Lotería del código postal

Since 2020, Lotería del código postal players have helped GFC transform the lives of thousands of children and young people around the world.

Global Fund for Children is quite unlike any other charity that players of the Postcode Lottery have supported. Nuestro enfoque único de asociarnos con organizaciones lideradas por la comunidad y brindarles subvenciones totalmente flexibles durante muchos años, da como resultado un cambio profundo y sostenible para los niños y jóvenes de todo el mundo, incluida Gran Bretaña.

Funds raised by Postcode Lottery players Apoyamos todas las facetas de nuestro trabajo, desde Escocia hasta Zambia.

As we marked 30 years of Global Fund for Children’s work, we were joined by representatives of the Postcode Lottery to announce a new and increased commitment to the mission and vision of GFC. We are grateful to Postcode Lottery players for this support.

One of the life-changing projects supported by players of the Postcode Lottery took place En abril de 2022, más de 100 jóvenes de entre 14 y 19 años de zonas urbanas y rurales de Liberia y Sierra Leona asistieron a la primera Cumbre de Niñas Adolescentes de África Occidental en Liberia. A diferencia de las cumbres de jóvenes anteriores, este evento fue diseñado y creado por adolescentes para adolescentes. 

Estos jóvenes decidieron centrar la agenda en cuestiones contextuales que enfrentan las niñas en sus comunidades, sus países y toda África Occidental. También sintieron firmemente que los niños deberían ser incluidos en la cumbre, ya que es necesaria la participación de todas las personas para lograr realmente la igualdad de género. Los días estuvieron llenos de talleres y actividades que crearon vínculos y nuevas amistades, alzaron voces e iniciaron un movimiento adolescente.

Another one of the projects funded thanks to funds raised by players of the Postcode Lottery is our education work in Brazil and Nepal.

Postcode Lottery players are currently supporting community-based partners in Brazil and Nepal working with children aged 6 -12 to access education and return to classrooms, address learning gaps, create and roll-out literacy programs, after-school tutoring, and digital classrooms. They are supporting emotional and social wellbeing and advocating for kids who have been shut out of the education system. They are integrating Aprendiendo a través del juego en actividades educativas para que los niños puedan participar en un aprendizaje lúdico que despierte la creatividad e inculque el amor por la educación y Fortalecimiento de redes para la promoción y el aprendizaje para que las organizaciones comunitarias puedan conectarse, intercambiar aprendizajes y compartir innovaciones en beneficio de los niños con los que trabajan.

Players of the Postcode Lottery also support our work to improve gender equity and promote healthy masculinities. Too often in the fight for gender equity, the role of boys and men in bringing about positive social change is ignored or even denied. At the height of the COVID pandemic, GFC worked with ten community-based partners working with boys and young men, across the North of England, to explore the impacts of masculinities on their lives. In September 2021, at the end of the pilot, they finally got to meet in person (following extensive and frequently changing lock-down measures across England) to discuss issues facing boys, young men, and masculine-identifying people today, covering the organizations’ work, the wider world, and local communities. From COVID to culture to trans identities to food poverty, each group shared unique insights into how recent events and sociopolitical landscapes have affected this demographic.

The continuation and growth of this Healthy Masculinities initiative receives funds through Postcode Education Trust thanks to funds raised by Postcode Lottery players, and we are deeply grateful to them for supporting this critical work that is so often overlooked and chronically underfunded.