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 ...

Because water is a basic staple, Save the Children’s health teams have been providing potable water and promoting health and hygiene – in addition to crop planting and cultivation, and animal breeding ...

In the U.S. and around the world, Save the Children does whatever it takes — every day and in times of crisis — to ensure children grow up healthy, educated and safe. We are often the first or only ...

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.