Child Protection United States Project #7256

Save the Children

by Save the Children Federation

Project Report | Feb 13, 2019
100 YEARS OF CHANGE FOR CHILDREN

By Save the Children | Save the Children

Thanks to supporters like you, we’ve been doing whatever it takes for children in need for 100 years, reaching over 1 billion children! It all began in 1919, when our founder, Eglantyne Jebb, launched a pioneering campaign to save suffering children across war-torn Europe. A cause that soon became the first global movement for children. Her fearless spirit and bold vision continue to drive our work today.

As the world’s leading expert on children, with operations in almost 120 countries including the United States, Save the Children has an unparalleled ability to not only develop and test innovations, but dramatically scale what works, creating lasting, transformative change for children. We have long been at the forefront of significant, sustainable global progress for children, including advances in child health, education and protection. In the past two decades alone:

The child mortality rate has been reduced by half since 1990
The number of children stunted due to malnutrition has fallen by a third
More than 90 percent of children in the developing world are now enrolled in school

Over the years, we’ve made extraordinary progress for children, but yet, there is so much more to do. Too many children are still dying from preventable causes or famine, school isn’t accessible or safe for far too many, and today, more than 350 million children live in conflict zones. All these factors challenge our next generation, put them in grave danger and at-risk of the future all children deserve.

In commemoration of the 100^th anniversary, Save the Children is proud to launch our Centennial Campaign, which will focus on specific areas for children such as saving girls and boys needlessly suffering and dying from pneumonia, securing early learning – especially for those refugee children without access to education – and protecting vulnerable children caught in the crossfire of conflict.

To mark the centennial, Save the Children is launching Changing a Life Lasts a Lifetime, a campaign rooted in the idea that even a small act on behalf of a child starts a ripple of change that affects not just one child, but their family, their community and, ultimately, our world. In addition, there will be several special activities and new ways to engage with and support Save the Children throughout the year.

To learn more and get involved, visit www.SavetheChildren.org/Centennial. Thank you for your support!

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Nov 19, 2018
Save the Children; update

By Save the Children | Save the Children

Child at the Galilee medical clinic in the DRC

Pneumonia is on course to kill nearly 11 million children by 2030, new analysis conducted by Johns Hopkins University and Save the Children revealed.

The in-depth modelling, released on World Pneumonia Day, also shows that more than 4 million of these deaths – more than a third – could be easily averted with concerted action to improve rates of vaccination, treatment and nutrition.

Save the Children’s forecasts show that without action, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are likely to bear the highest burden of deaths.

In the U.S., pneumonia mostly affects the elderly, but globally the disease is the biggest infectious killer for children, killing more than malaria, diarrhea and measles combined. More than 880,000 children, mostly under the age of two, died from the disease in 2016, the most recent year for which full data is available.

“It’s hard to believe that nearly 1 million children are dying every year from a disease that we have the tools to prevent and treat,” said Carolyn Miles, Save the Children’s President and CEO. “There’s a vaccine that protects against pneumonia, and a course of antibiotics to treat it costs only 50 cents.”

“Child deaths from pneumonia are a consequence of gross inequality,” Miles continued. “The world’s poorest children are most exposed to pneumonia risks, as well as the ones least likely to get healthcare that could save their lives.

The organization’s forecasts are based on a model developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University called the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). It shows nearly 11 million (10,865,728) children will die by 2030 on current trends, with the highest burden of deaths in Nigeria (1,730,000), India (1,710,000), Pakistan (706,000), the Democratic Republic of Congo (635,000), and Ethiopia (407,000).

However, scaling up vaccination coverage to 90 percent of children under the age of five could save 610,000 lives; providing cheap antibiotics could save 1.9 million; and ensuring children have good nutrition could save 2.5 million.

If all three overlapping interventions were carried out by 2030, the model suggests a total of 4.1 million deaths could be averted.

2030 is the target date for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include an ambitious global pledge to “end preventable child deaths” and achieve Universal Health Coverage.To end preventable child deaths from diseases like pneumonia, Save the Children wants to see:

The prices of major pneumonia vaccines dramatically lowered to help allow more than 76 million infants to be immunized
Governments of low-and middle-income countries prioritize building strong health systems that enable quality health services to reach the most marginalized
Governments and donors such as the U.S. continue committing to ending preventable deaths by increasing resources for health, especially maternal, newborn and child health.

Thank you for your continued support of children around the world!

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Aug 20, 2018
Save the Children, Nearly One Century of Progress

By Save the Children | Save the Children

A girl near her home in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

A Century of Progress

Our extraordinary story begins in 1919, when founder Eglantyne Jebb launched her pioneering fight to save suffering children across war-torn Europe, inspiring Save the Children’s global movement. She was the first person to declare the rights of the child and demand the world take responsibility to ensure those rights are realized. A hundred years later, Save the Children continues to be driven by the same clear and compelling vision, courage and compassion.

Save the Children began work in the U.S. in 1932 in Appalachia to respond to the needs of children hit hard by the Great Depression. We provided hot lunches to hungry schoolchildren in Harlan County, Kentucky – a successful initiative that would become the model for the federal hot lunch program.

Today, Save the Children supports rural America’s most isolated and underserved children. We work with parents to build a strong foundation for school readiness in children from before birth to age 5. In 2017, Save the Children combined our U.S. Programs and Advocacy (USPA) efforts to provide the best chance for sustaining impact at scale.

Our Enduring Mission

We advocate for a world where every child has the right to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.

Despite significant progress for children, millions are excluded because of who they are or where they live. Girls are among the most marginalized, and we strive to ensure they have the same opportunities as boys to maximize their potential.

With our decades of experience, proven programs and emphasis on innovation, Save the Children is uniquely qualified to serve those hardest to reach. Every last child. Learn more and support the next phase of our work. Thank you!

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