Child Protection

Safe and Secure Childhoods

World Vision works alongside communities to protect children from violence, abuse, and exploitation. We strengthen families, equip communities, and create safe environments where children can grow, learn, and thrive. Safety is a basic right, not a privilege. Every child deserves to feel safe and protected.

Every year, more than 1 billion children experience violence. Child marriage, child labour and corporate punishment still affect children on a daily basis. Children caught in conflict face even greater dangers. They are forced to flee their homes, separated from their families, and grow up without the safety every child needs. For children living in poverty, protection means more than safety. It means freedom from fear, from harm, and from growing up too soon.

Child Protection through Child Sponsorship

When you choose to sponsor a child, you help protect children from violence, abuse, and exploitation. You create safe environments where children can grow up feeling secure, cared for, and heard. Your support brings lasting change that impacts not just one child, but their entire community.

Together, we can keep children safe - one child, one community at a time.

Sponsor a Child

Challenges Children Face

Child Labour

Millions of children are forced into work, often in dangerous conditions that harm their health and development.

Violence Against Children

Violence affects 1 in 2 children each year, leaving lasting physical, emotional, and mental harm.

Child Marriage

Millions of girls are married before 18, limiting their education, health, and future opportunities.

Displacement

Children forced to flee conflict lose their homes, safety, and protection, becoming vulnerable to exploitation.

World Vision Child Protection Programmes

We work with families and communities to keep children safe from harm, creating environments where they are protected, valued, and free to be children.