A little action can make big changes in a child’s life. Global Action for Children generates awareness, policies and funding so every child has the chance to grow up safe and healthy.

Formed in 2003, GAC advocates on the following issues that affect orphans and vulnerable children worldwide:

• Basic education
• Child marriage
• Child sexual abuse
• Child survival & immunizations
• Children in conflict
• Community care
• Foreign aid reform
• HIV/AIDS
• Malaria

GAC is successful because of our independent and bipartisan approach to advocacy.  We do not accept government funding so our policy work is in the best interests of children and not the self-interest of GAC. And we understand that supporting the world’s children is a cause that can unite leaders from all ideologies.

GAC’s growing list of success stories includes:

• Generating the support to pass the Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act (P.L. 109-95) in 2005. It was the first comprehensive legislative response to the global crisis surrounding orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).
• Coordinating our partners in the AIDS-Free Generation coalition to boost the UNAIDS resource needs assessment from $1.2 billion to $4.5 billion to account for 19 million orphans between 2008-2015.
• Leading efforts to authorize $3 billion (10 percent of PEPFAR funding) for OVC programs from 2009-2013.
• Placing op-eds and letters to the editor about orphans and vulnerable children in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Vanity Fair.

To join GAC’s mission, please visit our How You Can Act page.

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