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We take a look back at our history and what sparked the late Dame Anita Roddick and her company, The Body Shop to co-found Children on the Edge in 1990.

Babra Nandawula, our social worker in Uganda describes the incredible change she has witnessed in communities in Jinja over the past ten years.

We share the inside story of the fight to change the law in Uganda. After five years of civil society campaigning, The Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifice Act 2021 was officially signed into law on the 14th July 2021.

In 2022, we began to replicate our Child Protection Team Model in the Karamoja region of Uganda, where children are at risk of neglect, abuse, hunger and trafficking. These new volunteer teams are already making an incredible difference, most recently in combating malnutrition by supporting communities to grow food.

Meet four year old Bieneme, whose development has come on in leaps and bounds since joining our cluster group lessons in the Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda.

We began working with communities in the Karamoja region of Uganda in 2022, where children are at risk of neglect, abuse and trafficking. Find out how our Child Protection Team model is helping to protect the children living here.

In 2023, Children on the Edge was awarded the iF Design Social Impact Prize for our innovative Digital Education programme in Bangladesh.

We spoke to Marius from our partner organisation in Romania, to find out more about his connection with Children on the Edge, his work with ADO, and the challenges facing Ukrainian refugees.

Martha used a Children on the Edge loan to set up a thriving sewing business in Uganda.

Our Cluster Learning Model offers a cost-effective, replicable, scalable solution to ensure marginalised children can benefit from quality early childhood education, setting them up for lifelong learning.

In 2023, we doubled the number of classrooms for Rohingya refugees on Bhasan Char island in Bangladesh. ​Take a look at the progress that has been made and meet student Puri.

Our partners in India have been making increased efforts to reach the most marginalised Dalit communities, the ‘untouchables’ who are cut off from learning.