Global Action for Children

MISSION

As a voice for the world’s most vulnerable children, Global Action for Children mobilizes government support and community action so every child has the chance to grow up safe, healthy and ready to thrive.

Why do we speak out for children?

Sometimes it’s not easy being a child in our world. Children living in the midst of poverty, disease and conflict are vulnerable to many traumas that no child should ever encounter.

Because many families can’t access basic healthcare for their children, too many kids do not live to celebrate their fifth birthdays. And for those who do, many do not have access to a good education to help them escape the cycle of poverty that they will in turn pass on to their own children.

But life doesn’t have to be like that for this generation, or the next. The solutions are simple, yet the gap between what the world is doing and what needs to be done for these kids is wide.

At Global Action for Children (GAC), we speak out and fill that void because investing in children is the right thing to do. And we know from experience that it’s the smart thing to do, too.

Children are the cornerstone upon which communities devastated by poverty and disease can rebuild. And in our new global era where our successes are shared, we want them to have all the right tools.

That’s why investing in a poor child’s health, education and protection from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe is the smartest thing our government can do for the future stability and growth of that child’s community and ours.

How do we speak out for children?

There is a lot of value in a voice. It can teach someone something new - for instance, that the chief killer of kids worldwide is pneumonia, not malaria or HIV/AIDS. And then a voice can inspire a person to actually do something about the problem, like invest in vaccines that can prevent deadly disease.

Global Action for Children is that voice for the world’s most vulnerable children.

The many people and organizations who work hand-in-hand with kids in poverty are heroes for doing their part to advance a child’s future. But success in the field depends on having enough financial and political support to get the job done. That’s why GAC’s role in Washington, D.C., is so important.

Using media, grassroots, partnerships and political know-how, we put our voice to work connecting decision makers in government to the real needs of a child on the ground. And then, we inspire these influential people with the ways they can invest to improve that child’s life.

GAC is successful because of our independent and nonpartisan approach to advocacy.  We don’t accept government funding so our policy work is always in the best interests of children and not in our self-interest. This forges a deep trust between us and leaders from all ideologies with whom we work. Instead of choosing sides, we opt for political unity because if we are all to succeed we know that changing a child’s future is not and cannot be a partisan issue.

Our spirit of teamwork extends to other organizations as well. Global Action for Children was born as a coalition. Although we are now our own 501(c)(3)organization, we are still in touch with our roots. For every issue we speak out on, we bring diverse groups together because we have not forgotten the power of varied groups speaking out with one voice.