Rescue team
A group that saves child slaves in Ghana is just one of the many organisations supported by The Global Fund for Children charity, writes Orla Ryan
View ArticleHelp at hand for New Delhi waste-pickers
Some 2,000 children have been enrolled in government schools, through the efforts of Chintan, a non-profit group, supported by the Global Fund for Children
View ArticleFrom the ground up
For local ‘grassroots’ charities working with vulnerable young people, small injections of cash in the early days can deliver big gains in the long term, writes Orla Ryan
View ArticleRoute out of begging for Senegal children
Issa Kouyaté’s organisation – known as Maison de la Gare – provides food, healthcare and education to about 250 children from Koranic schools each week
View Article‘This is something we should do’
Mentors at a correctional centre in Accra advise young women on how to do ‘good things’ when they leave. By Orla Ryan
View ArticleGFC: funding grassroots initiatives
FT correspondents and photographers visit nine of the Global Fund for Children’s charity partners
View ArticleChildren given way out of red-light area
Prerana charity, which runs night care centres, is one of the grassroots groups supported by Global Fund for Children, beneficiary of FT appeal
View ArticleChildren’s fund scouts for partners in Ghana
Charity aims to have a transformative effect on children’s projects that are operating beneath the radar of big international donors
View ArticleReaching the hardest to reach children
There are many good causes and issues to support. Why do people choose to give to the Global Fund for Children?
View ArticleLight in darkness of Cité Soleil
About 150 young people will benefit from a scholarship from Sakala (Pax Christi Ayiti), a sports and education programme backed by the Global Fund for Children
View ArticleSecond chance for disenfranchised youth
The FT’s Seasonal Appeal partner Global Fund for Children is helping young people in London find their voice, as well as an education and job
View ArticleNew York photography auction
Bid for a photographic masterpiece to raise money for The Global Fund for Children in auction that will include photographs from 1950s to present
View ArticleBid for a top sommelier
Nicholas Lander looks ahead to the auction of top sommeliers for the FT’s Seasonal Appeal in support of the Global Fund for Children
View ArticleMaking a big difference with a small grant
Straitened times mean doing more with less and a new breed of small and nimble charities are able to make a big impact with smaller amounts
View ArticleUse what you have learnt to help children
Work with the international charity that helps grass-roots organisations change the lives of vulnerable children, in the second annual Financial Times MBA Challenge
View ArticleFinancial Times raises $4.89m for children’s charity
Much of the money came from FT readers and staff and the proceeds of a series of fund-raising events as well as corporate matching pledges
View ArticleSeasonal Appeal: combating child cancer
The FT launches its campaign in support of World Child Cancer, a charity dedicated to fighting the disease in children in the developing world
View ArticleFT Seasonal Appeal: World Child Cancer
The charity partner for this year’s FT Seasonal Appeal is working to treat curable cancers in children
View ArticleHopes and dreams for a girl with cancer
A girl hopes to make her 13th birthday as she receives treatment in a ward supported by World Child Cancer, the FT’s partner in its Seasonal Appeal
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