what save the children has been doing: our breakthroughs
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What Save the Children has been doing:Our breakthroughs
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AFTER SCHOOLchildren had nowhere to go
WEintroduced the idea of playgroups
During World War II we developed play centres to stop children playing in bombsites. After the war we developed this idea into playgroups, now adopted for children worldwide
THEYexpected the poorest children to last whole day on thin air
WEcampaigned for free dinners and milk in schools
In the 1940s we got the law changed and the UK’s poorest children still benefit from this today
THOUSANDSof children are separated from their families in conflicts and disasters every year
WEfound new, safer ways to reunite them
Our family tracing systems helped reunite 45,000 children with their families after the Rwandan genocide in 1994
THEYthought disabled children couldn’t learn in mainstream schools
WEknew they could and should
In the 1990s we pioneered new ways to educate disabled children that overturned world opinion, and got millions the chance to go to school for the first time
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TODAY, WERE WORKING WORLDWIDEin 56 countries, including hard-to-get-into, dangerous ones like Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan
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AND WE’RE WORKING IN THE UK TOODid you know that one in ten children in the UK lives in severe poverty? We’re campaigning to get rid of child poverty in the UK by 2020
What Save the Children will do next
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NEARLY 10 MILLIONchildren won’t live to see their 5th birthday this year
YOUhelp us stop this. We know the solutions, like vaccinations, mosquito nets and enough food. We just need the world to see how easy it is.
HAVING A BABYin Liberia is scary. And it costs up to 1500 Liberian Dollars to deliver. Trouble is, that’s a month’s salary.
YOUmake governments realise that healthcare fees don’t work
WE WANT TO PROTECT CHILDRENwith knowledge, not guns
YOUhelp us replace fighting
with learning
Over and over we’ve seen that education is the only way to stop the vicious circle that keeps many children exploited or trapped as child soldiers
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WE KNOWthere’s no time to waste when disaster strikes
YOUR DONATIONShelp us stay ready to act quickly
After the tsunami, we got emergency help to hundreds of thousands of children. We’re still there, helping communities rebuild
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Let’s work together to make dramatic changes for children
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Let’s work together to make dramatic changes for children