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Save the Children responds quickly and effectively to children in need during natural disasters and conflict and helps to resolve the ongoing struggles children face every day — replacing poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease with hope for the future.

You can help us provide a wide range of programs around the world whenever and wherever we can make a difference for children in need. Your donations go to services and support such as:

Emergency assistance, including food, medical care and safe places to play in times of crisis
Appropriate foods and nutrition to build strong, healthy bodies and minds
Safe drinking water to eliminate or reduce water-borne diseases
Medical intervention, access to health care and family education in health and hygiene
Schools, safe playgrounds and extracurricular learning activities
Access to income and employment, markets, goods and services for children’s families

Through many options to donate practically and effectively, you can be an agent of change in the lives of children surviving in the poorest places across the globe.

Your Dollars at Work

You can be assured that Save the Children spends dollars efficiently. In fiscal year 2009, 90 percent of all expenditures went to program services. That percentage is an average for all of Save the Children's programs worldwide; the percentage spent on in any particular program may vary. Read more

Fund Our Programs

Americans are generous donors when it comes to helping people around the world who face hardship due to poor economic conditions, natural disasters and war. For 75 years, Save the Children has been able to respond to humanitarian needs because of private funds raised to support this vital work. It is your support that allows Save the Children to help millions of children in more than 50 countries around the world including the United States. Read more

Honor a Loved One

A gift or memorial donation is a fitting tribute to someone special. Your support helps Save the Children provide a wide range of programs, such as training new mothers with prenatal care, supplying life-saving immunizations for young children, building schools, improving literacy and nutrition for children living in rural poverty in the U.S., and so much more. Read more

Monthly Giving

During times of severe economic hardship, famine, drought or natural disaster, children’s needs are often the first to be sacrificed, often with drastic consequences. Even outside of such catastrophe, impoverished children suffer from hunger, malnutrition, lack of safe water, and limited access to healthcare. For as little as $10 a month, you can join the Partners for Children network and help us provide a wide range of programs around the world whenever and wherever our help is needed. Read more

Give a Gift from our Catalog

When you choose a gift from the Save the Children Gift Catalog, you give joy and lasting change to a child in need and put a smile on the face of a loved one. Read more

Become a Fundraiser

People committed to making a difference in the world are the lifeblood and energy of Save the Children. Save the Children’s supporters are critical in our efforts to maximize support and commitment to make a difference in the life of a child, as well as to succeed in accomplishing our mission. As part of our efforts to create lasting change, Save the Children asks students, communities and organizations to become involved with issues that affect children in need around the world. Read more

Donor Advised Funds

Donor Advised Funds are rapidly becoming an important way to democratize philanthropy by aggregating donors and facilitating charitable transactions that keep costs down, resulting in lower fees and lower account minimums. For US-based philanthropists, Donor Advised Funds are one of the most efficient charitable estate planning tools available to anyone looking to create a legacy of charitable giving that can last for many generations. Read more

Foundations and Trusts

Hundreds of foundations work with Save the Children to fulfill their individual missions and help us achieve four priority results for children: protection from harm; education and development; health and nourishment; the ability to thrive in food-secure and economically viable households. Save the Children welcomes both general mission support and designated grant funding. We honor the unique preferences and philanthropic goals of each of our foundation partners. Read more

Other Giving Methods

When people join together to support Save the Children programs — programs that bring health, nutrition, education and economic opportunities to children and families — the impact is profound. Learn about other ways to donate to Save the Children. Read more

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