What We Do

The Games Children Play.

 

Campaigning for change

Many of the problems faced by children will only be eradicated with political support or new legislation. Save the Children campaigns for long-term change in addition to providing shorter-term support to improve children's lives.

As an independent and global organisation, Save the Children has a powerful voice in campaigning for change, and a track record of success.

Save the Children encourages its supporters to put pressure on decision makers and opinion formers to change policies and practices, locally and globally, to ensure children's rights become reality.

 

Rewrite the Future

Rewrite the Future is the first global campaign involving all 28 members of the Save the Children Alliance. Save the Children is calling on governments and international agencies to put policies and resources in place to provide quality education for all children. More than 40 million children around the world can't go to school because they live in countries affected by conflict. This is over half the number of children out of school worldwide. Millions more are receiving a substandard education.

Through this campaign we intend to bring education and hope to those millions of children affected by conflict.

 

Other current Save the Children Joint and Local campaigns include:


  • Australia: The Games Children Play
    All over the world children are playing games, which play a role in making up the memories of a wonderful childhood. Games can be educational and developmental but mainly they are just fun. But for some children there are no fun and games. More than 10 million children die each year although most of those deaths could be prevented.
  • UK: Gordon Brown say YES!
    800 Children could be saved everyday if health care was free in Africa.
  • Alliance: INHOPE
    Reporting Child abuse images on the Internet.
  • USA: Helping Children Survive to 5
    99% of the more than 10 million deaths each year among children under age 5 occur in developing countries. More than half of these children could be saved through low-cost health solutions.
  • USA: Caps to the Capital
    Americans from all walks of life asked the US leaders to do more for newborns — and they have knitted and crocheted more than 260,000 baby caps to show they mean it.
  • Spain: Corregir no es pegar Save the Children Spain campaign to sensitise the public about the physical punishment of children.
    Campaña de sensibilización contra el castigo físico a los niños y niñas en la familia.
  • New Zealand: 10 Calls to Action
    Save the Chidlren New Zealand are currently calling on the New Zealand Government to withdraw reservations to the United Nations Covention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and review all legislation and government policies and actions for compliance with the CRC.
  • Netherlands: Save the Children betrekt jongeren bij klimaatproblematiek Save the Children Netherlands involve young people in tackling climate problems.
    Tsunami's, orkanen, vulkaanuitbarstingen en watervallen aan woorden over klimaatverandering. Gruwelijke toekomstscenario's zetten de mensen op scherp en water aan de lippen. De mens kan catastrofes voorkomen als er nu wordt in gegrepen.