Our impact for children in 2025
In 2025, we had a profound impact on the lives and health of children and their families in South Sudan:
- 567, 671 beneficiaries were provided with lifesaving services on malnutrition prevention and treatment. 224,986 of them were children
- 209,192 beneficiaries were reached through our essential health services. Out of which, 99,833 were children.
This has been made possible by funding support from various donors such as ECHO, CONRAD, BHA, UNICEF, WFP, MAPLE, DANIDA, SSHF, CEF, and LDSC, supporting across our field locations in Abyei, Akobo, Bor, Torit, and Kapoeta North.
Aker*, 36, plays with her two-year-old son Biel*, who is recovering from S.A.M, inside their home in Akobo West, South Sudan. Fortunately, Save the Children has been there for Aker, providing her with cash transfers to help the family make it through the toughest times of their lives. Esther Mbabazi / Save the Children
How are we working to ensure every child has a healthy start in life?
We are working with governments and our partners to keep children healthy and safe throughout pregnancy and birth, with the nutrition and medical care they need to reach their fifth birthday, and thrive into adulthood.
Every day, our teams are saving lives and delivering healthcare in some of the toughest and hardest-to-reach places – whether in war zones or remote villages. Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit has the right people, in the right places, ready to save lives.
- We're providing girls and mothers with information on sexual and reproductive health so they know their rights and can plan for new births.
- We’re making sure mothers and newborns get good nutrition and healthcare throughout pregnancy and birth and beyond.
- We are working tirelessly to ensure children can access timely and quality nutrition services for treatment and prevention.
- We are helping communities prepare for future climate shocks, pandemics, and diseases and ensuring they can cope when disaster strikes through providing digital cash transfers and psychosocial support.
- We also work with local and national governments to strengthen policies and systems so that no child dies from a preventable cause. In 2025, Save the Children successfully supported the national government (Ministry of Health) in the national nutrition policy formulation and launch.