About us

For over 60 years, we have been working with local partners all over the globe to empower vulnerable children and their communities.

Learn more about who we are, how we ensure transparency in our work, the training and consulting we offer, and explore insightful stories from our project regions.

Indian children smiling (source: Jakob Studnar)

Who we are

Kindernothilfe is a non-governmental organisation founded in Germany in 1959.

Transparency

An internal and external monitoring system ensures the proper use of all donations and verifies the impact of our work. We have established a detailed reporting system to give account of our work.

Junge ist über ein Heft gebeugt und schreibt darin. (Quelle: Kindernothilfe)

Training and Consulting

We offer a training programme for development and humanitarian aid organisations that has helped us to train more than 650 organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Anchor the topic of child protection efficiently in your work!

People in the fishing village San Pedro (source: Jakob Studnar)

Reports from our projects

Exciting reports, interesting travelogues and interviews that offer an in-depth insight into the lives of children in our project countries