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PARTNERING WITH CHILDREN TO CHANGE THE WORLD

We are committed to our Ambition for Children 2030 – a world in which every child will survive, learn, and be protected – in which children grow up looking forward to the future with hope. 

But right now, children’s rights are under attack. 

At the current rate of progress, by 2030:

  • More than 30 million children born will not survive to celebrate their fifth birthday.
  • Two in five children will not be able to read and understand a simple sentence by the age of ten.
  • 67 million girls will marry as children.

Our 2025–27 Global Strategy is about tackling root causes of child rights violations. Our work will focus urgently on children whose rights are being eroded by conflict and the climate crisis. In all that we do, we will advance equality and gender justice so that all children realise their full and equal rights. 
 

Faisa* dances, plays and smiles at the Child Friendly Space

Faisa* dances, plays and smiles at other children at a child friendly space in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the Bari region, Somalia. Mustafa Saeed / Save the Children

WE MUST MEET THIS MOMENT

Children are demanding that adults step up and are held accountable. We hear the call to action – and must urgently respond. 

We will bring our unique child rights approach to deliver on four goals for and with children, so that all children:

  • Have a healthy start in life.
  • Safely go to school and learn.
  • Live free from violence.
  • Grow up in resilient families.

HOW WILL WE DO THIS?

This moment demands a step change in how we deliver for and with children, in partnership with others.

We are reflecting these priorities in five strategic enablers. We will: 

  • Advocate, campaign and mobilise; 
  • Use digital, data and evidence; 
  • Shift power to children, communities and local actors;
  • Be an inclusive and efficient organisation; and
  • Grow and diversify funding.

We have been helping children realise their rights for more than 100 years, and we are continuing this legacy into our next strategic period.

 WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL ALL CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED, SUPPORTED, AND PROTECTED EVERYWHERE.