Grants from World Childhood Foundation

Description

1) Objective 

The World Childhood Foundation was founded in 1999 by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden. The mission of the Foundation is to prevent abuse and exploitation of children. They support and implement over 100 projects around the world, assisting children who are at risk of or are victims of abuse, children who are in alternative care, street children, and families at risk. Childhood supports projects financially, but also through strategic capacity building and networking opportunities. The Foundation promotes cooperation, knowledge transfer, and help improve and promote efforts in a cost-effective and qualitatively efficient way to support children in need. Childhood’s project managers work closely with the organizations, offering support and development assistance, both at an organizational level and with frequent visits.

Childhood’s focus currently lies in the following thematic areas:

• Child online safety
• Child supportive environments and relationships
• Child focused response to abuse

2) Eligibility 

All funded projects have to be implemented by a local NGO registered in the country of implementation.

3) Location 

They work in Brazil, Cambodia, Germany, Moldova, Sweden, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, United States.

4) Budget

The grant size is not mentioned.

5) Application

Only applications submitted by April 15 and October 15 each year and are in line with their funding criteria will be reviewed by Childhood. Applications must be submitted online.