Mission

War Child’s goal is to empower children and young people in war-affected areas through community-based programs, which strengthen their psychological and social development and well-being by means of: 

• Psychosocial programmes using creative arts and sports to strengthen the psychological and social development and wellbeing of children;
   
• Creative arts and sports programmes aimed at uniting children driven apart by war, in order to contribute to a peaceful society;
   
• Creating public awareness of and generating support for the plight of children in war zones. 
   
• War Child is an independent humanitarian organization dedicated to children regardless of their religious, ethnical or social background.

Vision

In War Child's vision, sound psychosocial conditions for children and youth are a prerequisite to being able to create a peaceful society. When children grow up in a safe, stable environment where their rights are not violated, the chances are that they will grow into well-balanced grown-ups. As such they will be able to avoid or resolve conflict situations in the future. Therefore War Child's assistance aims to improve children's psychosocial wellbeing, to bring together groups of children separated by war and to draw attention to problems, needs and rights of children in war-affected areas.

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