Affecting Meaningful Change
Domestic children support
As a Children Advocacy Organization, ChildFund Korea
creates a child-friendly environment and
supports the children to grow up happy and
to be respected based on children's rights.
Bokyoung (23 years old), a visually impaired, has a keen sense
of sound. She went to the National High School of
Traditional Arts as the first disabled student and studies
Korean classical music to become a Gayageum (Korean zither)
artist in Seoul National University.
We provide health and welfare services for children to
have optimal health and standard living necessary for child
development.
We support the disadvantaged children to develop their
talents and help them grow to become sound individuals
in the society by contributing their talents to a society.
We help children enjoy their own's rights and grow as the
next-generation citizen who leads change independently.
We have accepted proposals from community
organizations since 2016 to address social issues of
children and guide the children to participate in the
community along with local community organization.
We hold a "Thank you" letter contest to help children
to build good character and to promote generational
dialogue.
In response to the problems of violating children's rights,
we encourage policy change and improve awareness and
environments in order to protect, respect, and practice
children's rights.
Through the 'vote from the future' campaign, we help the voices of
children to be heard and reflected in the policy development
Improving school roads, playgrounds, and housing conditions that
affect children's lives
Overseas children support
Based on UNCRC, ChildFund Korea supports
children of 27 countries around the world to protect,
realize and respect children's rights.
Through partnerships with the ChildFund Alliance and
local NGOs, we support children to grow
as rights holders and encourage stakeholders
to fulfill their roles.
Molvi's Bazar, the northern part of Bangladesh
with beautiful scenery full of green tea fields.
The children can go to kindergarten with the help
of ChildFund Korea, they have been learning to write
and living in a safe and comfortable environment.
We construct a child-friendly education environment with
caregivers, so that the children can fully enjoy the right to
education.
We support children around the world to grow up in a safe
environment protected from all forms of violence.
Children who are most vulnerable to disaster situations
can suffer significant physical and psychological damage.
We are working to protect children from disaster
situations.
Child welfare research
The Research Institute of Child Welfare, which was
established as the first NGO for children in Korea,
conducts professional research and leads social issues
related to children.
The life of Jiwon (not his real name), a fourth-grader
in elementary school, has changed a lot due to COVID19.
He stayed at home most of time,
and spent most of his time watching TV
or playing computer game.
We created the 'Children's Happiness Life Index',
which examines happiness through
children's daily lives found that there is
correlation between change in children's lives
and their happiness.
We conduct a variety of research on children to practice
evidence-based child welfare program.
The Child Welfare Forum is held to discuss issues
necessary to promote children's happiness with the
government, academia, field experts, and general citizens.
First published in 1957, "Dong Gwang", a Child welfare
research journal, communicates with the academia and
community through the contributions of experts on the
subject of timely child issues.
By discovering and supporting competent rising
researchers in the field of children, we raise social
interest in children and prepare evidence for advocating
for children.
