Kids Alive is a Christian charity that cares for some of the world's most vulnerable children, of all faiths and none.
We work in seven developing countries and serve some of the most vulnerable in each one.
Children forced to work long hours in dangerous quarries in Kenya - traumatised Syrian refugee kids living in abject poverty in Lebanon - kids abandoned on street corners by their parents in Zambia - child victims of unspeakable sexual assault in Guatemala and Peru - the poorest of the poor in troubled Haiti. And so many more.
Slum school drop-outs >
We serve some of the most vulnerable kids in Africa's largest slum, many living in a 'house' like this.
Toddlers in prison >
We also serve babies and toddlers raised in abject prison conditions in Zambia during the most formative period of their lives.
Abandoned children >
His mum told him to wait on the street corner. She never came back.
Our Mission: Caring for some of the world’s most vulnerable children
We identify some of the most traumatised and vulnerable children in the seven countries we work in and provide a range of interventions to care for them. Trauma care and counselling - education support - family strengthening - we even pursue justice in some of our projects in cases of child sexual assault - and so much more. All in loving Christian environments with prayer and worship.
“Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.”
Isaiah 1: 17 (NKJV)
Find out more about the work of Kids Alive International
Find out more about our work by exploring our website through the links below, or watch our video here.
Our Projects >
Find out about the different types of programmes and where they are.
What We Do >
Read some of our feature articles to give you a flavour of what we do and how we work.
Latest News & Blog >
All of the latest news, updates and activities in our work in one place.
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
Psalm 82:3-4
Maria's story
from Guatemala
Not yet 17, Maria has already lived through more trauma than most endure in a lifetime. Hers is a remarkable story of God’s transformation and one that demonstrates the impact your support for us is having on vulnerable children like her throughout the world.
The breakup of her parents, sexual abuse by a stepfather, pregnancy at 13, betrayal and rejection by family, relocation to a place where she knew no one – any one of these would scar a child. But layered one at a time over a young girl’s heart, they shattered Maria and left her almost impenetrable. It would take a long time and intense loving therapy to break through the walls she had constructed to survive, to protect herself.
It wasn’t always this way. Maria had a loving single mum and pleasant memories of her first few years – playing with cousins, family holiday celebrations, visiting relatives in other towns. But life began to change when her mother met a man and made a quick decision to marry. The man promised to take good care of the family…
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