Safety and wellbeing
With few spaces where he felt understood, Ali kept much of his pain to himself. YOH exists precisely for young people like Ali. YOH was created to support marginalized and at-risk children and young people through activities that build skills, confidence and positive life pathways.
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Safety and wellbeing
GFC Partner YOH was created to support marginalised and at-risk children and young people through activities that build skills, confidence and positive life pathways.
Global Fund for Children partnered with the Tsikbal Collective in Mérida, Yucatán, to host a Narrative Practices workshop with youth and community-based partners. Through storytelling and deep listening, participants discovered how everyday narratives can strengthen trust, education, and community connections.
El Global Fund for Children se asoció con el Colectivo Tsikbal en Mérida, Yucatán, para realizar un taller de Prácticas Narrativas con jóvenes y organizaciones comunitarias. A través de la narración de historias y la escucha profunda, las y los participantes descubrieron cómo las narrativas cotidianas pueden fortalecer la confianza, la educación y los lazos comunitarios.
Education
Global Fund for Children’s Co-CEO, John Hecklinger, reflects on a recent visit to Honduras, where partners in the Supporting Early Education and Development (SEED) initiative are tackling profound challenges to early childhood development with courage, collaboration, and community-led solutions.
Nonprofits and funders in the U.S. are facing shrinking resources, rising mistrust, and growing calls for accountability. Yet too often, safety is treated as an afterthought rather than a core responsibility. This blog from the Funder Safeguarding Collaborative and Global Fund for Children makes the case for why safeguarding must be central to philanthropy—and highlights concrete actions funders can take to prevent harm, build trust, and uphold dignity across the sector.
Gender justice
“La Ternura como Horizonte” explora el enfoque transformador de GFC para fomentar masculinidades sanas y diversas en niños y jóvenes. A través del modelo compasivo de las “3 R” – Reconocer, Relacionar, Revolucionar –, esta caja de herramientas participativa utiliza métodos creativos y lúdicos para despertar la conciencia emocional, cuestionar normas dañinas y promover la sanación y la acción colectiva.
Gender justice
“Tenderness as a Horizon” explores GFC's transformative approach to fostering healthy masculinities among boys and young men. Through the compassionate “3 Rs” model – Recognition, Relating, Revolutionizing – this participatory toolkit uses creative, playful methods to spark emotional awareness, challenge harmful norms, and inspire collective healing and action.
This year, we’re proud to honor four remarkable organizations: Club des Jeunes Filles Leaders de Guinée in Guinea, Gramin Shiksha Kendra in India, Local Education and Economic Development Organization in Bangladesh, and YOH in the United Kingdom. Each of them shows us what courage looks like in action, whether it’s standing up to harmful traditions, transforming broken systems, or walking alongside young people in crisis.
Each year, on June 16th, the International Day of the African Child, we commemorate the historic Uprising of Soweto’s children in South Africa in 1976. On that day, thousands of black schoolchildren courageously rose up against the apartheid government’s policy of mandating Afrikaans—a language of their oppressors—as a compulsory medium of instruction in schools. What began as a peaceful protest became a tragic confrontation as police opened fire on the young demonstrators, leading to the death and injury of many children. Though their lives were taken, their courage showcased the power of children-led advocacy.
At GFC's Beyond Aid: Transformational Partnerships for Community-led Development webinar, four GFC partners shared real-world impacts of foreign aid reductions, how their organizations are addressing the situation, and changes they would like to see in the future.
