What is Save the Children? Save the Children is an international non-profit founded by Eglantyne Jebb, over 100 years ago. We are active in over 100 countries and were the world’s first international ...

GOMA (January 27, 2025) – Children caught in heavy fighting in the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be protected, with Save the Children concerned for their safety ...

GAZA (Jan. 18, 2025) — Getting food, water, and medical supplies to children in Gaza will be priorities for Save the Children once the pause in hostilities comes into effect on Sunday, with ...

Did you know that nearly 90% of a child’s brain is developed by the time they turn 5? Yet children from low-income families hear roughly 30 million fewer words by age 3 and can enter school more than ...

ANTANANARIVO (JANUARY 11, 2025) – Families and children in northern Madagascar are bracing for a deadly tropical storm, with fears of massive gusts of winds, violent storms and flooding, which have ...

LONDON/GENEVA, (December 23, 2024) – Three child-killer diseases – dengue, cholera, and mpox - witnessed major resurgences in 2024, fuelled partly by climate crises and conflict, with these illnesses ...

ADDIS ABABA, (December 19, 2024) – New low-cost tools that measure newborn babies' feet to screen for prematurity or low birth weight are under trial in Ethiopia in an initiative to help tackle the ...

In a region marked by profound inequality, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the rights of millions of children across Latin America and the Caribbean. The region was already facing various crises, ...

In 2020, South Asia witnessed one of the heaviest monsoon seasons in years, with two severe cyclons striking Bangladesh and India within just a few weeks of one another. In the Phillipines, multiple ...

TOMS® and Save the Children have been working together since 2011 to improve health and education outcomes for children in the United States and around the world.

Every child has the right to grow up healthy, educated and safe – regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic status. Systemic change to end racism is essential to achieving this vision. Save the ...

Over 100 years ago, Save the Children’s pioneering founder established that children have rights. Today and every day, thanks to our supporters, we are advocates for the rights of 2.3 billion children ...