiso. CSF – Block Grant funding  €41,213
Uganda Orphans and Vulnerable Children Enhancing HIV prevention through improved access to youth reproductive health services and prevention of gender based violence CSF – Block Grant funding  €71,381
Mozambique Orphans and Vulnerable Children Community Action for Vulnerable Children and Families in Zavala District, Inhambane Province CSF – Block Grant funding  €69,993
Mozambique Orphans and Vulnerable Children Community Action for Vulnerable Children and Families in Gondola District, Manica Province CSF – Block Grant funding  €53,537
Ethiopia Prevention of GBV GBV Prevention and Protection in Siraro and Shashemane Woredas, Oromia Regional State CSF – Block Grant funding  €81,700
Zambia Orphans and Vulnerable Children / Health Integrated HIV, AIDS and MCH Project in Nyimba and Masaiti Districts CSF – Block Grant funding  €87,348
Ethiopia Civil Society Development Building Capacity of Project Staff and Partners in Siraro & Shashemane CSF – Block Grant funding  €11,884
Zambia Civil Society Development Building Capacity of Project Staff and Partners in Masaiti and Nyimba CSF – Block Grant funding  €23,727
Ethiopia Civil Society Development Building Capacity of Partners in Ayer Tena CSF – Block Grant funding  €14,056
Mozambique Civil Society Development Building Capacity of staff and partners in Zavala CSF – Block Grant funding  €2,679
Uganda Civil Society Development Building Capacity of project staff and partners in Kiboga, Masindi and Wakiso CSF – Block Grant funding  €5,018

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