PAGE RESULTS (45 RESULTS)

The Most Powerful Antidote

rwanda-education-ch11221649-rec.jpg

Fortunately, for policymakers, government officials and the millions of vulnerable children and their families in the throes everyday worldwide, education is perhaps the most powerful antidote to eliminating the scourge of poverty. 
 

5 Ways to Help Kids Transition to Kindergarten

united-states-south-carolina-kinderboost-ch2783-rec.jpg

When parents and caregivers guide and support their child’s transition to school, children feel respected, loved and nurtured, which helps them make a successful adjustment. Here are 5 ways parents and caregivers can help make that transition a smooth one.

Apply for Head Start

Louisiana, a little boy plays with blocks at a Save the Children Early Head Start center.

Interested in your child attending a Save the Children Head Start program?  We offer programs in 6 states. Apply now and fill out a Head Start application!

Help Children in Vanuatu

A five-year old schoolgirl, wears her new school bag with pride. 3 months after a cyclone devastated her school on the island of Tongoa, her school reopened and she was able to return to Kindergarten. The community rebuilt the structure from scavenged wood and bricks; Save the Children provided tarpaulins, books, toys and games – plus a new school bag, presented to each child on their first day back.

Save the Children provides emergency relief and vital programs for girls and boys in Vanuatu. Learn more and find out how you can help.

Help Children in Libya

Two young children stand outside their tent in a refugee camp near the Tunisian border. The children and their family fled the violence in Libya in haste, leaving behind all their valuables, a furnished house and crops still waiting to be harvested. In order to survive, the family had to flee quickly and left with only yjr clothes on their backs. Photo credit: Paulo Siqueira/Save the Children, March 2011.

Poverty in Libya is a serious issue. Save the Children helps Libyan girls and boys living in poverty. Donate to help children in Libya today.

Help Children in Japan

A Japanese man, holding his 6-year-old son, walks through streets filled with debris after two tsunami waves devastated their town of Onigawa, Japan in 2011. They escaped, but their home was hit by a 10-meter high wave; nothing was left of it. Photo credit: Jensen Walker/Save the Children, March 2011.

Children were the hardest hit in the Japanese Tsunami. Help us respond to future emergencies and disasters by donating to our Children's Emergency Fund.

U.S. Education Programs

us-wa-early-childhood-education-ch11406917-rec
us-wa-early-childhood-education-ch11406917-sq

Together with partners, Save the Children works to bring early education to hundreds of communities across rural America.

Subscribe to Education