• International Childcare Trust works to protect children’s rights. Practical programmes for children and their families help children have a more normal childhood, including the right to education and opportunities for play.

• The charity finances child protection centres to provide shelter, education and training for street children, orphans and children affected by migration or conflict.

• Families are helped to improve their financial position through micro-credit, literacy classes, parenting advice, and training to provide better care for their children.

• Child sex abuse victims, ex-child soldiers, and abducted children are helped to rehabilitate back into the community and have a more positive future.

• 11m African children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Children affected by HIV/AIDS are given healthcare, education, care and counselling.

• Local NGO partners are helped to plan, design and monitor their projects. International Childcare Trust’s programme officers share their experience with local staff in-field to strengthen management and processes.

• International Childcare Trust concentrates on helping smaller NGOs become stronger and independent in the long-term.

• At least 50,000 children were helped in 2008 to have a say in their own future. It costs less than £21/child to help children realise their rights to a childhood.