Four laughing schoolchildren in blue uniforms piled on top of each other in front of a colourful mural

Giving children back their childhood.

Since 1989, in Vietnam and Mongolia. Your gift keeps a child in school, safe from harm, and warm through the winter.

37 years and counting
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UK Registered Charity 1007484Independently rated.
Charity Navigator Four-Star 2025 GreatNonprofits Top-Rated 2025 CAF International Validated Organisation Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales 37 years of giving children back their childhood, 1989 to 2026

Right now

800+

children are waiting for a sponsor in Vietnam and Mongolia.

Each one is matched by the urgency of their circumstances, never by looks. $38 a month is what it takes.

12 matched this weekTarget: 20 a week
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children in school this termVietnam and Mongolia
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education scholarships this yearprimary to university
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surgeries and treatments fundedsince January

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Christina Noble walking along a Saigon street in 1989 with three children Saigon, 1989

Our story

It began with a dream, and two children on a Saigon street.

  • Christina arrived in Saigon in 1989 with USD 748 and a dream she had carried for seventeen years.
  • Today CNCF is one of the longest-serving British NGOs in Asia.
  • More than 170 projects across Vietnam and Mongolia, and counting.

"The children needed me. Everything I have done since then, I have done for the children."

Christina Noble OBE, founderIrish America, May 2015
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