Our Initiatives

Our initiatives, spanning four regions, bring together multiple community-based organizations tackling similar issues to maximize the opportunity for collective action and peer learning.

Initiatives

Partnership to Educate All Kids (PEAK)

Partnership to Educate All Kids (PEAK)

Our Partnership to Educate All Kids (PEAK) initiative, brings together 66 grassroots organizations in ten countries across Latin America, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, that promote education access and foster lifelong learning.

Partnership to Educate All Kids (PEAK)

Addressing the Root Causes of Exploitation in South Asia
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Addressing the Root Causes of Exploitation in South Asia

Global Fund for Children supports a cohort of grassroots organizations in South Asia that are addressing the root causes of the exploitation of children and youth.

Addressing the Root Causes of Exploitation in South Asia

Strength of Girls Initiative
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Strength of Girls Initiative

Global Fund for Children supports a diverse network of 10 grassroots organizations based in Yucatan, Mexico that promote the rights and agency of Mayan girls and adolescents and increases their access to opportunities and services.

Strength of Girls Initiative

Girls Experiencing Migration (GEM)

Girls Experiencing Migration (GEM)

We support a cohort of civil society organizations that are committed to protecting the safety and rights of adolescent migrant girls in Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States.

Girls Experiencing Migration (GEM)

Spark Fund: Youth-led Climate Action in Southeast Asia

Spark Fund: Youth-led Climate Action in Southeast Asia

Through the Spark Fund, we focus on resourcing youth-led climate justice initiatives across Southeast Asia, working together with young leaders in Thailand and Vietnam who are championing climate resilience, adaptation, and justice in their communities.

Spark Fund: Youth-led Climate Action in Southeast Asia

Supporting Educational Recovery in Central America

Supporting Educational Recovery in Central America

We’ve built and manage a collaborative donor fund to support the recovery, renewal, and improvement of learning environments for children in Guatemala and Honduras.

Supporting Educational Recovery in Central America

The Spark Fund

The Spark Fund

The Spark Fund is youth-led fund that invests in youth-led and youth-focused groups. We work closely with 56 community-based organizations – selected by young leaders – that are driving transformation change across the world by addressing social issues from climate change, mental health, LGBTQ+ rights to gender justice and more.

The Spark Fund

Supporting Early Education and Development (SEED)

Supporting Early Education and Development (SEED)

We support community-based organizations in strengthening their early childhood learning and development programs in Honduras.

Supporting Early Education and Development (SEED)

Educating and Safeguarding Ukrainian Children

Educating and Safeguarding Ukrainian Children

Ukrainian children and youth continue to require lifesaving services and essentials as Russia’s war on Ukraine continues. Global Fund for Children supports a network of community-based organizations across Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, and Moldova that are providing long-term assistance to children and families.

Educating and Safeguarding Ukrainian Children

Empowering and Educating Girls in West Africa

Empowering and Educating Girls in West Africa

Global Fund for Children supports a network of community-based organizations in West Africa that are helping girls aged 6 to 18 achieve educational success, tackling violence against girls in their own communities, and powering girls to exercise agency and autonomy over their bodies and their lives.

Empowering and Educating Girls in West Africa

Exploring Masculinities in England

Exploring Masculinities in England

This pilot collaboration brings together ten community-based organizations across England to engage boys and young men in exploring gender and masculinities and to create positive social change.

Exploring Masculinities in England

Fostering Youth Leadership in Thailand

Fostering Youth Leadership in Thailand

We work with a group of organizations in Thailand who are dedicated to preventing the trafficking of children, providing safety to refugee children, and ensuring their access to education, healthcare and protection by promoting youth leadership and elevating the voices of young people.

Fostering Youth Leadership in Thailand

Increasing Opportunities for Children with Disabilities

Increasing Opportunities for Children with Disabilities

This initiative supports four local organizations empowering children with disabilities in India and Thailand by increasing their access to education and healthcare.

Increasing Opportunities for Children with Disabilities

Promoting Youth Leadership for Gender Justice (HEEL)
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Promoting Youth Leadership for Gender Justice (HEEL)

We work with youth-led groups and networks of community-based organizations in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to engage boys and young men in promoting healthy masculinities and advancing gender justice.

Promoting Youth Leadership for Gender Justice (HEEL)

Preventing Child Trafficking in Asia and Eurasia

Preventing Child Trafficking in Asia and Eurasia

This initiative supports four community-based organizations preventing child trafficking and supporting survivors in India, Kyrgyzstan, and Thailand.

Preventing Child Trafficking in Asia and Eurasia

Investing in Youth Social Action in England

Investing in Youth Social Action in England

Global Fund for Children supports four community-based organizations in Bradford, England that are providing opportunities for boys and young men to engage in meaningful social action in their communities while creating spaces for them to explore the role of masculinities in their lives.

Investing in Youth Social Action in England

COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
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COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund

The COVID-19 pandemic’s lasting effects present unprecedented challenges for children and youth worldwide. We continue to support our partners working to address the ripple effects of disruptions in education, increased early marriage, and increased exploitation experienced during the acute phase of the pandemic.

COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund

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