Global Child Hope (GCH) is an independent, not-for-profit international organization. The organization is registered under Section 10 of the Non-Governmental Organizations’ Co-ordination Act of Kenya. GCH is an initiative that was developed by a group of human rights advocates in Kenya in collaboration with the parents of a Somali girl from North-eastern Province of Kenya.

The girl, Fouzia Hassan, was circumcised, barely at the age of 8, by her mother in order to subscribe to the old age tradition of female circumcision, a ritual that affects millions of young girls and women around the world.

The consequences of this act were thought-provoking hence the formation of an organization whose aim is to promote the rights of children and women around the world. Global Child Hope works among the oppressed, marginalized and vulnerable members of the global society at the grassroots level. Its activities / work is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, Children Act 2001(Kenya) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Global Child Hope has its headquarters in Nairobi with field offices is the following counties:

• Eldoret
• Garissa
• Wajir