Children International

Children international creates personal, transformative and impactful relationships and offers supporters a way to invest in the holistic development of a child with the ultimate focus on employability to help its graduates break the generational cycle of poverty. this is done primarily through locally staffed community centers and volunteers. children international has set forth a vision of bringing people together to end poverty for good. its aim is to create a world without poverty where every child, family and community is connected, productive and thriving. the organization connects people all over the world, facilitating strong relationships and partnerships across socioeconomic and cultural boundaries. children international believes everyone shares this basic human right: to live free from poverty for good. its approach to delivering hope and a strategic pathway to break the cycle of generational poverty focuses on four specific core areas: health services, educational assistance, life skills and employability. through its programs, the organization strategically provides the services, training and opportunities children and youth need to become sustainably employed adults. health promotion health promotion focuses on intervention to respond to local public health needs and more connections with public promotion campaigns. the program also helps families navigate local health systems, ensuring support for referrals. social accountability sponsored children and youth and families and community members benefit through accessing services at each agency partner site, including donations from gik, such as medical consumables & drugs, triaging equipment such as thermometers, weight scales and examination beds. continuous engagement and captivation of partners in the process of implementation, enables community empowerment, strengthens the trust stakeholders have in ci, and facilitates stakeholders' responsiveness. child safeguarding children international (ci) employs a child safeguarding policy and protocols to safeguard children. implementation includes the prevention of child abuse in the form of training for staff, volunteers, children and youth, and other stakeholders, and the reporting and support of all cases of abuse to sponsored children and youth. ci provides psychological, medical, legal, financial, and other support to sponsored children and youth who experience abuse and endangerment. early childhood care and development eccd programming is crucial for young children to support brain development, socialization, learning, school readiness and health outcomes. we deliver integrated comprehensive health, nutrition and preschool services; engage caregivers and local partners to leverage resources; and train staff and volunteers to develop their eccd capacities. educational support our education programs provide children and youth with the academic support and resources, such as books, computers, digital skills and steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) exposure. tutoring the tutoring program helps students succeed in school with academic assistance aligned with local curricula. traditionally, children international tutoring programs meet two to three times per week with trained tutors. life skills our life skills program exposes children to music and art, strengthens leadership skills, enhances digital abilities and more. emotional well-being the emotional well-being program teaches children and youth how to self-care, self-calm and identify emotions. the program is based on curriculum developed by turning point part of the university of kansas health system. living in poverty leads to stress and emotional strain, which makes it that much harder to break out. this program helps young people build vital life skills, so they can stay mentally healthy to help them break the cycle of generational poverty.