North West Balkans

Save the Children in North West Balkans (SCiNWB) is headquartered in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with field offices located in Bihac (BiH) and Belgrade (Serbia). Our presence in Serbia includes the Balkans Migration and Displacement Hub.

We have a diverse team of around 20 staff who come from several different countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Iran, Pakistan and Libya. Together, we speak over 10 languages.

We work in development and humanitarian contexts across four thematic areas - Child Protection, Education, Child Poverty and Climate Change. We address the most pressing and sensitive issues, focusing on those that impact children the most, particularly children from vulnerable and marginalized groups. Our humanitarian response efforts started in 2014, including through responding to floods and to the migrant and refugee crisis that has persisted since 2015.

The Balkans Migration and Displacement Hub (BMDH) aims to improve knowledge about refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe through research, trend monitoring and evidence generation. BMDH documents good practices, promotes route-based programming, raises the visibility of children's needs and advocates for their rights. 

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.