Rebuilding young lives for a better future
In my experience of 6 years working with children with disabilities in Rwanda, I have seen that one of the key barriers young children with disabilities face is the negative attitudes toward them and a lack of awareness of their rights and needs. Stigma, discrimination, segregation, isolation, and a negative perception towards them are all […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hosts one of the largest numbers of out of school children worldwide. This number is so high in the province where we work, that over 40% of North Kivu’s children don’t attend school. By comparison, in the capital Kinshasa that number is much lower at 13%. Chance for Childhood, […]
Everyone at Chance for Childhood is horrified at the allegations being made of INGO staff in the DRC during the Ebola crisis. At Chance for Childhood we believe that as well as having robust safeguarding policies and procedures, safeguarding and the wellbeing of those we support must be central to our organisational culture and must […]
Ritah Nansereko is the Director of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD), one of our partners in Uganda. She told us how COVID-19 has halted the progress they were making in refugee settlements in Uganda and the risks that children and young women are now facing. The closure of schools is putting children […]
Liz Mnengwah, Head of Programmes at our partner Glad’s House Kenya, told us what it’s like to be a child living on the streets of Mombasa and how COVID-19 has made their situation worse. When you meet a child in the street, you know if they’re new to the streets or have been there for […]
During our crowdfunding campaign, we have rightly talked a lot about the impact of abuse on survivors of that abuse and their families and/or carers. Something we haven’t discussed yet is the impact Safeguarding Incidents have on those that must manage them, and what that means for social workers, particularly in the time of COVID-19. […]
Eric Ngabo from Empowering Children with Disabilities (EmCD), our partner in Rwanda who run the Nyabihu Deaf School, talks about the risks to the children he works with in Rwanda which are being made worse by COVID-19 forcing the school to close. Out of school, children are at risk of abuse and neglect The school […]
Lockdowns imposed across Africa to contain the spread of Coronavirus have put the most vulnerable at the greatest risk. With schools, youth clubs and drop-in centres closed, many children no longer have access to safe spaces and safe adults. Some will experience abuse and neglect. In Uganda we’ve already witnessed a spike in teenage pregnancies […]
When he was just nine years old, David’s mother, who was raising him alone, sadly passed away. David was living in Kisumu – an area in Kenya which is home to an estimated 1,000 children and young people who are dependent on the streets for their survival. David was at risk of becoming one of […]
Leaving a gift in your Will is a very special and personal decision. It is an incredibly meaningful way to support our work as your donation will create a legacy of change for vulnerable children, not just today but for generations to come. Legacies can play a hugely significant role for a charity by providing […]
In Uganda, your support has allowed us to work with our local partner AWYAD (African Women and Youth Action for Development) to support refugees in the Palabek and Kyaka II refugee settlements. The country hosts more refugees than any other country in Africa, and the restrictions put in place to curb the spread of Coronavirus […]
Global Disability Summit 2018 fostered commitments from 171 governments and organisations on disability-inclusive development. Two years on, we celebrate this anniversary with the latest results from our national ‘iECD’ project in Rwanda. iECD stands for Inclusive Early Child Development, ECD – for the uninitiated – refers to the sensory-motor, social-emotional, and cognitive-language development a child […]
Vicky, our Global Safeguarding Lead is former CEO and Founder of Glad’s House who merged with Chance for Childhood in March. Recent findings from The Good Merger Index show that there is still a large amount of fear surrounding mergers within the charity sector. This prevents leaders from viewing mergers as strategic and positive opportunities. […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit harder than its neighbours by the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 8,000 cases and almost 200 deaths. Like other countries, the Government has closed schools and other institutions, banned large meetings in public and requires people to keep apart. They have also made wearing face masks in all […]
The worst Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has finally been declared over! This is excellent news for children and their communities in North Kivu, the region worst hit by the outbreak and where we work with vulnerable children and young people. Since August 2018, 2,280 people have sadly died from Ebola in […]
