Where We Work

"
Children on the Edge is what its name says. It’s about the most marginalised, those living on the very edges of their society
"

Rachel Bentley OBE - CEO and Co-founder

We exist to support the world’s most marginalised children. You will mainly find us in places where the camera’s do not click, where many aid agencies do not venture and where children facing hardship and discrimination are simply overlooked.

We work with communities truly living on ‘the edge’. When our work began in 1990, the children we served were those incarcerated and forgotten in Romanian orphanages. Today, the 'edge' takes us into refugee camps, marginalised communities, and conflict areas where we support children facing forced displacement, caste discrimination, poverty, and exploitation.

We stay as long as it takes; until the community is equipped enough to go it alone.

You will currently find us supporting local people in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Uganda and Afghanistan.

OUR IMPACT

30

Years of experience in over 18 countries

17,000

Children currently supported

408

Colourful, safe, learning spaces

Our Programmes

Online Education for Girls from Afghanistan

We support two online schools for hundreds of women and girls from Afghanistan, denied their right to an education.

Education for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

We provide education for over 6,000 Rohingya refugee children who are cut off from learning in vast refugee camps in Bangladesh.

Education for Working Children in Bangladesh

We provide free education for 1,300 working children in marginalised communities living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Education for Dalit Children in India

Children on the Edge provide education for over 1,100 Dalit children in Bihar State who are denied their right to an education.

Education for Displaced Children in Myanmar

We provide early years education for 800 young children displaced by conflict in the states of Kachin and Kayah.

Supporting Displaced Families in Myanmar

We work with displaced families in Kachin and Kayah State, providing emergency support as they face repeated military attacks and are cut off from essential services and supplies.

Education for Congolese Refugees in Uganda

We support local communities in Uganda to provide Early Childhood Education for over 5,000 young Congolese refugee children.

Protecting Children in Karamoja, Uganda

Endemic poverty in the remote Karamoja region of north eastern Uganda puts children at risk of abuse, trafficking, neglect and exploitation. Children on the Edge support local people here to transform their communities into safe places, where children are protected from harm and able to live, play, learn and grow.

Protecting Children in Jinja, Uganda

We work with marginalised communities in the suburbs of Jinja to transform them into safe spaces for children to live, play, learn and grow.

Where we work

We work to support 17,000 children across Africa and Asia, working alongside communities to educate and protect their children.