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Children in Crisis

Millions of innocent children around the world suffer everyday from exploitation, abandonment, abuse, slavery, child labour and atrocities of all kinds.

These children are no different from ours in Singapore. They have hopes and dreams, just like our children. However, they are often powerless due to the impoverished and unjust conditions entrapping them.

In certain countries, HIV/AIDS have left countless children orphaned and vulnerable while children with disabilities or who are born females are susceptible to further discrimination and abuse.

World Vision established Children in Crisis Centres to protect and provide assistance to these vulnerable children, by ensuring that they receive the basic needs of life – food, healthcare, education and decent job opportunities.

World Vision aims to rebuild the confidence and self-worth of these children in crisis so that they can move forward with hope and be freed from the bondages of poverty.

Partner with us today to give hope and the chance for a better world to these children.

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Click here to view a photo gallery of a day in the life of a child in crisis

Children in Crisis - The Facts

Around the world, more than 115 million children of primary-school age are not in school. Poverty is one of the main causes as families cannot afford school fees or the cost of uniforms, or may need their children to work to contribute to the family income (UNICEF).
The Asia-Pacific region is home to around half of the world's children. 40% of them live in poverty.
Some 218 million children in the world today are involved in child labour. The highest number of child labourers is in the Asia Pacific region, where there are 122 million working children (International Labour Organization).
Some 2 million children are sexually exploited every year. Most are girls, but a significant number are boys (International Labour Organization).
An estimated 1.2 million children are being trafficked every year for cheap labour or sexual exploitation (UNICEF).
Tens of millions of children live homeless on the streets (UNICEF).
Some 90 per cent of children with disabilities in developing countries do not attend school (UNESCO).

Stories

From Bricks to Books

At 14, his shoulders bear more than the heavy bricks he carries – it bears the burden of his family’s survival, since they are dependent on his income.
Click here to read the story.

Heart of darkness

World Vision helps restore sight to eight-year-old victim of rape
In 1997, World Vision Cambodia established the Neavea Thmey Centre to provide a protective and supportive environment for girls who have suffered from rape, trafficking or sexual exploitation and who were otherwise at high risk. Click here to read story

Child sex tourism: World Vision’s battle

World Vision hotline initiative rescues 12-year-old victim from sexual exploitation
In 2001, World Vision launched a Child Safe Tourism Project to assist the Ministry of Tourism and local partners to promote understanding, build capacity, advocate, and mobilise action against the sexual exploitation of children linked to tourism. Click here to read story

“Life there was unbearable,” cried Sophea. “The men liked girls and I was the youngest…”

World Vision restores the life of 11-year-old sex trade victim
Sophea was eventually rescued and sent to a World Vision shelter for abused girls, where she received psychosocial counselling, education and livelihood training. Click here to read story

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