The International Childcare Trust, also known as ICT, is an independent, non-governmental organisation; a children’s charity that exists for the purpose of relieving poverty, relieving sickness and advancing the education of children and young persons anywhere in the world who are in a condition of need, hardship or distress.

The organisation aims to achieve these objectives by designing, implementing and managing projects in conjunction with local people according to their needs and within the culture of the country of operation. Projects are managed and staffed by local people.
(Source: http://www.ict-uk.org)

Background

For 25 years, the International Childcare Trust has provided funding and advice to children’s projects in both Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 and Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

. In the past, the charity facilitated its work through branch offices in the countries where it works. In recent years, it has carried out projects through local partner organisations within those countries, such as the Vilpatti

Vilpatti

Vilpatti is a Panchayat in Kodaikanal Taluk of Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu state, South India. It is composed of the main village of Vilpatti and 11 hamlets....

 Village Project in India.
(Source: http://www.ict-uk.org)

The charity supports programmes that give deprived children the essentials they need to live their lives. It concentrates on providing the following:

• shelter
• primary health care
• education

Operations

ICT has identified several hundred children in need of immediate assistance in Kenya, Uganda,Tanzania, Sri Lanka, India and Cambodia. The charity has numerous projects in these countries, covering primary healthcare, educational and vocational programmes, rehabilitation centers for children displaced by conflict or disease such as HIV/AIDS, mobile support services for street children

Street children

A street child is a child who lives on the streets of a city, deprived of family care and protection. Most children on the streets are between the ages of about 5 and 17 years old.Street children live in junk boxes, parks or on the street itself...

, income generation schemes for families and communities, and many other aspects of support.