Development Professionals
ChildFund exists to:
Help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to improve their lives and the opportunity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change in their communities; and promote societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children. ChildFund works in 31 countries and assists approximately 15.2 million children and family members worldwide, regardless of race, creed or gender.
Programs rely on a dedicated team of professionals in the fields of Early Childhood Development, Education, Health and Sanitation, Nutrition and Micro-enterprise Development/Family-Income Generation. This page offers resources to help Development Professionals and others who may be looking for specific information about ChildFund programs.
Children and Poverty Part I (PDF)
A Review of Contemporary Literature and Thought on Children and Poverty:
Rethinking the Causes, Experiences and Effects
Children and Poverty Part II (PDF)
Voices of Children:
Experiences and Perceptions from Belarus, Bolivia, India, Kenya and Sierra Leone
Children and Poverty Part III (PDF)
Shaping a Response to Poverty:
A Conceptual Overview and Implications for Responding to Children Living in Poverty
Children and Poverty Working Paper I (PDF)
Understanding Children's Experience of Poverty:
An Introduction to the DEV Framework
Children and Poverty Working Paper II (PDF)
Improving Children's Chances:
Linking Developmental Theory and Practice
Children and Poverty Working Paper III (PDF)
Child-Context Relationships and Developmental Outcomes:
Some Perspectives on Poverty and Culture
Children and Poverty Working Paper IV (PDF)
Promoting the Agency of Young People
Children and Poverty Working Paper V (PDF)
Children's Rights, Development and Rights-Based Approaches:
The Way Forward
