Our Member Organizations
Child Rights Coalition Cambodia (CRC-Cambodia) , formerly known as NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child (NGOCRC), is alliance of National and International NGOs, advocates for child rights in Cambodia and ensures support for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) through monitoring its implementation, cooperating with member organizations, and networking with relevant agencies. It dedicates its efforts and resources to the efficient and effective implementation of the UNCRC by advocating for child rights. Specifically, it concentrates on the formulation and amendment of laws pertaining to children.
Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights (HKCCR) was formed in 1992 and established as an independent charitable organization in 1995. HKCCR advocates for the needs of children and monitor the implementation of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child in Hong Kong to ensure that children enjoy their rights to survival, protection, development, and participation. HKCCR works with children, youth, professional, civil society, and government to share knowledge and experience and to promote the full implementation of the UN CRC.
Yayasan KKSP or Yayasan Kelompok Kerja Sosial Perkotaan is a child rights organization that works towards the realization of the rights of children through the empowerment of children and the community in the areas of education, protection, health, and emergency response. Based in Medan, Indonesia and operating since 1987, KKSP Foundation has been developing and implementing alternative education models for vulnerable groups of children, conducting research and information campaigns, advocating for child rights policies, and providing health services, psychological support, and humanitarian aid for children and the community.
Yayasan SEJIWA, a non-profit organization located in Jakarta, Indonesia, focuses on the safety and protection of children in real life and cyberspace. SEJIWA trains and assists parents and educators in creating a comfortable and supportive environment for children’s character development and their growth. Driven by psychologists, educators, and professionals in their fields, SEJIWA invites education personnel, such as teachers, students, parents, and community leaders, to participate in creating a peaceful society.
Village Focus International is an international NGO with an exclusively local mission. Through the years of work, VFI has earned the recognition as the leader in Laos in the fight against human trafficking and for land and natural resource rights. VFI partners closely with the Lao government, international and domestic NGOs, the private sector, and local communities to strengthen Lao villages. Their work emphasizes local ownership, local focus, gender equity, capacity building, collaboration and trust, open access to information, and amplification of local voices.
Protect and Save the Children’s (P.S .The Children) is the only social organization in Malaysia that focuses solely on the prevention, intervention and treatment of Child Sexual Abuse. P.S. The Children’s vision is to build safer communities where children are protected from sexual abuse and exploitation. P.S. The Children aims to achieve this by advocating and establishing effective prevention education for both adults and children, strengthening treatment and support services, while forging synergistic partnerships within communities.
Equality Myanmar (EQMM), formerly known as the Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB), is a leading nongovernmental organization that organizes a wide range of human rights education and advocacy programs, the documentation human rights violations, and provides emergency support for activists, human rights defenders, and their families. EQMM works with a range of local civil society organizations, educators, activists, and local actors. EQMM stands strong for professional commitment, despite the organization having faced a critical situation in 2021 due to the political crisis.
Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre (CWIN-Nepal) is a pioneer child rights organization in Nepal established in 1987. CWIN-Nepal is an advocacy organisation for the child’s rights with a focus on children living and working under the most difficult circumstances. CWIN-Nepal has a legacy of ensuring children’s participation in national and international policies and issues concerning their rights, including giving inputs to the new constitution of Nepal. CWIN-Nepal has been facilitating the National Adolescent Girls Network and National Adolescent Boys Network which has members from all the 77 districts of Nepal’s seven provinces. CWIN has been also undertaking a number of pioneering child development and protection services, including the Child Helpline 1098.
Group Development Pakistan (GDP) works on protecting and promoting child rights and strengthening child protection and justice with children across Pakistan. GDP believes in a democratic and humanistic society in which children are acknowledged, respected and protected from all forms of violence and discrimination. GDP follows a holistic, creative, participatory, eco-friendly, child-focused and human rights-based approach. GDP conducts evidence-based advocacy and lobbying programs to develop synergies and enhance positive communication to promote collaboration between government institutions, human rights institutions, civil society, media, community members, corporate entities, Pakistani artists, and donors to promote and protect child rights.
