War Child
Type	Charity
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Canada / Netherlands / UK
Website	www.warchild.org

For other uses of the name War Child, see the disambiguation page.

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Background of War Child

War Child consists of a group of independent organizations, working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child was founded upon a fundamental goal: to advance the cause of peace through investing hope in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war. War Child has been active in over twenty war zones around the globe.

War Child consists of three implementing offices: War Child Canada, War Child Netherlands and War Child UK. These offices operate as equal partners, share the same aims and goals, but are totally autonomous, with independent trustees and financial coordination.

The offices have developed different focus and specialties, and often work closely together in countries where they each have projects. The UK office is focussing on child rights and child protection programmes aimed at the most vulnerable children, War Child Netherlands is focussed on psycho-social aid and War Child Canada on vocational training. Community peacebuilding and skills development are an integral part of War Child field projects.

Typical examples of projects funded and carried out by War Child are psycho-social workshops, music therapy for traumatised children, Human Rights programs for refugees and sports programs.

History of War Child

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War Child Netherlands was founded in 1994 by Willemijn Verloop, when she met the two War Child UK founders in Bosnia. War Child Canada was founded in 1998 by Samantha Nutt and Eric Hoskins. Since that time War Child has expanded their field of operations to include some of the other thirty wars and conflicts that are currently affecting millions of children around our planet.

War Child still continues to use the enormous support it receives from the media, music and entertainment industries to raise, not only much needed funds, but also public awareness of the daily struggle for survival facing children in war zones. With famous artists like Brian Eno, David Bowie, Our Lady Peace, Luciano Pavarotti and Tom Stoppard backing the War Child cause at the start-up of the organization. (in)famous events like Little Pieces from Big Stars and Pagan Fun Wear and in 1995 the recordbreaking release of The Help Album made it possible for War Child to start projects in the former Yugoslavia. Brian Peter George St. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans more than four decades. ... Our Lady Peace, colloquially OLP, is a Canadian alternative rock band consisting of Raine Maida (vocals), Duncan Coutts (bass), Jeremy Taggart (drums), and Steve Mazur (guitar). ... Luciano Pavarotti (born October 12, 1935), an Italian tenor, is one of the most famous living singers, not only in the world of opera, but across all genres. ... Tom Stoppard in a 1985 documentary for the film Brazil Tom Stoppard OM, CBE (born Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937) is a British playwright. ... This article is about the 1995 charity album. ...

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National branches

There are three implementing offices of War Child: War Child Canada, War Child Netherlands, and War Child UK. The implementing offices share the same aims and goals, but work autonomously, with independent trustees and financial coordination.

War Child Canada War Child Canada provides humanitarian assistance in emergency situations and implements long term programs to provide children and youth with the opportunity to grow to their full potential through education, skills training, trauma healing and by taking an active role in the reconstruction of their communities. War Child Canada currently works in Afghanistan ; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Iraq; Liberia/Ghana; Sri Lanka; Sudan; and Uganda.

War Child Canada currently works in Afghanistan ; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Iraq; Liberia/Ghana; Sri Lanka; Sudan; and Uganda.

War Child Netherlands, War Child Netherlands is the largest War Child Office with a yearly budget of around 7,5 million euro, which has specialised in helping the psychosocial needs of children who have suffered from war and/or conflict situations, by means of a special methology by using creative arts. Today, War Child Netherlands employs around 500field staff. With support from the Head Office in Amsterdam, War Child Netherlands reaches around 650,000 children per year in 14 countries affected by armed conflict.

War Child Netherlands invests in the peaceful future of children affected by war. War Child’s goal is the empowerment of children in war-affected areas, through:

• The establishment and implementation of psychosocial programmes in which creative and sports activities are used to reinforce the psychological and social development and the welfare of the children;
• The establishment and implementation of creative and sports programmes that are aimed at uniting children who have been driven apart because of war, in order to contribute to a peaceful society;
• The creation of public awareness of the problems of children in (former) war zones and the generation of support for these children.

Through music- creative- and sports activities children learn to express their emotions. This helps them to deal with war experiences and stimulates their personal development and respect for one another. By learning to play again children are able to escape the difficulties of their daily lives for a while. In 2005 War Child Holland introduced a new measurement system for the programmes in 14 countries. In the first results it was shown that the projects reach more than 650,000 children worldwide.

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War Child UK War Child UK exists to:

• support and rehabilitate child victims of war.
• address the on-going consequences of conflict on children.

War Child UK does this by:

• working with local communities, their organisations and local authorities in both conflict and post-conflict areas to support children and the people they depend upon.
• ensuring sustainable security for children.
• promoting child supportive livelihood opportunities.
• addressing the developmental needs of the most vulnerable and marginalised children.

War Child UK currently works in Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia Herzegovina

War Child UK also operates a music download site called War Child Music as an awareness raising and fundraising tool.

External links

• War Child International

In alphabetical order, the national War Child websites are:

• War Child Australia
• War Child Canada
• War Child Netherlands (English language | Dutch language)
• War Child UK
• War Child US