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Two runners complete epic run in Sahara desert for Chance for Childhood

The legendary Marathon des Sables (‘Marathon of the Sands’) is the toughest footrace on earth: a 250km, six-day ultramarathon in the Sahara Desert....

Time for Change: Leadership Transition at Chance for Childhood

Nicoletta Gopsill-Piccolrovazzi, Chair of Trustees at Chance for Childhood, explains why it's time for a change in leadership For many years I kept...

Spotlight on Ghana and Uganda

Best start together Thanks to our partnership with Theirworld, we recently launched our new Best Start Together projects in Ghana and Uganda. Using...

Global Disability Summit 2025

As the 2025 Global Disability Summit approaches, we asked children what they want their futures to look like. Their responses were clear: they want...

Update: why we are hiring an African CEO

By Anna-mai Andrews and Ven Nyamondo We are currently experiencing cosmic shifts in the international development sector, and it is no...

‘With education, women are able to fight for their rights’: Maria’s story

Maria's story When we first met Maria, she was a young girl living in Namuwongo, Uganda’s second-largest slum settlement. Most of the 15,000 people...