Where We work
We champion the rights of the world’s 2.3 billion children
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 child-focused organization working in the hardest-to-reach places, where it’s toughest to be a child.
Our Work in the United States
The U.S. still trails nearly all other advanced countries in helping children reach their full potential despite major advances for children over the past 30 years. Across the nation, 1 in every 7 children experiences shockingly high rates of hunger, school dropouts, teenage pregnancy and/or child death.
Educating children gives them the tools to fight poverty, be healthy and safe. That's why we're working in the U.S. to ensure every child has access to a quality education, right from the start.
U.S. Programs
We work in over 250 of the poorest communities in rural America – where we’re often the only child-focused nonprofit – helping hundreds of thousands of children each year.
U.S. Advocacy
U.S. policymakers look to Save the Children as the leading expert on childhood in America. Every day, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), our political advocacy arm, is on the ground in states across the U.S.
Our Work Around the World
Every child deserves a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Yet, an estimated 5.4 million children under age 5 still die each year from preventable causes, 250 million children around the world can’t read, despite years of schooling, and far too many children are experiencing physical and emotional abuse, sexual exploitation, deprivation and neglect.
That's why as global leaders in child health, education and protection, we're working in more than 113 countries to change the lives of over 110 million children every year.
Africa
Children and their families across Africa have already been struggling through a decade of climate shocks, regular food crises and conflict.
Countries across the continent already grappling with hunger and hit by other crises, including the climate crisis in the Horn of Africa, remain at risk. Through our emergency relief, health and nutrition, education and protection programs, Save the Children is working to transform the lives of Africa's children.
Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia and the Middle East
The impacts of the pandemic have led to an increase in poverty, a loss of livelihoods and less access to health and nutrition services, pushing up rates of hunger and malnutrition across Asia and the Middle East.
This has reversed years of progress made in the battle against malnutrition, with children in Asia being among the hardest hit—especially those in poorer households or in crises and conflict zones.
Save the Children is on the ground in the region’s conflict zones, leading the world in protecting children from the physical and emotional wounds of war. And in areas hardest hit by deadly natural disasters, Save the Children is there, and often among the first to respond.
Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Syria, Thailand, Türkiye, Vietnam, Gaza, Yemen
Europe
In Europe, we’re providing health and nutrition, education and protection services, including psychosocial help, to child refugees and their families.
Our programs focus on helping children and communities cope and build readiness and resilience in the face of crisis.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine
North America
In the United States, persistent child poverty in rural communities is a crisis across America, affecting more than 14 million children.
For years, a complex crisis of violence, gangs and crippling poverty has forced tens of thousands of families to flee El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to undertake dangerous journeys to the United States in search of protection.
Expanded anti-immigrant policies and closures of the U.S. southern border have made finding relief in the United States difficult for children and families fleeing violence.
That's why, from the United States to Nicaragua, Save the Children is working to protect the most vulnerable children across North America.
Dominican Republic, ElSalvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States
Africa
The need for support for children in South America has never been greater and access to specialized services are out of reach for many.
Venezuela has the highest inflation rate in the world, with chronic shortages of food and medicine. Displacement from the country is among the highest in the world — second only to Syria.
Our education, health, livelihoods and nutrition programs in South America focus on helping every child survive and grow up healthy so they can thrive.
Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela
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