children in crisis

Name

children in crisis

Legal name

Street Child

Website

https://childrenincrisis.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Individual and Family Services (6241), Educational Support Services (611710), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education in Emergencies (EiE) & Safe Schools (BPADAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO), Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Children's charity services
• Emergency child protection
• Nonprofit humanitarian aid
• Global education access
• Orphan care programs

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Street Child generates revenue primarily through individual donations, including monthly giving programs (e.g., £4 per month to support a child's education) and one-time donations. The organization encourages regular giving through its Back to School Appeal and other campaign-specific donations.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate partners sponsor events, make donations, and engage in Charity of the Year programs. Street Child works with over 70 corporate partners providing pro-bono legal and systems support to multi-year programmes.
3. Event Fundraising: Revenue generated through challenge events including the Sierra Leone Marathon, cycle challenges, Everest Base Camp treks, London Marathon, and other international marathons. Participants commit to fundraising targets (e.g., £1,500 minimum for Sierra Leone Marathon).
4. Government and Institutional Grants: Street Child receives funding from government sources including UK government match funding (e.g., £500,000 matching funds for The Times Christmas Appeal 2023) and partnerships with organizations like Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF, and Educate A Child.
5. Legacy Giving: The organization promotes leaving gifts in Wills as a sustainable revenue stream, offering free Will writing services to supporters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Children in Crisis is a registered nonprofit charity organization that provides emergency shelter and foster homes for children affected by abuse, neglect, and abandonment. The organization delivers integrated programmes in child protection, education access, quality learning, emergency response, and family livelihood support through a network of more than 95 local partner organizations across 25+ countries. It also operates the award-winning Family Business for Education scheme and the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology to remove economic and learning barriers for out-of-school children.

Product overview

Street Child is a global children's charity operating as a single unified organization focused on ensuring children are safe, in school, and learning. The organization offers integrated programmes including Safe (child protection), In School (enrolment), Learning (quality education), Rapid Response (emergency response), and Championing Local Actors (local capacity building). Key initiatives include the award-winning Family Business for Education scheme that provides business grants to families, Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology for differentiated learning, Loans for Learning microcredit programme, and the Education For Every Child Today (EFECT) multi-country programme. Street Child raises funds through events including the Sierra Leone Marathon, corporate partnerships, and campaigns like Back to School and the Times Christmas Appeal. Emergency response is supported through the Rapid Response Fund and Climate Response Accelerator Fund.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Family Business for Education: Award-winning scheme addressing social and financial barriers to education by providing families with business grants and training
• Loans for Learning
• Rapid Response Fund
• Climate Response Accelerator Fund
• Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL)

