Category: Services

Generate and use data and evidence to inform programs, policies, and advocacy. Through robust research and MEAL systems, we track progress, promote accountability, and support continuous learning to improve outcomes for children.

Promoting increased and equitable allocation of public resources to services for children, such as education, health, nutrition, and protection—based on evidence and rights-based budgeting approaches. Public finance for children in Malawi is the allocation, management, and utilization of financial resources by the government to address the specific needs and rights of children within the country. It involves budgetary decisions and policies...

NGO CCR advocates for open, inclusive, and accountable public finance systems that prioritize child rights. Our work involves budget analysis, citizen engagement, and monitoring of public expenditure on services that affect children. NGO CCR with support from its Partners ensures that each and every year people are presented with a Citizen Budget that is well translated for people to be able to understand where government will be taking its...

We lead and facilitate multi-stakeholder coordination platforms to ensure effective collaboration and alignment among actors working in child rights. This enhances collective impact, reduces duplication, and strengthens joint advocacy efforts. NGO CCR strengthens and scales up coordination of CSO's efforts towards protection and promotion of child rights in Malawi. As a National Coalition, NGO CCR also coordinates and harmonize CSO reporting on...

We defend and expand civic space to ensure civil society organizations and child-led groups can operate freely and contribute meaningfully to governance. This includes legal advocacy, capacity support, and coalition-building to protect fundamental freedoms. This is a space/platform, physical or digital, where people (not governments or businesses) come together to exercise their human rights and core freedoms. Civic work helps shape our...

We support the state and civil society in fulfilling international obligations related to child rights, including reporting to treaty bodies like the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. We also facilitate children's participation in reporting processes NGO CCR on behalf of all CSOs that are involved in Child Affairs in Malawi reports to regional and International bodies on the status of the promotion and protection on the rights of...

We strengthen the capacity of institutions and civil society to ensure child rights are mainstreamed into national and local governance frameworks. This includes promoting legal reforms, accountability mechanisms, and inclusive policy making.

Recognizing the disproportionate impact of climate change on children, we integrate child rights into environmental and climate policies. We support climate resilience programs that prioritize children's health, education, safety, and participation in environmental governance.

We engage the private sector to uphold and respect children's rights in the workplace, marketplace, and surrounding communities. Our work involves advocacy, policy influence, and promoting child-sensitive business practices and corporate social responsibility.

We work to improve the structures and services that safeguard children from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence. This includes supporting legal reform, case management systems, social welfare workforce development, and community-based child protection mechanisms.