Child protection charity work

The need to keep children safe

Our approach to ending violence against children protects them today and empowers them for tomorrow. We do this by equipping children, families, faith leaders, schools and various levels of government, with the tools to address the root causes of violence against children.

We speak out on issues like child marriage, child soldiers, child labour, violence and abuse, raising awareness, influencing laws and amplifying children's voices. With your support, we work in the most dangerous places, with communities and local and national government at all levels, empowering communities to build a safety net of loving and caring people to protect children and young people, prevent harm, and ensure that those who are harmed receive the help they need to recover.

The fight for child safety faces great challenges:

Child marriage

Nearly 12 million girls are forced into child marriage every year

Child labour

Around 152 million children are in child labour

Child soldiers

300,000 children are involved in armed groups, as soldiers, servants or spies

How we secure children's safety

We speak out on issues like child marriage, child labour, child soldiers and FGM.

Girl in hijab faces away from camera towards a tall bouquet of flowers in a vase, against a backdrop of a yellow wall in Afghanistan

Protect girls from child marriage

Where and why child marriage happens, and how we're working with communities to end it.

Girl in Bangladesh sews in a room, turning her face to the camera

Fight the practice of child labour

Keeping children out of hazardous work through education and support.

People stand in line behind a child wearing army camouflage and a beret in South Sudan

Stop child soldier recruitment

Tackling the root causes that lead to children becoming child soldiers.

Serious 8-year-old girl stands in the doorway of her family's small 2-room home

End female genital mutilation

Working with communities to end this harmful practice.

Protect children today, empower them for tomorrow

You can support our child protection work in the world’s most dangerous places.

I want to protect children

A girl holds two goats provided by World Vision that provided the income that let her go to class and learn about child protection and her rights

Empowering children to understand their rights Nila's fight for her future

Nila, now 17, came from a very poor family in Bangladesh when she joined a local World Vision sponsorship programme. She received school equipment and books, and could go to school more, where she learned about leadership and children’s rights. “It built up my confidence," she tells us. "So, when my parents wanted me to marry, I knew what to do. I talked to them and made them understand the bad effects of early marriage. I was so happy when they agreed to stop my marriage and I could continue my studies."

Send girls like Nila to school, not down the aisle

You can help us to safeguard children against abuse and neglect, reduce their risk of harm and support children to have a brighter future.

I'll help children like Nila

How we protect children

Empowering children and changing school culture

Supporting teachers and children’s clubs that teach children’s rights

Strengthening families and communities

Supporting community prevention of child marriages, trafficking and abductions

Campaigning for change and holding to account

Campaigning for accountability, enforcement of laws and important global changes

We believe a world without violence against children is possible

With your support, we can be powerful advocates for girls' and boys' welfare. Together, we can amplify and harness the voices of children to hold authorities to account and campaign for change. Sign up to emails for news from around the world, urgent requests to call for change, and other ways you can care for children.

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