Resources

(Copyright: International Save the Children Alliance) 

 

Making a Connection with Children Around the World

We'd like to tell you about how different children's lives are outside of Canada, and how you and Save the Children can join together to help. A good place to start is our Annual Report which tells you all about the places and ways we are helping children every day! 

 

(Copyright: Save the Children Canada) We have documents that talk about current issues affecting children, which have been written specifically for you. Please take a look by clicking on any of these links:

 

 The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child turned 18 in November 2007, and while children's rights are being upheld in more countries around the world, we call for more protection for the most vulnerable of all citizens (Copyright: Save the Children Canada) A Child-Friendly Version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
 Children run in the rain (Copyright: Save the Children) What is the UN Study on Violence Against Children?- A Child Friendly version
 Malian children looking out of doorway. 608-906 photo library (Copyright: CIDA , Save the Children Canada) Questions and Answers - For Young People - on the UN Study on Violence Against Children
  Girl in refugee camp (Copyright: Sri Lanka/Reuters) Safe You Safe Me(A Learning Guide about Violence and Protection)
 Devastation after the Tsunami hit Indonesia on December 26, 2004 (Copyright: Save the Children Canada) The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami:Teaching Tools For Schoolchildren

 

If you have any problems opening these reports you can click this link to download the free computer program Adobe Acrobat® Reader® for your computer.

 

(Copyright: Save the Children Canada)We have videos that tell the stories of children in powerful ways. Please take a look by clicking on any of these links:

One Year On: Rewrite the Future's progress for children living in countries of armed conflict Find out about our education campaign now under way, to ensure that millions of children living in countries of armed conflict, will go to school by 2010.
 Children filmed this moving documentary in the Nuba Hills of Southern Sudan Find out about the importance of education, through the eyes of children in Southern Sudan

 

 Children play near the ocean in Lhoksemaue District, Indonesia.. Some children are comfortable playing near the ocean, but many still remember the 2004 Tsunami and stay away. Save the Children's five year program in Indonesia helps children recover from the disaster. (Copyright: Anna Kari, Save the Children UK) Thank you to the Canadian schools who donated towards the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami Emergency. Find out how your contributions have saved lives and helped hundreds of thousands of children

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