FEATURED NEWS
Welcome to the New Website!
Thanks for visiting The Global Fund for Children’s new website. We hope you’ll spend some time looking around, because we’ve got a lot to share with you. Our new site is all about showing our work—you’ll learn how grassroots grantmaking works, meet the community-based organizations we partner with, and hear stories about their challenges and [...]
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Finding a Voice
By: Amanda Hsiung on January 30th, 2012
Quezon City, Philippines – “Now that I know about my rights,” Maria* says, “I also have a responsibility to help other children. So I teach them about their rights. I teach them that they have to speak up.” It is easy to imagine Maria assuming this role. Today, she is a confident, well-spoken 16-year-old who [...]
Big Dreams in Small Places
By: Amanda Hsiung on December 28th, 2011
Chengdu, China – “You will probably think what I am saying very strange, and might even laugh at me,” Guanghui, a junior at Kangding Minzu Junior Normal College, told me.
Art as an Escape
By: Sandra Macías del Villar on December 28th, 2011
Bangú, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – I landed in Rio de Janeiro early this morning to visit our current grantee partner Nucleo Socio-Cultural Caixa de Surpresa (Jack-in-the-Box Sociocultural Center).[...]
RECENT VIDEOS
Video: Why The Global Fund for Children?
Posted: January 10th, 2012
Our model gets small amounts of money into the hands of innovative community leaders working with the world’s most vulnerable children and youth.
Video: Empowering Young Women in Nigeria
Posted: January 4th, 2012
Photo journalist Tiana Markova-Gold takes you on an in-depth look at our grantee partner Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) in Lagos, Nigeria.
Video: On the Road with Josephine Ndao
Posted: January 3rd, 2012
Josephine Ndao, The Global Fund for Children’s program officer for West Africa, reflects on her recent trip to Nigeria and Burkina Faso to visit current and prospective GFC grantee partners.