Statement in Support of The Trevor Project

Child Helpline International stands in solidarity with its member, The Trevor Project, which focuses specifically on helping LGBTQ youth, in the face of the troubling official confirmation from the US administration that it will cut off funding to the organization. The loss of federal funding for these vital services threatens the lives and wellbeing of […]

The Livingstone Declaration

We, the members of the Child Helpline International network of child helplines, reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the rights and wellbeing of children and young people worldwide, on this occasion of the 11th International Consultation of Child Helplines in Livingstone, Zambia, June 2025. Guided by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, […]

Children & Young People Affected by the War in Ukraine

Child Helpline Data

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, more than 14 million Ukrainian refugees have crossed borders seeking safety. Child helplines across Europe have expanded their services to cater to the needs of these individuals, offering Ukrainian-speaking counselling services. Together with our child helpline members in Ukraine (La Strada), Poland (FDDS), Hungary (Kék Vonal), Slovakia […]

Voices of Children & Young People Around the World

Global Child Helpline Data from 2023

Child helplines have a unique insight into the gap between policy and reality, making them a key actor in advocating for children’s rights. They support millions of children every year. They respond to issues ranging from serious children’s rights violations, to children who just want someone to chat to on the way home from school. […]

Supporting Children & Young People’s Mental Health in Europe

Mental health concerns are a major reason why children and young people contact child helplines in Europe. This report presents mental health-related contacts to 30 child helplines across Europe from 2019 to 2022. Child helplines are heavily involved in the prevention, promotion and protection of children’s mental health, through direct counselling, referrals, online campaigns, workshops […]

CSO Forum to End Violence Against Children: Call to Action

As a member of the CSO Forum to End Violence Against Children, Child Helpline International joins its partners in issuing the following Call to Action, in advance of the first ever global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children in November. Despite significant progress over the past decade, 1 billion children—half of all girls and […]

Recommendations for the implementation of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive

Turning children's rights commitment to good practices

Together with our partners Child Helpline International is offering a series of recommendations for the implementation of the European Union’s Anti-Trafficking Directive. As civil society organizations with decades of experience at national, EU and international levels in promoting and defending children’s rights, we welcome the introduction of child, disability and gender rights in the Directive. […]

Statement on the Impact of Conflict on Children and Young People in Gaza 

We are horrified by the devastating impact of conflict on the lives and safety of children and young people across Gaza. Every war, anywhere in the world, is a war against children. In Gaza, which is now the world’s most dangerous place in which to be a child, the suffering is astounding. More than 15,000 […]