What is Children in Crisis (CIC)?
Millions of children around the world are being denied their
basic rights to quality education, healthcare and protection from
abuse and exploitation. World Vision's Children in Crisis programme
provides urgent help to vulnerable children and teenagers that
Child Sponsorship does not typically reach, such as those living in
refugee settlements or politically unstable countries.
From as little as $10 a month, you can help support children
orphaned by AIDS or left with physical and emotional scars in
countries torn apart by war. CIC also helps us respond quickly to
emergencies and disasters - from supplying basic food, shelter and
hygiene items to providing life-saving medical care.
Issues covered: Education and advocacy;
emergencies and disaster mitigation; health and disabilities;
children at risk; HIV and AIDS
Focus countries: Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, South
Sudan, Mongolia, India, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea
How does it help children?
Funds from World Vision's Children in Crisis programme are used
to transform the lives of at-risk children and their families in
five key crisis areas:
- Children at risk:
helps children escape dangerous, abusive and exploitative
situations, such as being sold into prostitution or forced into
child labour
- Education and
advocacy: helps children access basic quality education so they
can escape poverty and reach their full potential.
- Emergencies
and disaster mitigation: provides essential items such as food,
clean water and shelter to children affected by conflict or natural
disasters (e.g., famine, war, earthquakes, floods)
- Health and
disabilities: increases children's access to safe water, proper
sanitation and medical treatment, and advocates for the rights of
children with disabilities
- HIV and AIDS: supports
children orphaned due to AIDS, caregivers looking after the sick,
and educates the community, especially youth, on how to avoid HIV
infection
What does it achieve?
World Vision's Children in Crisis programme is guided by the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which sets
out the international standards for the care, treatment and
protection of all children under 18 years old. Since its launch in
July 2005 to the end of the 2010 financial year on 30 September,
12,215 CIC supporters have contributed more than
$5.8 million towards helping at-risk children and their families
in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific.
CIC's most recent achievements include educating thousands of
youth about AIDS prevention in Tanzania, Rwanda and Malawi;
providing emergency supplies, healthcare and child-friendly areas
in disaster zones, such as the earthquake-hit eastern Shan State in
Myanmar; helping prepare children with a disability to enter the
government school system in Mongolia; and enabling thousands of
children to escape from the worst forms of child labour in
India.
How can you get involved?
You can choose which of the five Children in Crisis areas to
support - education and advocacy; emergencies and disaster
mitigation; health and disabilities; children at risk; HIV and AIDS
- and how much you would like to pledge each month, starting from
$10. Just call 0800 800 776 to pledge your support to the area you
are most passionate about. By supporting one - or more - of these
areas, you can make life easier for children faced with challenges
we could only imagine. Make a pledge today and help be a voice for
those who go unheard in our global community.
You can also make a one-off
donation now to our Children in Crisis emergency
fund
Key Facts:
- Children in Crisis provides urgent help to vulnerable children
that Child Sponsorship does not typically reach
- CIC works in the following crisis areas: education and
advocacy; emergencies and disaster mitigation; health and
disabilities; children at risk; HIV and AIDS
- By supporting the work of CIC, you can make life easier for
children faced with challenges we could only imagine.