Europe
Our programmes
France
Zup de Co supports children from underprivileged families and who have learning difficulties to stay and succeed in school through individual mentoring and coaching.
Ireland
Focus Ireland is our partner. The work to end child homelessness through working with school children, researching homelessness prevention and providing support services for those at risk or already homeless.
Italy
Our partner here is L'Albero Della Vita. This charity helps children who have had to be taken away from their families by paying for one-to-one teaching with the children, helping them psychologically as well as with their schooling.
Lithuania
Supporting three foster homes in Lithuania, Pokyćlų Kelias, is our partner in Lithuania, assisting with mentoring projects with children in orphanages.
Poland
Fundacja Przyjaciolka provides educational opportunities to children from disadvantaged communities at risk of marginalisation and social exclusion. Their work enables children to acquire new knowledge, experience and skills, discover passions and competencies, learn from life role models and discover their potential and obtain assistance in planning educational paths.
Romania
We work with Save the Children Romania. They help children through educational centres that get them back into mainstream education, does social work on the street and helps care for children with tuberculosis.
Russia
Through United Way, Aviva Russia has partnered with the Taganka Children's Fund. The organisation operates a centre for children at risk of giving up school and also works with children involved in crime to rehabilitate them and encourage them in school.
Spain
In Aviva Spain, the partner is SOS Children's Villages. This charity works with families who have the long-term care of children who can no longer be with their biological families. The support helps these children experience stable relationships so they can become independent young adults.
Turkey
Urban migration, poverty and unemployment have all contributed to the increasing number of children living and working on the streets in Turkey. To help street children in Istanbul, we’re supporting programmes delivered by SHÇEK, Turkey’s Social Services and Child Protection agency.
With Aviva’s help, SHÇEK can extend its support to Istanbul’s street children by providing additional mobile teams. These include social workers, psychologists and teachers, who provide around the clock support for young people on the streets. SHÇEK aims to help reunite children with their families or provide shelter, rehabilitation and educational programmes through 11 centres and homes across the city. SHÇEK also provides guidance and counselling services to the families of street children.
