The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says that all children with special health requirements have a right to the care needed to enable them to live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible, The sad reality is that in resource-poor countries any child with any chronic health condition is immediately susceptible to entirely preventable disability and death.
We believe these children have a right to health and life.
You can help us to create powerful change.
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​Our Mission

We are passionate about improving the quality of life for children living with chronic health conditions in resource-poor settings, so they may grow to enjoy healthy and happy lives. 
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​Our Philosophy

We take a rights-based, grassroots community development model that provides a strategic framework for action based on our
5 Pillars. 
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​Where We Work

We work in several countries around the world and with many different cultures, With your support, we want to help more children receive the care they are entitled to.
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CLAN is an Australian-based, not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO), approved by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Overseas Aid Gift Deductibility Status (OAGDS) and the Australian Taxation Office for Tax Deductibility Status. CLAN is fully compliant with the Australian Council For International Development Code of Conduct. CLAN was founded in 2004 and has been in formal association with the United Nations Department of Global Communications (previously known as the United Nations Department of Public Information for NGOs) since 2010, and in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC since 2018.

LATEST NEWS
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Join us for CLAN and @MATES4Kids’ Hybrid Parallel Event at the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women for NGOs! March 19 2025, 6:30pm EDT / March 20 2025, 9:30am AEDT. Click here for everything you need to know about the event and how to get involved!
Pfizer Australia Grant 
​CLAN met this week to formally approve a final report of the CLIP (CAH Living In Pakistan) Project, conducted in Pakistan in 2016-17, with thanks to a generous donation from Pfizer Australia.
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WHO Global Conference
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are responsible for approximately 40 million deaths annually with an estimated 87% of these occurring in Low and Middle income countries (LMICs). ​More...
World Diabetes Day 
On 23 November, friends, families and patients of the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) gathered alongside members of the Akram Foundation to observe World Diabetes Day in Pakistan.
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Paediatricians Coming Together for Polio Survivors
On 11th March 2017, the National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, hosted an advocacy workshop, raising awareness about the need for quality rehabilitation services for Polio survivors in Pakistan.
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A New Resource for Teenage Girls Living With CAH in Indonesia 
Congratulations to doctors and psychologists in Indonesia, working together with young girls and adolescents living with CAH to develop this terrific new resource.
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Find us on Instagram!

You can now find CLAN on Instagram! Make sure you follow us to hear some wonderful stories about the work we are doing all around the world. 
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