Civil Society Coalition on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC Coalition Philippines) formerly known as the Philippine NGO Coalition on the UN CRC, is an alliance of 24 Philippine-based child rights organizations. Founded in 1993, CRC Coalition Philippines has been submitting periodic reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child since 1994. CRC Coalition Philippines also informs and participates in other human rights reporting mechanisms, such as the alternative reporting for the International Covenant on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights following the Philippines’ ratification of the UN CRC in 1990.
Alliance for Child’s Rights Mindanao, Inc. (ACRMI) , formerly Mindanao Action Group for Children’s Rights and Protection (MAGCRP), is a child rights protection network with nembers based in Mindanao, Philippines. ACRMI is a champion in advocacy and service delivery, committed to reach and empower children particularly those at risk, and work with individuals, communities, institutions and groups in creating functional child protection systems and platforms for genuine child participation.
ChildFund Korea is the oldest and largest child welfare organization in Korea. Established as part of China Children’s Fund (CCF) in 1948 to help war orphans, ChildFund Korea became independent from former CCF’s support in 1986 and started domestic projects and extend support for children overseas in mid 1990s. ChildFund Korea focuses on advocacy activities to protect the rights of all children, strengthen welfare programs based on children’s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of Children, actively respond to social issues, humanitarian aids, and other critical issues for children such as climate change, and strive to ensure children’s rights.
Child Welfare League Foundation (CWLF) empowers children and helps children grow into the adults that they want to be. Founded in December 1991 as a result of the process to advance the amendments to the outdated Child Welfare Act, CWLF works on improving legislation and providing over 25 different for children and families in Taiwan. CWLF endeavors to help each kid through adversity while supporting and empowering families. CWLF hopes to create a better society with children through empowerment, research and advocacy.
The Life Skills Development Foundation (TLSDF), or Rak Dek in the local language, strives to improve the quality of life for vulnerable children and their families in upper Northern Thailand in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In Thai “Rak Dek,” means “to protect children.” TLSDF’s primary focus is to empower children from ethnic groups in remote and border areas of upper Northern Thailand by providing a range of programs to aid disenfranchised, vulnerable, disadvantaged, under-served, neglected, abused or HIV/AIDS-affected children.
Childline Thailand Foundation (CTF) runs a nationwide 24-hour telephone helpline with an easy to remember number: 1387. CTF’s call center is ready to take phone calls and respond to online messages from children who are encouraged to talk about their problems without judgment or fear of making things worse. CTF also runs The Hub to provide much needed support to children and teenagers in the Pomprab district of Bangkok where most children who are homeless gravitate to when first arriving in Bangkok. While providing these services, CTF advocates for the strengthening of child protection and addressing other child rights issues in all levels of Thai society.
Vietnam Association for Protection of Children’s Rights (VACR) operates with the purpose of gathering and uniting Vietnamese citizens and organizations to promote and protect the enjoyment of children’s rights. VACR has four affiliated centers catering to children in vulnerable situations and has branches in 43 locations across the country, with nearly 70,000 members. With this reach, VACR targets to create an environment where children have access to information, are consulted meaningfully, and receive quality care, education, and protection.
Singapore Children’s Society – Singapore Children’s Society protects and nurtures children and youth of all races and religions. In 2023, the Society reached out to 18,115 children, youth and families in need. Established in 1952, its services have evolved to meet the changing needs of children.
Today, Children’s Society operates more than 10 service centres islandwide, offering services in the four categories of: Vulnerable Children and Youth, Children and Youth Services, Family Services, and Research and Advocacy.
The Foundation for Innovative Social Development (FISD) is an NGO based in Sri Lanka committed to qualitative social development. It works towards social development through a cohesive holistic approach for the protection and promotion of child rights, enhancing the status of women and girls, and prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, and creating an alcohol and drugs free lifestyle.