Products and services

• Safe Programme Child protection and safety programme ensuring children are protected from harm, exploitation, and abuse in crisis-affected communities; designed for vulnerable children and supported through donor contributions.
• In School Programme Education access programme focused on enrolling children in school and ensuring regular attendance, particularly for vulnerable and out-of-school children in low-resource and crisis-affected environments.
• Learning Programme Quality education programme ensuring children acquire foundational literacy and numeracy skills through improved teaching, teacher training, and enhanced learning environments.
• Rapid Response Programme Emergency education response programme that mobilizes support within hours of a disaster to protect children's survival, wellbeing, and educational continuity through temporary learning spaces, trauma counseling, and reintegration support.
• Championing Local Actors Programme Programme supporting and strengthening local partner organizations to deliver sustainable education interventions in their own communities, partnering with 95+ local NGOs across operating countries.
• Family Business for Education Award-winning livelihood programme providing families with business grants and training to enable them to afford their children's education long-term, addressing social and financial barriers to education.
• Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Education methodology that groups learners by ability rather than age or grade to ensure specific learning needs are met; 96% of learners reached word-level proficiency in English by end of programme in Uganda.
• Sierra Leone Marathon Annual fundraising challenge event held in Sierra Leone offering full marathon, half marathon, 10km, 5km running options and 75km cycling challenge, with package costs ranging from £499-£1,399 covering accommodation, transport, food and race costs.
• Corporate Partnerships Programme Corporate partnership programme allowing businesses to support the charity's work through event sponsorships, Charity of the Year partnerships, and multi-year programmes, with over 70 corporate partners engaged.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,846,165 children reached since 2008
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mahindra RacingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMahindra Racing has named Street Child as a Global Strategic Partner on their Planet Positive sustainability programme. The racing team supports the Climate Response Accelerator Fund, a rapid-response initiative to rebuild schools in climate-vulnerable contexts. At the 2026 Berlin E-Prix fan village, Mahindra Racing activated support for Street Child's education protection work.
• Formula EcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormula E, the world's first all-electric motorsport, launched the Climate Response Accelerator Fund in partnership with Street Child - a rapid-response initiative to rebuild schools in the world's most climate vulnerable contexts.
• From Babies with LoveminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner with Street Child. Quote from Cecilia Crossley expressing admiration for Street Child's ambition, strategy and programming.
• DeloittecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-standing corporate partner relationship with Deloitte. Joe Gallagher noted making significant contribution and looking forward to developing the relationship further.
• Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational NGO partner operating alongside Street Child UK with nationwide presence in every province of Sierra Leone. Together they have increased opportunities to access quality basic education for more than 301,600 children.
• CIYOTAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRefugee-led partner organization in Uganda. Thierry Barata serves as Communications Manager for Street Child's refugee-led partner organisation CIYOTA.
• Save the ChildrencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Save the Children to set up the Localisation Unit in 2022, creating an avenue for funding to support local and national organisations to apply for Education Cannot Wait funding.
• Educate A Child (EAC)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal programme of the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, supported by the Qatar Fund for Development. Partners on the Education For Every Child Today (EFECT) programme, a four-year project aiming to increase primary education access for 40,500 vulnerable children across Sierra Leone.
• The Zebra TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner organisation in Somalia dedicated to supporting and improving the lives of students who would otherwise be unable to afford secondary education, particularly girls in Mogadishu and Hargeisa.
• Aasaman NepalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner in Nepal working on the 'Build the Basics' project to address learning loss caused by COVID-19 school closures, targeting 36,000 children across 600 state schools.
• Rotary Club of YalaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner in Nepal supporting 28 schools in and around the Kathmandu valley through tailored teaching interventions.
• Janaki Women's Awareness Society (JWAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Dhanusha District, Nepal supporting establishment of small businesses and income-generating activities for marginalised Dalit girls and young women.
• African Education Trust (AET)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Street Child, started working in Somalia in 1996. Provides essential, quality education by rehabilitating schools, training teachers, and supporting parents.
• Liberty GlobalcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner for the Street Child Cup 2026 football tournament, hosting the event at Battersea alongside Street Child.
• The Times and The Sunday TimescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partner for The Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal 2023. Raised over £1.4 million including £500,000 in matching funds from UK government.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves5 records

Broad incumbents

• Save the Children: One of the largest global children's charities; Street Child explicitly partners with Save the Children via the 2022 Localisation Unit, indicating direct programmatic overlap in education in emergencies and child protection, though Save the Children operates at vastly greater scale.
• UNICEF: Mentioned as a Street Child institutional funder; the dominant UN agency for children's welfare with overlapping education-in-emergencies, child protection, and rapid-response mandates across all of Street Child's operating geographies.

Direct peers

• Plan International: Global children's charity focused on girls' education, child protection, and emergency response across similar low-resource geographies; comparable programme mix (education access, family livelihood, crisis response) and donor base (UK individual and corporate givers).
• War Child: UK-registered charity focused on children affected by conflict — a near-direct overlap with Street Child's crisis/conflict segments (Afghanistan, DRC, Ukraine, NE Nigeria); shares UK donor base, challenge-event GTM, and celebrity-ambassador model.
• ChildFund International: International child-focused NGO operating sponsorship and education programmes across Africa and Asia; comparable child-sponsorship revenue model and geographic footprint to Street Child, with similar focus on community-based education access.
• Theirworld: UK- and US-based global children's charity focused specifically on education access and youth employment; directly comparable mission ('safe, in school, learning'), corporate partnership strategy, and policy/advocacy orientation.
• Right To Play: NGO focused on protecting and educating children in crisis-affected regions through play-based learning and TaRL-adjacent methodologies; comparable target beneficiaries, geographies (Africa, Middle East, Asia), and challenge-event fundraising model.
• SOS Children's Villages: Global charity providing alternative care, family strengthening, and education for children without parental care or at risk of losing it; comparable focus on out-of-school and vulnerable children, with overlapping geographies in Africa and South Asia.
• Compassion International: Large child sponsorship organization operating across similar low-resource geographies (sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia); shares the recurring individual-donor revenue model and education-plus-protection programme design.

Others

• Education Cannot Wait: UN-hosted global fund for education in emergencies; Street Child is a recipient partner via Save the Children's Localisation Unit. Included as a peer because ECW represents both a funder and an adjacent coordinating body in Street Child's core EiE market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

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