Facts and figures
Child rights under threat
In today's world, the fundamental rights of millions of children - to be protected, educated and live their lives free from trauma - are increasingly violated. Which means our work is needed now more than ever.
The facts and figures speak for themselves...
Where we work
War Child is active in 16 countries where children are forced to live directly with the effects of armed conflict. In our programme countries, we currently have 434 colleagues working tirelessly to support children to deal with these effects and shape their own futures.
Our project countries
War Child works in areas affected by armed conflict. This may be during the conflict or after it has ended. Working in these areas presents a variety of challenges ranging from insecurity to political and logistical constraints.
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3 projects
16,000,000
Children affected by conflict
3,040
Total Participants
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Burundi
Go to country page2 projects
7,133
Total Participants
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Colombia
Go to country page8 projects
11,802
Total Participants
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DR Congo
Go to country page10 projects
56,060
Total Participants
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Germany
Go to country page3 projects
174
Total Participants
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Jordan
Go to country page4 projects
2864
Total Participants
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Lebanon
Go to country page11 projects
8781
Total Participants
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occupied Palestinian territory
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South Sudan
Go to country page8 projects
26,713
Total Participants
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Sri Lanka
Go to country page3 projects
8290
Total Participants
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Sweden
Go to country page5 projects
92
Total Participants
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Syria Response
Go to country page5 projects
290,552
Total Participants
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The Netherlands
Go to country page1 project
+7,000
Children affected by conflict
6,462
Total Participants
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Uganda
Go to country page10 projects
50,684
Total Participants
Our reach
In 2021, we met the needs of 648,477 children and adults - more than twice as much as 2020. You might be wondering: why is this number so high compared to last year? Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had to adapt our very ways of working. This presented an opportunity to reach many more children through digital and remote innovations.
Core Humanitarian Standard
War Child is proud to be a member of the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) Alliance. The Core Humanitarian Standard sets out nine commitments that humanitarian organisations can use to improve the quality and effectiveness of the assistance they provide. War Child has completed a Self-Assessment in line with CHS Alliance criteria to facilitate the continued improvement of our programme responses. Actions will be taken to ensure that our responses are always appropriate and relevant; effective and timely; and based on communication, participation and feedback.
