# Overview

The Child Safety Fund (CSF) is a charitable organization working to build an ecosystem of safety for all children. We are currently working to implement our national education and training strategy:

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### Manifesto

Our manifesto is a public declaration of our core beliefs and commitments. View our manifesto to understand how the spirit of Humility guides our work.

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### Purpose

CSF exists to prevent cruelty to children and ensure their safety by designing and supporting child welfare strategies that promote their well-being.

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### Specific Activities

CSF works to prevent child cruelty by researching child safety risk factors, using humanity-centered design principles to develop responsive solutions, and partnering with organizations to pilot, measure, and sustain the designed outputs.

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### Alignment with the United Nations <a href="#alignment-with-the-united-nations" id="alignment-with-the-united-nations"></a>

CSF aligns with **Goal 16** of the **United Nations Sustainable Development Goals**:

> <mark style="color:blue;">Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.</mark>

As part of this commitment, CSF contributes to the following key indicators of **Target 16.2**, which seeks to **end abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against children**.

<a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/peace-justice/" class="button secondary" data-icon="telescope">View Goal 16</a>