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Bernard van Leer Foundation
Improves opportunities for children between the ages of 0 and 8 who live in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage.

Better Care Network
A source of information for people working on issues related to children who lack adequate family care.

CARE USA
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty particularly by working with women.

Children’s Rights Centre
The Children's Right Centre is a non-profit organization based in Durban that strives to transform South Africa through our vision of a child-friendly society.

Christian Blind Mission International
CBM is a world leader in rescuing and restoring people trapped in poverty by disability, regardless of race, age, gender or religion.

Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD) is an inter-agency consortium with strong links to regional networks and a track record of advocacy and knowledge generation and dissemination at an international level.

Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.

Global Fund for Children
GFC gives small grants to innovative community-based organizations working with vulnerable children and youth.

International Child Development Programmes
International Child Development Programmes (ICDP) works for the healthy development of children and youth in the world.

International Deaf Children's Society (IDCS) a branch of Deaf Child Worldwide
Deaf Child Worldwide is the only UK based international development agency dedicated to enabling deaf children to overcome poverty and isolation.

Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV
The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA) engages practitioners, policymakers, and scholars in collaborative problem-solving, research, and analysis to address the needs of children living in the context of HIV/AIDS.

New Global Citizen
New Global Citizens educates, equips and mobilizes young people to help solve the greatest challenges faced by communities around the world by partnering with grassroots organizations that are finding local solutions to local problems.

Plan International
Plan works with children, their families, communities, organizations and local governments to implement programs at grassroots level in health, education, water and sanitation, income generation and cross-cultural communication.

Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative for Children Affected by AIDS
REPSSI is a regional non-profit organization working to mitigate the psychosocial impact of HIV and AIDS, poverty and conflict among children and youth in 13 countries in East and Southern Africa.

The coalition on children affected by AIDS
The Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS is a collective of private and public foundations and re-granting organizations in the North and South.

Zero to Three
Zero to Three is a national nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.