CHILDREN OF WAR FOUNDATION
“We live in a world mired in pandemic, torn by discrimination, endangered by
climate change and scarred by poverty, inequality and war.”
-Secretary General, Guterres
Children of War Foundation's "COWF" mission is to deliver access to global health and education to communities affected by poverty, war, natural disaster, discrimination, climate change, isolation, and migration challenges.
COWF envisions a world where disadvantaged children succeed in life in an environment that promotes their health, social, cultural and moral development. Thanks to our care and commitment to youth worldwide, progress will be made simultaneously on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
No one yet knows how COVID-19 will fundamentally reshape our global society, or for how long. As we’ve seen since March 2020, the ability to communicate and collaborate with peers and those communities dependent on foreign aid in multiple forms from around the world is a necessity to continue our mission.
We are reshaping our mission to address the heart of the problem by scoping and adapting to accelerate the use of transformative technologies and connectivity to share knowledge and bridge resources both in developed and underserved communities globally.
As a first step to defying the status quo for access to health-care and medical education, Children of War Foundation made the impossible possible for many families who have not been able to travel, unable to afford care and awaiting access to medical experts. On November 28, 2020, we made history by deploying the first live "real time" remote vir...More
Only 2 out of 10 refugee adolescents, attend school. (Source: Refugee education in crisis: UNHCR.) In an effort to combat this problem in Jordan, which is home to one of the largest refugee populations, COWF and online learning platform Abwaab partnered to help refugee adolescents continue their high school education at their own pace regardless of th...More
Launched remotely in collaboration with WiDS at Stanford University December 7th, with refugee students from Yemen, Syrian and Sudan from across Jordan. A learning experience offered to COWF clubs, chapters and beneficiaries, WiDS education outreach is committed to equity and access for students. We strive to inspire secondary school students to take relevant courses and consider future careers involving data science, artificial intelligence (ai) and other related fields.The Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women and girls in the field.
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The United Nations' 2030 agenda for sustainable development contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), overall global goals, to tackle poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030. Each of the SDGs includes targets helping to focus the combined efforts of nonprofits (NPOs), NGO's, corporations and the global community.
By giving towards COWF programming, you are contributing to the global fight to bring about sustainable accelerated, societal change as well as make a real difference, globally.
Learn more about how COWF and our SDG's partners are contributing to a Universal Agenda and global change as an effort to tackle on health, education and infrastructure needs, alongside the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.