Creation date: November 7, 2011
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About
We are globally recognized for our grassroots, community-driven model of humanitarian action that is rooted in collaboration, is 99% locally led, and focused on long-term impact.
Our programs provide access to education, legal services, and economic opportunities to at-risk children, women, and families – many of whom have been displaced by war – empowering them to build brighter futures for themselves and their communities.
About
We are globally recognized for our grassroots, community-driven model of humanitarian action that is rooted in collaboration, is 99% locally led, and focused on long-term impact.
Our programs provide access to education, legal services, and economic opportunities to at-risk children, women, and families – many of whom have been displaced by war – empowering them to build brighter futures for themselves and their communities.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
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No poverty
The goal of all of our programs is to help individuals and communities rise out of poverty by equipping them with the support, skills and knowledge to become self-sufficient. Activities include cash assistance, training in basic literacy and numeracy, financial literacy, business development skills and vocational training.
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Zero hunger
Food security is a major element of our programming, as conflict can lead to food shortages in even the most fertile countries. We support farmers in areas affected by conflict - and those returning from displacement – helping them to get back on their feet by providing them with seeds, tools, and livestock. We provide training in harvest management and animal husbandry, and we build and restore markets, so that our beneficiaries can sell their crops and produce.
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Good health and well-being
In conflict and post-conflict areas, it is challenging to maintain good physical or mental health. Each of our programs includes a core focus on personal well-being. Our education programs train teachers to ensure classrooms are supportive spaces for social and emotional well-being. Our legal teams work with women from the most marginalized communities to protect them and reassure them of their rights. And we establish safe spaces where children receive counselling and women psychosocial support.
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Quality education
Access to education is central to our programming in every country of operation. We rebuild or repair classrooms, provide school furnishings and supplies, give children school kits, train teachers and develop innovative curriculum. For children who have been displaced and missed months or years of school, we run catch-up learning classes, so they can make up lost time and rejoin their peers in the formal education system.
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Gender equality
Gender equality is a theme that runs throughout our programming. In our education work, we emphasize the importance of girls’ attendance and retention, and create programming that is aimed directly at girls. We provide training for women to give them the skills and opportunity to start their own businesses. And our legal programming ensures that women and girls enjoy the same rights as men and boys.
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Decent work and economic growth
We work to support the livelihoods of families in the most marginalized communities. We provide farming communities with seeds, tools and training on harvest management, and help establish markets to sell their crops. We provide young people with skills that are marketable in their communities, such as masonry, car mechanics and hair styling. And we train women in literacy, numeracy and business skills and provide microloans so that they can open their own businesses.
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Peace, justice and strong institutions
War Child Canada is a registered law firm in Uganda and in Afghanistan. Our work provides a range of legal support including mobile legal clinics, legal advice, representation in court, training of legal actors, support with alternative dispute resolution. Our focus is the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, and an end to impunity for the perpetrators.
News and updates
A physician and humanitarian, Samantha Nutt founded War Child Canada after witnessing the horrors of war and its effects on the most vulnerable. She has been on the front lines in Afghanistan, Darfur and Ethiopia among others, and is author of Damned Nations, a powerful meditation on war...
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“People are good at reacting to emergency situations,” said War Child Founder and President Dr. Samantha Nutt. “But there’s a tendency to move onto the ‘next big crisis’ when issues are less immediate.”War changes everyone and everything it touches, and its impact is felt long after the crisis...
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War Child Canada founder Samantha Nutt recently travelled to South Sudan, where she met refugees who feel forgotten by the wider world. She talks to Matt Galloway about what she saw in the unfolding humanitarian crisis and where she finds the will to keep working in the face of great...
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