Children In Crossfire

RELAY 1000

world record attempt
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TREK CUBA NOV 08

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IN PARTNERSHIP

The North West Housing Coop Patrnership
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10TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

Welcome to Children in Crossfire

Children in Crossfire exists to make a significant and lasting contribution towards the eradication of poverty. The charity was founded in 1996 by Richard Moore.With your support Children in Crossfire gives children the chance to choose a better future
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Anniversary Conference: A Promise for the Future

On the 18th July 2007 His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, accepted an invitation from Richard Moore to come to Ireland to celebrate Children in Crossfire's tenth anniversary. His Holiness was the keynote speaker at a 2-day International Conference on Children’s Rights

IN DEEPEST SYMPATHY

Children in Crossfire are deeply saddened by the death of our patron Christie Hennessy.
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Focus on Ghana

Children in Crossfire has launched an integrated environmental programme, which will benefit the rural poor in the forest-savannah transition zone of the Brong Ahafo region. This programme of environmental education enables communities to make informed decisions about land use and choose sustainable income generating activities. Our awareness campaigns to promote civil rights in rural areas are helping to change traditional attitudes to women in a society where domestic violence is common and where many girls remain illiterate. However, words alone will not improve the lives of the poor and we are focusing on making practical improvements to their lives. Together with the Sunyani Diocesan Development Office we are helping to build the capacity of over 40 women's groups who use sustainable local resources to produce mushrooms, honey and snails for local consumption. With the Farmers and Savings Credit Union, we are also supporting three women's groups in a project to breed and sell grasscutters - a rodent and local delicacy - as an alternative income source.

Income for women, education for girls
"My name is Fati and I am a forty-five year old widow. I lost my husband last year and it has not been easy as I have eight children, including two sets of twins. I am a peasant farmer and what I produce does not meet the needs of my family. I had to take my two girls out of school as I could not pay the costs. However, Children in Crossfire has brought me hope with their grasscutter project. These animals are a local delicacy and fetch a good price. I can tend to them and also keep up with my farming activities.
My children will now get an education and be able to take care of me when I am old."