Child Thrive is a global coalition of community-based organizations working together to prevent deaths and trauma in children and youth stemming from inequitable access to healthcare and economic opportunity.

Child Thrive is a global coalition of community-based organizations working together to prevent deaths and trauma in children and youth stemming from inequitable access to healthcare and economic opportunity.

Where children are born should not determine if they live and thrive.

Where children are born should not determine if they live and thrive.

Since 2007, Children’s Place International has worked around the world to safeguard children’s well-being.

Approach

Globally, an estimated 5.9 million children die each year from highly preventable or treatable diseases, with a disproportionate number occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The five-year survival rate of children with cancers, for example, is more than 80% in wealthy countries but less than 33% in Sub-Saharan Africa. Similar survival gaps persist for other highly treatable conditions.

Children’s Place International co-created the Child Thrive Coalition to bring together the efforts of six highly impactful organizations (and counting) located in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States to jointly advocate and secure urgently needed resources to prevent child mortality and suffering, as well as to create a pathway out of poverty for children and teens who have regained their health. The Coalition facilitates joint advocacy, resource sharing, innovations, and lower acquisition costs of critical program expenses through scale.

Child Thrive Partners and Focus Areas

Aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the Child Thrive Coalition:

  • Serves a catchment area of over 11.6 million people in five countries
  • Reaches more than 9,000 children and youth each year with the prevention and treatment of life-threatening illnesses

The Child Thrive Coalition partners currently include:

  • Clínica de Familia La Romana, Dominican Republic, HIV/AIDS
  • Children’s Place Association, USA, Mental Health and Trauma
  • Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya, Sickle Cell Disease
  • Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania, Pediatric Cancers
  • Research-Aid Networks, USA, Community-Centered Research
  • Zanmi Lasante, Haiti, HIV/AIDS

Projects are community-designed and -led to provide sustainable support through young adulthood using a whole family approach. Child Thrive currently reaches over 9,000 young people and their families each year in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Tanzania, Kenya, and Chicago, USA.

We have partnered with community-based organizations in 10 countries and counting on Child Thrive projects.

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Read more about four current Child Thrive Coalition projects:

Haiti

Young girl from Haiti with ribbons.

Youth impacted by HIV/AIDS, conflict, and/or mental health challenges.

The Dominican Republic

Three teens from Dominican Republic

Youth impacted by HIV/AIDS, forced migration, and/or gender-based violence.

Tanzania

Youth on crutches

Youth living with cancer, malnutrition, and/or sickle cell disease.

Kenya

Young child from Kenya

Youth living with sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder.

We also advance this work in our local community of Chicago.

Village family

Read how we collectively improve outcomes for children, families, and communities in need.

Volunteers and Locals in Haiti

Join our coalition of dedicated supporters from around the globe who make our work possible.

Mother and baby

Directly contribute to breaking down barriers for some of the world’s most vulnerable children.