Save the Children - An organisation you can trust

International Save the Children Alliance

Save the Children recognises our duty to children, and to every individual and organisation that supports our work.

We believe that we should be held accountable to the people we serve, to our partner organisations, and to the people from whom we receive support: donors, campaigners, governments and foundations.

As you can see below, almost all of our money is of course spent on our Programs – both long-term initiatives to increase children’s opportunities, and immediate emergency support.

International Save the Children Alliance

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Save the Children Australia

Save the Children Australia’s aim is to keep our administration cost ratio below 10%. This ratio expresses administration costs (including depreciation) as a percentage of total revenue.

For 2006/07, the ratio was 6.9% (please refer to Save the Children Australia’s 2007 Annual Report available here [Adobe PDF, 4078 Kb]).

Save the Children Australia gets funding from the Australian Government, the public, other NGOs, international organisations and corporates.

The Australian Council for

International Development

(ACFID)

Save the Children Australia is a signatory to the ACFID Code of Conduct which sets standards of best practice for international development organisations and represents the active commitment of its signatories to conduct their activities with integrity and accountability.
 

The Australian Government overseas aid program (AusAID)

Save the Children is fully accredited by AusAID. The accreditation process aims to provide AusAID and the Australian public with the confidence that the Australian Government is funding professional, well-managed, community-based organisations that are capable of delivering quality development outcomes.