our Work
We exist to ensure that every child in Africa can thrive from their early years through to adulthood.
We don’t work alone. Together with partners, supporters, children and their communities, we protect, educate and create lasting change for every child threatened by violence, neglect and conflict.
By 2025 we will reach 150,000 children with critical support, you can read more about our 2025 strategy here and read on to find out more about our strategic pillars of Safe Spaces and Inclusive Education below
safe spaces
We believe every child in Africa should have the chance to thrive from their early years onwards. No child should ever have to fight for a safe, happy childhood. Our Safe Spaces are key to making that vision a reality. A safe space is somewhere children can find respite from their daily lives and feel supported by adults they can trust. Creating Safe Spaces isn’t about allocating rooms in schools for specific purposes. It’s about developing a holistic environment where vulnerable children can grow, learn and realise their potential.
That means ensuring children have their basic needs met, so they can focus on school away from dangerous influences on the streets. It means making sure schools and communities have the infrastructure to always provide children with a safe and welcoming environment. It means surrounding children with positive and supportive adults. And it means giving those adults the training and support they need to protect children at risk of neglect, violence and conflict.
inclusive education
Ensuring Inclusive Education is available to every child means casting our net far wider than just the classroom. Together with local partners we create lasting change for children experiencing disabilities.
In schools, our Inclusive Early Childhood Education programme helps teachers identify developmental delays and disabilities in children much earlier, so they can get any additional support they might need. We provide teachers with innovative solutions to help them include children with special educational needs in quality education alongside their peers.
In communities, our low-cost Learning Support Assistant solution helps improve enrolment, retention and learning outcomes for children. And our home-based early education training helps parents to give their children the best start, making sure they can still access education when getting to school isn’t possible – and preparing them to succeed in the classroom.
Where we work
Chance for Childhood works from two locally-led operational hubs in East and West Africa respectively. These operational centres support a portfolio of partners across five countries: DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. During the next four years, Chance for Childhood will look to deliver the biggest impact, based around our East and West hubs. We will grow two pools of regional advisors and take opportunities to support our partner and allies across both regions wherever we can add value without compromising our existing commitments.
To find out more click here for East Africa or West Africa
100,000
Over the past ten years we have supported over 100,000 children to access inclusive education.
