The Christina Noble Children?s Foundation (CNCF) is a partnership of people dedicated to serving
children in need and those at risk of sexual and commercial exploitation, by providing emergency
and long-term shelter, medical care, nutritional
rehabilitation, educational opportunities, vocational training, and job placement. We believe all
children have the right to happy and
safe childhood so they may live in peace and surrounded by love.
CNCF seeks to maximise the potential of each child. This is accomplished within the context of the
family and the community
whenever possible and always with love and respect for the dignity of each child as an individual.
Our programmes address poverty at a grassroots level with a long-term focus on providing a
nurturing environment for personal development.
All children who benefit from our programmes are deeply burdened by poverty. In addition, many are
orphaned and homeless and/or suffer from disabilities and disease. Because of these factors, almost
all are extremely vulnerable and at high risk of exploitation.
Since our Founder Christina Noble OBE arrived in Vietnam in 1989 and with the formal establishment
of CNCF as an NGO in 1991, the Foundation has over the past twenty-nine years established 160
projects providing vital shelter, health services and educational opportunities; these projects,
combined with our community development programmes, mean CNCF has to date impacted the lives of
over 1,000,000 people.