Impact Report 2024: More impact for more children

Today, Help a Child published the Impact Report 2024. We are deeply grateful for the impact that we and our partners were able to make. In 2024, we supported more than three times as many children compared to 2020.

It was not an easy time to work, with the world in turmoil and crises such as conflicts, environmental threats, resource scarcity, and much more hitting the most vulnerable the hardest. Communities, especially children, paid an unacceptable price. Meanwhile, in many Western countries, support for development cooperation and international solidarity is declining.

“Our work is often two steps forward, one step back. But we can look back on a strategic period in which we were able to make great progress and realize more impact for more children in need,” says Andries Schuttinga, CEO of Help a Child. “Thanks to the generous support of supporters, donors, business partners, churches, schools, volunteers, foundations, and other network partners, we were able to provide a future for children in need.”

Our Impact Report is an overview of our activities and finances and tells our story. A story that will bring you to different places in the world where we help hundreds of thousands of children to grow out of poverty towards a promising future.

A few highlights from the past four years
The past four years have brought numerous highlights. Below, we share a selection of key moments that reflect the impact we’ve achieved together:

• More support for young children: In 2024, Help a Child supported more than three times as many children compared to 2020. In 2024, we supported 80,054 children (0-7 years); in 2020, we supported 26,335 children.
• Scaling up ECD centres: We continued to scale up children’s access to quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres. In 2024, we supported 454 ECD centres.
• Income growth: our income significantly increased from € 14.8 million (2023) to € 23.9 million (2024).
• CHS-certification: We achieved CHS-certification, the highest quality level attainable in our programmes.
• Charity shops: Almost 680,000 products were sold in seven shops in The Netherlands in 2024, thanks to contributions from more than 500 volunteers.
• Leadership role: Help a Child became the DRA consortium lead for the South Sudan Joint Response (SSJR).

Find out more about our impact in the countries we work and the stories of hope!