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Children's Voice
http://children-voice.org/History
Children's Voice (Voice of Children) is a community-based civil society organization initiated in 2002 and established legally in 2004 by women from North Kivu. Children's Voice helps thousands of youth and female victims of war and armed conflict. For nearly a decade, Children's Voice has contributed to the integral development, wellbeing and vitality of disadvantaged orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Their four action programs address education, child welfare, community support and sexual violence.
Mission
To contribute to improving the living conditions of children and women, ensuring their access to basic social services and promoting their fundamental rights and freedoms
- Contact Information:
- Goma, North Kivu
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Active In: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Aftercare, Empowerment
- Forms of Slavery:
- Forced Marriage, Child Labor, Bonded Labor, Forced Labor
- Email: contact@children-voice.org
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