The Unforgotten provides education and training, direct humanitarian aid, and emergency relief to child wastepickers, as well as other vulnerable, often overlooked populations worldwide. Our goal is to provide child wastepickers with education and sustainable skill development to enable them to break the cycle of poverty and find safer alternatives for their source of income.
Operational since 2007, The Unforgotten completes work in hunger, water, and medical relief, along with educational projects around the globe. Since its inception, The Unforgotten Fund has been managed by a global board of volunteers committed to operating with minimal overhead costs. All donations are directed to where they are needed most to provide humanitarian relief in the field.
We target aid to those who have not received it from other charities — the forgotten. The Unforgotten remains one of the only charities in the world providing aid to vulnerable women and children surviving as wastepickers in developing countries.