Determined to lead, read & succeed

Ask any child, in any Childhood Rescue program across the world...

What will help you build a future?

They will all answer... an EDUCATION!

Without a doubt, this is the number one answer we hear, time and time again.

Children often go hungry, and take on jobs before and after school just to help pay for their schooling, that is how vital an education is to their future.

In Cotabato City, Mindano, Philippines an defiant and amazing young Shuhaira (Sittie) explains...

"Life is difficult for us here.

Sometimes we can barely have enough to eat in a day.

But I am determined to finish my studies because I want to become a teacher.

I also want to help children who are similar to me and come from disadvantaged backgrounds."

"We were still young when our mother left us.

And my father has passed away.

I live here at home with my grandmother and my sister.

I help my grandmother here at home with selling banana [and leaves], cleaning the house, doing laundry, washing dishes, and sweeping [the floor].

That's why sometimes my sibling and I sell bananas.

We earn around 300 pesos, and we use it for our daily school expenses."

For many children, helping the family survive takes preference to school.

Many families make the difficult choice and ask their children to work for a little bit.

When a child gets too far behind they drop out completely.

Ensuring chldren have agency and choice later in life comes down to education in their early years.

Childhood Rescue wants children in school!

To do this we're providing schools with resource for struggling learners, training teachers and supporting families with livelihood and income training opportunities.

Helping children build an educated future takes a lot of work, and your gift is helping to make it happen.