Areas of Work

Conflict

An estimated 20 million children have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict and human rights violations.
Around 300,000 child soldiers - boys and girls under the age of 18 - are involved in conflicts worldwide.
Child soldiers are used as combatants, but also to provide labour and sexual services. Many are forcibly recruited or abducted.
Millions have been killed, disabled or orphaned as a direct result of armed conflict.
In the midst of such a grim context, BCT’s partner project Global Care Uganda is restoring stability and hope to children and their families affected by conflict in northern Uganda.
BCT supports children affected by conflict. Read about Global Care 

Disability

Around 150 million children throughout the world are living with disability.
80% of these live in developing countries where many disabilities are the result of preventable diseases, malnutrition, armed conflict or poor healthcare for pregnant women.
The majority of disabled children in these countries do not go to school and only 5% have access to support services.
Stigma and lack of resources mean that many disabled children lead unnecessarily isolated lives. But BCT’s partner Wukwashi Wa Nzambi in Zambia is bringing life and dignity back to these children and is proving such a success story that it is multiplying fast.
BCT is helping to restore fullness of life to disabled children.Read about the amazing work of Wukwashi 

HIV and Aids

The lives of millions of adults and children have been changed since the late 1970s as they have become infected with HIV, died from AIDS related illnesses, or been left without parents – over 15 million children worldwide have been orphaned due to HIV and AIDS.
Around 14,000 people continue to be infected every day. For those families living in poverty an HIV positive diagnosis is even more devastating as they struggle to gain access to the healthcare, nutrition and other household support vital for surmounting the disease.
Read about BCT’s partner projects Abisunzimana and Aprecom in Rwanda and Vinodi in Togo, where support groups, children’s clubs and practical help from local churches are making a huge difference to families affected by HIV.

Find out how churches can partner with projects supporting children affected by HIV and AIDS, through Covenant to Care.

Street Children

At least 100 million children are living on the streets of our world, with little or no contact with family – they may have been orphaned by AIDS or abandoned by desperately poor parents.
Others spend much of their time on the streets trying to gain money to add to the family income. Although they sleep at home each night and may even attend school, these children are extremely vulnerable to eventually choosing to live permanently on the streets, as the family home barely meets their needs.
The risks of abuse and exploitation that these children face on the streets are huge.
Help us bring a future to these children. Read how BCT is helping reconnect street children with their home and school through partner projects Vinodi  in Togo and EPED in Democratic Republic of Congo.