Taiwan Fund for Children and Families
| Abbreviation | TFCF |
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| Founded | 1938 |
| Type | NGO |
| Focus | Care for poverty and disadvantaged children and families |
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Area served
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35 Countries |
| Method | Through sponsorship and social work services Provide assistance to poverty families and advocacy campaign |
| Website | www.ccf.org.tw |
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Formerly called
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China's Children Fund (1938–1951) Christian Children’s Fund of Taiwan (1951–1999) Chinese Fund for Children and Families/Taiwan (1999–2002) |
Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (abbreviated as TFCF) is a non-profit organization in Taiwan that provides services to vulnerable children and families who are under age 18. “Livelihood Supports” and “Child Protection” are its two main target programs. Regardless race, religion and gender, TFCF was founded in 1950 with a helping hand from Christian Children’s Fund, a NGO from Virginia, U.S.A. It went independent during year 1985. Now, it has 23 branch offices, 1 Ta-Tung Children’s Home and other 11 placement institutions as well as 5 overseas branch offices in Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Swaziland, Vietnam, and Cambodia. We also collaborate with ChildFund International USA,Christian Children’s Fund of Canada,ChildFund Australia, and BØRNEfonden(Denmark) to provide children sponsorship program to help over 50,000 needy children in 31 countries.
With a scene of devastation everywhere in a little town of northern China in 1937, Dr. J. Calvitt Clarke, a foreign Presbyterian minister, tried to contribute himself to save more orphans and homelessness away from the war. After he went back the States, he called for the public’s attention and established the China’s Children Fund (abbreviated as CCF) in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Through one-on-one sponsorship program, the sponsors contributed a fixed amount on a regular basis to help with children in need. Even after TFCF’s independence, they still insist to carry on this concept in order to help their sponsored children become self-reliant. TFCF provides them with livelihood supports as well as an opportunity to continue their education through sponsorship program, scholarship, emergency relief fund, life care, nutrition program and Self-Reliant Program for Youth.
(1) Sponsorship Program The sponsorship program is designed to assist the children and families in dire need. TFCF has started their Family Sponsorship Program for needy children and families since 2008. In total, TFCF has helped 183,047 children and youths become self-reliant.
(2) Scholarships and Student Aids Several types of scholarships and student financial aids are given to the sponsored children and/or their siblings for encouraging them to continue schooling and prevent them from dropping out of schools due to financial difficulties.
(3) Emergency Relief Fund Emergency Relief Fund is distributed when their assisted families encountering any financial difficulties. In total, the accumulated amount has reached NT$23,546,891.
(4) Life Care TFCF provides social resources and volunteers to help low-income families to get through hard times. The services include financial/ in kind assistance, house care, household duties, day care and foster care.
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