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Children at Risk
Overview
Working with children to transform futures
An estimated one billion of the world’s children live in poverty and face risks of physical and emotional hardship, as well as widespread neglect within their families, communities and wider society. Life is a daily struggle for many of the world’s children living in these at-risk environments. Many live on the streets and are exposed to abuse, performing hazardous labor, deprived of the loving care of a parent, abandoned due to disabilities or abducted into sexual slavery.
World Learning is committed to halting the abuse, exploitation and marginalization of children worldwide. By designing and implementing powerful interventions to complement and enhance existing community support structures, we respond to the needs of society’s most vulnerable members and advocate for sustainable change and transformation.
World Learning focuses its Children at Risk operations, public policies and organizational resources on broad-based program models that improve the capacities of children, families and communities to prevent abuse and support children in times of crisis.
Featured Project – Uganda: Care for the Exploited and Vulnerable Children of Uganda
The goal of the project is to improve the lives of vulnerable children and strengthen youth leadership in northern Uganda. 20 young people aged 18-24 will benefit from Youth Leadership Programs. 400 vulnerable children, aged 6-13, and their families will benefit from this project. Straight Talk staff will be capacitated through this project. 2 interns from SIT will benefit from their immediate experience of doing the needs assessment.
Featured Project – Ecuador: Wiñari - Combating Indigenous Child Labor through Education
World Learning's Wiñari Project is actively supporting the removal of over 3,000 of Ecuador's indigenous children from hazardous work environments through their enrollment in education-based programs. The project aims to reduce the incidences of the worst forms of child labor among the indigenous population of Ecuador and to increase the retention rates of children and adolescents in elementary, junior and senior high schools.
View a video about Winari: Erica's Story (also available on World Learning's YouTube channel.)
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