ChildFund
has positively touched the lives of 19.7 million people globally through its
various programmes and interventions.
Nfamara
Darboe, sponsor relations and communications manager at ChildFund The Gambia,
said interventions of the organisation has reached 8.9 million adults and also
impacted on 10.8 million children, thus making difference in the lives of 19.7
million people globally.
“All
this is made possible through support from almost 400,000 supporters through
individual child sponsorship and the 181 grants,” Darboe said at the launching
of ChildFund Impact Report 2015-2016 at the organisation’s headquarters in
Kanifing.
ChildFund
is an international child centered development organisation that works directly
in 28 countries through 356 local partners.
ChildFund
programmes are designed to strengthen the child’s protective environment and
mobilise the child protection system at all levels for the child’s wellbeing
and protection.
Mr
Darboe said the organisation continues to impact lives and livelihoods thanks
to the continued support of its partners.
ChildFund
recently launched a global strategy, 2016 to 2020, called Destination 2020.
Darboe
said through the strategy, ChildFund commits itself to continue and deepen the
well-being and protection programme for children, deliver transformative giving
experience to the donors and also cultivate a workplace culture of innovation
for value and impact.
He
said the organisation would continue on its core programme and integrate child
protection concepts and methods more deeply into programmes, partnerships and
operations.
The
communications manager said ChildFund would continue to bring consistent
understanding and application in development and humanitarian work and enable
its staff to consistently apply child concepts and methods.
It
would also align all its development and humanitarian programmes, projects and
partnerships to accelerate outcomes for the well-being and protection of
deprived, excluded and vulnerable children.
Mr
Darboe said ChildFund would further continue to deepen its capacity to catalyse
children, families, communities and governments to systematically prevent and
respond against all forms of harm against children.
“It
is clear that ChildFund cannot do all these without your support and
partnership,” he said. “We will continue
to engage with you all throughout the period of the strategy.”
He
noted that the impact of ChildFund’s work is not only one person’s work.
“It
was really due to the partnership and collaboration in all these years and
ChildFund would like to thank you all for being good partners in helping the
deprived, excluded and vulnerable children in The Gambia and the world at
large,” Mr Darboe said.
He
affirmed that ChildFund will continue to engage government ministries and
departments, UN bodies, likeminded NGOs, CBOs, the media, private sector, and
the children to advance the right of every child through a range of specialised
interventions focused on prevention and protection of children from abuse,
neglect, exploitation and violence.
