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Save the Children USA and 28 member Save the Children organizations worldwide have offices in 120 countries on six continents, serving and providing support to 64 million children and millions of others, including caregivers, community members, local organizations and government agencies. Read the Fact Sheet Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. We work in the following countries in the following regions: AfricaThe world’s second-largest and second most-populous continent after Asia, Africa is comprised of 11.7 million square miles and covers six percent of the Earth’s total surface area. Home to one billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for nearly 15 percent of the world’s human population. Read more
AsiaAsia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, covering nearly nine percent of Earth’s total surface area and holds nearly 60 percent of the world’s population, or four billion people. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. Read more
Latin America and the CaribbeanLatin America/Caribbean is a region of the Americas in which Romance languages — particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French — are primarily spoken. The region has an area of approximately 7,880,000 square miles comprising almost four percent of the Earth’s surface. As of 2009, its population was estimated at more than 568 million and remains one of the most diverse in the world. Read more
The Middle East and EurasiaThe Middle East and Eurasia lie at the juncture between Europe and Africa, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. Throughout its history the Middle East/Eurasia has been a major center of world affairs — a strategically, economically, politically, culturally, and religiously sensitive area. Read more
United StatesThe United States has some of the highest relative poverty rates among industrialized countries, reflecting both the high median income and a high degree of inequality. Cyclical in nature, roughly 13 to 17 percent of Americans live below the federal poverty line at any given point in time, and 40 percent fall below the poverty line at some point within a 10-year time span. Read more
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