We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.
Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We work in the poorest countries, where children are dying from completely avoidable causes. Our global campaign to save children’s lives, EVERY ONE, aims to give every child the chance to survive.
We provide medical aid, food, water and safety for children in the toughest circumstances, when disasters like floods, famine and wars endanger their lives. Although such crises are unpredictable, our expertise in humanitarian response means we can and will act quickly.
Millions of children around the world are in danger of abuse, neglect and violence. We’re keeping the most vulnerable children safe from harm. We reunite children with their families; we protect children who are refugees and those who have been exploited by adults. Education has the power to transform children’s lives. In countries like Afghanistan – where armed conflict keeps children out of the classroom – we’re building schools, training teachers and providing essential supplies. Over the last five years we’ve got 1.6 million more children into school in countries afflicted by conflicts, but this is just the start.
Save the Children is made up of twenty nine national member organisations raising funds and running programs domestically and/or internationally. In 2010, we reached more than 100 million children in over 120 countries, but our work alone won’t be enough to stop children dying for good. We’re mobilising people all over the world to challenge world leaders to help the poorest children survive and develop to fulfil their potential.
