War Child

War Child is a network of independent organisations working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child interprets the term ‘war zone’ to include areas of current armed conflict, areas where children are still suffering from the devastation of war leaves in its aftermath; and areas where children’s lives are in jeopardy due to poverty, violence and disease.

War Child’s Aims to:

• alleviate the suffering of children by bringing material aid into war zones
• to support those children who have been evacuated into refugee camps
• to initiate rehabilitation programmes once children return safely to their homes
• to be instrumental in healing the psychological damage caused to children by their experiences of war

To achieve its aims, War Child operates on three levels:

• as an implementing agency, identifying, developing and staffing aid projects and programmes
• as a grant-making trust, providing funding and logistical support for other non-governmental organisations
• as a pressure group, forging links with the media and entertainment industries in order to promote awareness of the problems facing children in war zones and mobilise public support on their behalf

Web site has a news feature providing updates on issues affectinge children world-wide