In Canada and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are often the first to respond and the last to leave.

We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Cousins Atika and Dwi, both 12, laughing in their village in drought-affected East Sumba, Indonesia.

Ulet Ifansasti / Save the Children

National Reconciliation Program

We bring meaningful, tangible, and sustainable results to reconciliation in Canada through a child-centred approach.

Children fetch water from one of nine taps supplying clean drinking water from a facility designed by Sandi, Soleman, and Anjar in West Sumba, Indonesia.

Ulet Ifansasti / Save the Children

Global Programs

We work in nearly 120 countries, helping the most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach children and youth with programs that are gender sensitive and transformative in the areas of health, child protection, education and economic empowerment.

Alma*, 18 months, getting checked for malnutrition at Save the Children clinic

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Emergency Response

When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are among the first to respond and the last to leave.

Humanitarian Specialist Roby Lay delivers an educational session about drought and disaster preparedness at Atika’s school in drought-affected East Sumba, Indonesia.

This is a story about a girl in the eye of a storm. You might not notice it from the way 12-year-old Atika and her best friend swap stories as they walk to school together. Or as Atika washes the dishes and sweeps the yard after dinner. Or as she plays affectionately with her family’s horses – out in the fields she loves. But the signs are there. And for Atika’s family, they’ve become impossible to ignore. They’re in the landscape where Atika lives in East Sumba, Indonesia. “The trees are too brown…” she says: “The fields are burned.” They’re in the way her community’s crops failed last year; decimated by drought. They’re in the number of children missing school to help out at home or search for food; or because their parents couldn’t afford to eat, let alone cover the costs of uniform and equipment. And they were there in how tired Atika used to get after a long, dangerous walk to fetch water. But this year Atika doesn’t have to walk so far, and nor do her friends and neighbours. Save the Children and local partner, the Stimulant Institute, have introduced a series of life-changing initiatives, including a solar powered water system that pumps water to taps in the community. So for the first time, people have clean water to drink nearby, and effective irrigation for the crops they rely on for food. It’s the first of many signs that this community’s climate resilience is growing; and part of a programme of Anticipatory Action, which is harnessing community expertise and a deep understanding of climate change to protect villages – and lives – like Atika’s. The other signs of hope? School attendance is up now that water is accessible nearby and boosted by the cash assistance we’ve provided to cover school costs. And the community is better prepared for climate-related emergencies thanks to educational sessions delivered at schools. We’ve also supported eco-friendly agricultural training for families like Atika’s, so they can grow more nutritious crops. “We don't worry anymore,” says Atika’s father, Titus: “And children no longer need to go to the springs.” Seven million people, including 2.5 million children, will likely be affected by water scarcity, food insecurity, and other related challenges across Indonesia in 2024. It’s why this holistic Anticipatory Action programme is so critical. It will support 350,000 people, including 122,500 children like Atika, to build resilience to climate change – and see nature as a source of opportunity and joy again. Ulet Ifansasti / Save the Children

Advocacy

We stand up for the rights of the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized children. We are on the frontline of policy change- speaking out and demanding action whenever children are in crisis.

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