African Children's Fund

Registered charity 1114699 · since 2006africanchildrensfund.org·Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

African Children's Fund names Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe as its priority countries, and its funding centres on education and children's rights, so a project in those places and themes is the kind it describes supporting.
The annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range, so it gives no realistic size for a request, and a grant writer should ask the charity before setting an amount.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, and no deadlines are given, so the first step is to contact the charity using the details shown.
The charity works through local NGO partners and agrees a memorandum of understanding with the groups running its projects, which suggests a group already running child-focused work in one of these countries will find it easiest to engage.
The annual report does not say how competitive its funding is, and no exclusions are given.

Overview

African Children's Fund is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1114699).

African Children's Fund is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its work aims to enable African children to live happy and fulfilled lives, by giving children what they need to get an education. The programmes it supports typically have either an educational or a children's rights focus, and it is currently working in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. It says its work with grassroots partners makes a difference to over 5,000 children born into poverty every year, and that its partners provide over 110,000 mugs of porridge each school term.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The African Children's Fund supports local initiatives run by local people to benefit under-served children. Its work focuses on giving children what they need to access education, and the programmes it supports typically have an educational or children’s-rights focus. It works with local NGO partners who understand the needs of their communities, with solutions intended to be appropriate and cost effective. Its supported initiatives include school meals and sanitary protection to help children attend school, alongside legal aid for children and families, educational resources and counselling for children affected by HIV/AIDS, and forums promoting children’s rights. It agrees memoranda of understanding with the groups running the projects it funds.

Themes

Education
Children's rights

Geographic Focus

Priority: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Zimbabwe.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The projects it supports are run by local staff who are committed to and know the needs of their own communities.
It works with local NGO partners who understand community needs, aiming for appropriate and cost-effective solutions.
It agrees a Memorandum of Understanding with the groups running the projects it funds.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Zimbabwe

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£230,988	£215,139	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£288,083	£261,174	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£326,195	£315,659	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£294,500	£320,382	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£283,020	£314,325	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.