ChildFund, Inc. is a non-governmental organization registered with the government as a juridical person of social welfare organization. The mission of ChildFund is to assist less privileged people such as needy children and youth, the handicapped and the elderly to become sound citizens of this society. ChildFund has its roots in Christian Children's Fund (CCF) that started its support from 1948 in Korea. As a field office of CCF, CCF continued to work for 38 years until 1986. CCF Korea field office become independent of support and became started to work as a Korean organization named Korea Children’s Foundation (KCF). In July 1994, KCF changed its name to Korea Welfare Foundation. With earnest work and devotion, KWF grew over time to become the largest social welfare agency in Korea. In 2001, KWF was chosen as the Best Social Welfare Organization of Korea by the monthly magazine, Equitable.