A MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER,
It is a privilege to represent Sweden when travelling abroad. It is also a matter of great responsibility. On state visits, as well as on less official trips, I try to imagine a child's perspective on everyday life, and take a particular interest in their situation wherever I am.
Sadly, I have been a witness to alarming developments, which is one of the reasons why I took the initiative to found the World Childhood Foundation. The goal is to promote the right of every child to its childhood and to work for better living conditions for children in danger. We must fight against the extreme material, social and emotional poverty in which they live.
Money plays an important role when it comes to finding a solution to these problems. World Childhood Foundation is a fundraising organization and I am personally involved in these efforts.
Naturally, we are not able to help everyone, but we hope to reach enough to achieve a noticeable difference. We do our utmost to contribute to greater awareness of how vulnerable children are suffering in various parts of the world.
A number of benevolent individuals, organizations and companies have joined forces to achieve a true improvement for the world’s most vulnerable children.
May we count upon your support and collaboration?
Silvia, Queen of Sweden
New York, NY - As the end of 2008 is approaching, World Childhood Foundation has been invited by the NEWH (Hospitality Industry Network – NY) to participate in The Second Annual Holiday Toy-Drive, held at Martin Albert Interiors, NY City. Children from Childhood projects in NY City will receive...
New York, NY – Childhood is announcing the partnership with AQ Kafé at the opening of their first retail store and café on Columbus Circle. Childhood will feature prominently by receiving proceeds from the Kids Menu, the sale of a tote bag, gift cards and more. The partnership is...
NEW YORK Young families are particularly vulnerable to poor maternal and child health, homelessness, child abuse, foster care placement and poor school performance. Inwood House provides services for teenage parents and young people in New York City to prevent these problems from developing...
LATVIA Leisure activities and help with homework are part of everyday life for school children living in socially safe and financially stable families. But a lot of children are growing up under completely different circumstances. In the Latvian town of Valka, far too many children experience...
LATVIA When Andre became an alcoholic, and his wife Svetlana was sentenced to prison, their children had to move in with another family. The family support centre in Valka helped him stop drinking, and after two years the family was reunited. – I finally understood that my family is more...
In an effort to prevent the spreading of material containing child sexual abuse over the internet, TeliaSonera has launched a free service allowing operators and Internet Service Providers the ability to deny their users access to web sites containing this type of material. The product has been...
GERMANY Refusing to control sisters and female relatives demands great courage for boys growing up in honour-related cultures. By empowering young people and encouraging them to distance themselves from honour oppression, the new project Heroes in Germany are educating boys to become...
SWEDEN As Elina came to the meeting point centre Enter, run by Stockholm city mission, she was unemployed, periodically homeless since several years and suffering from drug abuse. At Enter she received adult support, but most importantly, she gained the power to change her situation...
GERMANY Honour related problems, domestic violence, drugs or crime. These are all reasons as to why teenage girls in crisis could need a new home. With support from Childhood, the German organisation Wildwasser recently opened a home for girls at risk in Berlin. Nine girls between 12 and...
Every year, 3 000 children in Lithuania are taken into institutional care. As adults, they often have difficulties in finding and keeping a job, in large part due to hardship growing up. Unemployment, drug problems and criminal activities often become their everyday life. With support...
With the aim to exchange best practices, Childhood recently gathered staff from 14 projects all over the world working with young parents and their babies. Gertrude Reuter-Lessing from Mother Child House Lazarus in Germany was one of the participants. “It’s important to meet other people...
Thousands of children all over the world are abused and neglected every year. The polish organisation Nobody´s Children has, with support from Childhood, initiated a program for parents, paediatricians, nurses and social workers to prevent children from harm. Recently Vattenfall sponsored a...
Buy Christmas cards made by children
Childhood is not selling any Christmas cards this year, but some of our project partners do! Half the Sky in China and MiraMed in Russia are selling Christmas card painted by children. The cards are available for purchase over the internet, and the surplus from the sales goes directly to the children.
Video presentation about Childhood
Childhood invites you to view the following video featuring Her Majesty Queen Silvia and projects supported all over the world. This short piece gives a revealing overview of the work that Childhood is doing and why it is important. The video is in Flash format and requires a Flash-player of version 6 or newer.
Childhood Annual Report 2007
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