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Current operations are in 12 States and Union Territories of India.
Our interventions have impacted over 3 million children in India.
  

Issues we work on:

Education                                                            Save the Children works to improve quality of pre and elementary education, ensuring access for the most marginalized groups of children.

Child Protection                                                 Save the Children works towards the eradication of hazardous and exploitative forms of child labour. We work with government authorities and local non-governmental organizations to build systems which, will protect children from exploitation, abuse, and neglect.

HIV & AIDS                                                           Save the Children works to raise awareness and provide accurate information to children and young people so as to reduce their risk of acquiring HIV. We also work to combat stigma and discrimination as well as aim to provide community based care and support for childen affected by HIV and AIDS.

 Health                                                                   Save the Children works to improve access to basic health care for children and mothers as well as facilitate health education and vaccinations.

Hunger and Malnutrition                                    Save the Children will work to prevent malnutrition and stunting amongst children by concentrating on 0 - 2 year olds, the most critical age in terms of preventing malnutrition. We will work with the government to strengthen delivery of schemes such as the ‘Integrated Child Development Services' (ICDS), as well as enabling parents to prevent malnutrition

Emergency Response & Rehabilitation          Save the Children saves and transforms lives in the aftermath of emergencies. In addition to basic humanitarian aid, we ensure that children and their families are better able to cope with emergencies in the long run, by developing community based, district level emergency preparedness plans.

 

Approaches to Work

Child Rights programming
Save the Children is committed to Children's Rights Programming as an approach to all its work. The overall goal is to create an environment, which is respectful to children's rights. We are therefore committed:
• To address the constraints on the realization of children's rights, to build up and sustain a constituency of support for children's rights, including children themselves.
• To create effective accountability among those with formal obligations for the protection of children's rights.
• Within the Child Rights Programming framework, all activities are seen as contributions to achieving the overall goal, whether practical action, research, advocacy or any other initiative at different levels - local, national and international

Working in partnership
Working in partnership is an important principle of Save the Children's work approach. One of our key partners is children, who are active and legitimate holders of rights which they can exercise themselves in accordance with their maturity and experience. We implement our programme through partner organizations, by providing both funding and non-funding support. With them, we seek a two way process of learning and influencing.

Investing in its staff
Save the Children sees its employees as a valuable resource in its mission and recognises that all human beings have the potential and the need to develop beyond their current capacities, through the application of sound development principles.