Our mission is to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need.

With your support, Save the Children will ensure that children in need grow up safe, educated and healthy, and better able to attain their rights.

Our vision is a world in which every child is ensured the right to survival, protection, development and participation. We provide a wide range of programs, including: 

• Training new mothers with prenatal care
• Supplying life-saving immunizations for young children
• Building schools in developing countries
• Improving literacy and nutrition for children living in rural poverty in the U.S.

Our Achievements:
A History of Innovation

In the last decade alone we have launched Rewrite the Future, a campaign that has given more than 10 million children in conflict-affected countries access to improved education. We reunited more than 7,000 children with their families after Cyclone Nargis devasted Myanmar, reached hundreds of thousands with life-saving aid during emergencies, and reached millions with innovative, sustainable health programs implemented at the community level.

Watch our interactive timeline to see our history of innovation.

Last Updated July 2009