Children Change Colombia

Children Change Colombia is the UK’s largest charity with 30 years’ experience working exclusively in Colombia. We believe that, with the appropriate support, Colombia’s children can claim their right to live safely and in peace and demand that the adults responsible for protecting their rights do so – in this way, children can change Colombia. Over the last three decades, CCC has helped more than 67,000 children to overcome the trauma of poverty, armed conflict, displacement, and the lack of education, and has invested 13 million pounds in more than 50 multiannual projects all across the country.

We seek to complement the work of others and avoid duplication whenever possible. One of our key aims is to work on issues that are neglected by others. Through local partnerships, we are currently addressing the following neglected issues facing children and young people: 

• recruitment into armed groups and reintegration into society

• sexual and gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence

• commercial sexual exploitation

• exclusion from education