Child poverty affects millions of children around the world. Without access to basic everyday needs such as healthcare, education, and protection from harm, these children are vulnerable, at-risk, and struggle to reach their full potential in life. Discover how we help children affected by child poverty here in Australia and around the world.
Save the Children has been a beacon of hope for over 100 years. We believe every child has a right to survival, protection, development, and participation. With our global reach, we help millions of children in over 117 countries through our emergency response aid and programs. Here is more about how to stop poverty and how we can solve the problem of poverty with your support.
What we are doing to help
Charities that help child poverty aim to provide not only immediate needs but also implement measures that create lasting change. Through our emergency response aid, we provide lifesaving essentials to children experiencing poverty as a result of humanitarian crises such as extreme conflict, environmental catastrophes, and famine.
We have teams on the ground in countries around the world providing:
- Food and clean water
- Healthcare
- Shelter
- Protection
We also ensure these children have access to education & psychological support and help to reunite families.
Our solution to poverty in the world includes our evidence-based programs, designed to reach children, families, and communities to help give children the best start in life - setting them up for a bright future. We provide education, training, and access to resources that enable communities to create positive, sustainable, and ongoing change.
Donate to support charities that help child poverty
In Australia, more than 17% of children live below the poverty line. Save the Children Australia has used this as motivation to provide an actionable guide on how to stop global poverty through a rights-based approach, focusing on child protection and education in regional, urban, and remote locations. As well as advocacy in Australia, our local initiatives include supported accommodation for pregnant women and new mothers from remote communities and safe accommodation for homeless children and women escaping violence.
Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed in life and to be happy, healthy, and safe. We are helping children affected by child poverty, and you can help too.
Donations enable us to continue to help vulnerable, at-risk children. To support the work we are doing to help children and their families, you can make a single donation today or become a regular giver. 80.9% of donations go directly towards program expenditure, ensuring your contribution makes a significant impact.
Explore how to fight poverty as an individual or learn how to prevent poverty in your communities by visiting our detailed program pages and seeing firsthand the difference your support can make.