Life can be tough. For children living in the places where it’s hardest to be a child, it’s tougher again. And for children living with a disability in those places – well, tough is often just the beginning. Here’s what we’re doing about it.
Child sponsorship empowers children and their communities to break free from poverty, for good. Together, we help the world’s most vulnerable children. That means children with disabilities have a special place in our work, because they are some of the most vulnerable members of any community.
Around the world one billion people live with a disability, and 80 percent of them are in developing countries. We are committed to including people with disabilities in all we do, not only to meet their needs but to be part of the solution to poverty – because real, lasting change needs all of us working together. We currently serve nearly 15,000 children with disabilities worldwide, and our goal is to triple that number in the next three years.