Save the Children
Save the Children works in more than 120 countries around the world. We are an international non-governmental humanitarian organization consisting of Save the Children International and 30 national members.
We share one name, one strategy, and one ambition to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected.
The organization was founded in 1919 in the United Kingdom in response to the tragedy of the First World War to improve the lives of children through better education, health and economic opportunities, as well as emergency relief in the event of natural disasters, war and other conflicts.
Our vision is a world where every child is protected, has the opportunity to develop and be involved in decision-making.
Our mission: To inspire change in the way the world treats children and achieve rapid and sustainable change in their lives.
Save the Children’s global ambitions for 2030: no child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday, all children have access to quality basic education, and violence against children is no longer tolerated.
Since February 24, 2022, Save the Children in Ukraine has supported 802,546 people with humanitarian aid and basic services, including 436,529 children. In 2022, we built on our existing programs and worked in 7 areas, 24 regions, and with 33 partners.
- Financial support: Save the Children provided a multi-purpose cash and
voucher assistance to more than 28,700 families. In 2022, our cash
assistance in Ukraine amounted to almost $26 million. Through our
feedback mechanisms, families report that money is something that they
is the most needed now. This helps them buy products first
necessities, such as food, medicine, and fuel. - Child Protection: Together with our partners, we support 17 Spaces
child-friendly centers across Ukraine, where girls and boys can
to communicate, play and be children again. Specialists are ready to provide psychological
support and help children with their experiences. We also provide
kits that contain everything you need to create a child-friendly space, such as
and bunker kits for children near the front line. They include toys,
games and exercises for children’s mental health while they are hiding in
basements and shelters. - Education: Save the Children has created 32 digital learning centers to help children
could continue their education and have access to online classes, and we
We plan to open 100 across Ukraine. We also repair damaged
schools and kindergartens, and provide training and equipment for
teachers. - Healthcare: Save the Children Ukraine helped 45,200 people, in
including 24,518 children, to access the necessary medical care.
We provided medical equipment, supplies and technical assistance to hospitals and
mobile healthcare teams. - Water, sanitation and hygiene: Save the Children coordinates with others
humanitarian organizations, the UN and local authorities to provide
equipment for repairing damaged water supply systems. Together with
We have distributed 40,000 hygiene kits with our partners and care about
to ensure that families have access to clean drinking water. We supply coolers
and water to collective centers in Dnipro, Poltava and Zaporizhzhia, and
We also delivered more than 12,600 bottles of water to Kherson. - Save the Children works closely with partners to provide items
basic necessities, including beds and mattresses, to children and families in
collective centers. We also help to restore damaged
schools and hospitals, and provide solid fuel boilers for critical
infrastructure to support heating for vulnerable children and families.