War Child is an international charity that works with children affected by war – child soldiers, street kids and children in prison – in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

War Child are the only international children's charity in south Iraq and the only international agency working with children in prison in Western Afghanistan. They work where other agencies do not, reaching the most at risk children in the most dangerous war zones.

War Child protect the most hard to reach children who would otherwise by overlooked. They have been hit by a combination of war, poverty and marginalisation in the world's most dangerous war zones.

War Child believes it is unacceptable that children continue to be victims of war and yet 66% of people who die in conflict are children.

What we do

War Child provide vital, on the ground support programmes in each of the conflict zones they work in but also lobby politicians and governments to ensure their cause and the rights of children affected by war remains high on the public and political agendas. War Child believes that children are the people who are hardest hit by war and their programmes aim to support those children hardest hit by conflict related poverty, insecurity and exclusion.

War Child helps protect children by:

ˇ reintegrating child soldiers with their families

ˇ getting children off the streets, after war has forced them to leave home

ˇ separating children from adults in prison

ˇ rebuilding schools destroyed by war

ˇ lobbying politicians to do more for children affected by war

ˇ empowering the public to get involved.