BECAUSE SHE MATTERS
OUR VISION is a permanent, secure, and loving family for every child.
We prioritize child safety and permanency in a stable, loving family environment. That means: safety first, and family as soon as possible.
Since starting work in Africa in 1998, ACE has protected the lives and family bonds of thousands of children in Zambia and other African countries in our child welfare, family preservation, and education programs.
Children without families face lifelong risks. We help provide physical and emotional protection for children in crisis, reintegrate children with their biological family members and find alternate homes through fostering or adoption for children without available family.
OUR MISSION is to bring vulnerable children into secure families, schools, and communities.
Eight million children live in institutions worldwide. 80% of them have living biological family members.
The reason? When mothers and caregivers face extreme poverty, illness, or social exclusion, they may feel compelled to give up their children as a life-saving act. But studies show that institutionalized children do not develop the secure attachments needed to form a healthy sense of self and trusting relationships. Instead, institutionalized children face lifelong higher risks of exposure to illness, abuse, and poverty compared with children raised in secure families.
That is why our programs protect families in crisis, restore vulnerable children to family, and strengthen communities through economic empowerment and education.
OUR VALUES are the foundation that made ACE a global movement.
Empowering Local Leadership
We believe sustainable change begins from within. That’s why we equip and empower in-country staff and leaders to lead the way in their own communities.
Global Collaboration
We thrive through a strong alliance of international partners. We are working across cultures and continents to support vulnerable children and families.
Rooted in Local Faith Communities
We partner with trusted indigenous churches and community leaders who understand the culture, context, and needs of those they serve.
Impact, One Life at a Time
We measure success one life at a time through the transformation of each child, caregiver, and family we serve.
We believe that the best place for African kids is in African families.
Alliance for Children Everywhere has refined a paradigm for family-based care recognized by governments throughout Africa. Every day, ACE works through empowered local leadership and sustainable programming embedded in local communities to keep children with their families.
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In the early 1990s Zambia was in crisis. The nation's unemployment rate reached 70% and the AIDS pandemic threatened to wipe out a generation. The cycle of poverty, disease, and economic instability devastated millions of Zambian families, eroding their strong social foundation and leaving many children in crisis without a safety net.
Seeing this need and feeling called to act, Alliance for Children Everywhere launched operations in Zambia. For the past twenty-five years, ACE has worked to serve the country, communities, and families of Zambia through family-centric programming that addresses issues at their core.
With experience gained from our work in Zambia, we began work in Malawi in 2020. Malawi presented a unique opportunity to work with child care institutions and build a model of family based care that prioritized reunifying children with their extended family in their village of origin.
