Typhoon Haiyan, known locally in the Philippines as typhoon Yolanda, was the deadliest rapid-onset disaster globally in 2013. Nearly 6 million children have been affected, 4.1 million people remain displaced and over 6,000 people lost their lives....
Everyone needs a balanced diet to stay healthy and active. Children need to eat a variety of foods to grow, develop, and be strong. Foods are made up of different nutrients that work in different ways in our bodies. Some nutrients provide energy...
These factsheets and for Save the Children Thailand program summaries, from child protection, education, emergency and humanitarian response, and health program summaries through 2011-2014.
Save the Children’s 15th annual State of the World’s Mothers report focuses on millions of women and children living in communities affected by conflict, fragility and natural disasters, and their everyday struggle to survive. More than 60 million...
CHOICES is a gender-focused curriculum for very young adolescents (VYAs) between the ages of 10-14 years that aims to create positive social and behavior change. Through a series of 10 hour-long participatory sessions, the curriculum challenges...
This first quarterly issue of Save the Children International’s Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Newsletter includes information on what is happening in the countries with Save the Children International (SCI) offices (Nicaragua, Peru, El...
Globally, 3 million newborns die each year, mostly due to easily preventable or treatable causes, and more than a third (1 million per year) die on their first day of birth, making it the riskiest time for newborns and mothers almost...
Choices is a gender-focused curriculum for very young adolescents (VYAs) between the ages of 10-14 years that aims to create positive social and behavior change. Through a series of 10 hour-long participatory sessions, the curriculum challenges...
This position paper starts with an outline of the international community’s growing concern over the use of explosive weapons in populated areas and then looks at the devastating impact that this has had on children and their families in...
In 2011, in the midst of the devastating Horn of Africa drought, Save the Children launched the largest ever multi-country humanitarian response covering three countries: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the most severely impacted by the drought....