Save the Children: Digital Presence & News

Strategy & Unique Methodology

Save the Children’s strategy is built around reaching children early, at scale, and through integrated services. In health, education, protection, and emergency response, it combines direct service delivery with community engagement, local partnerships, and advocacy to address both immediate needs and the structural causes that keep children from surviving and thriving. A distinctive feature of its model is that it aims to “reach every last child,” including children in rural areas, conflict zones, and displaced communities, by adapting programs to local contexts and working through governments, service providers, parents, and communities. Rather than treating sectors separately, it often bundles interventions—for example linking education with health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and social-emotional support—to improve outcomes and resilience over time. In emergencies, Save the Children uses a rapid-response, stay-for-recovery approach: it is among the first responders and remains after the initial crisis to support learning continuity, child protection, and family recovery. In health and education, it emphasizes evidence-based methods such as behavior change campaigns, foundational literacy and numeracy programs, and community ownership to improve uptake and sustainability.

Operational Pillars

Uses an integrated child-focused model that links health, education, protection, nutrition, and emergency response rather than running fully siloed programs.
Prioritizes 'last-mile' reach to children in hard-to-serve places, including rural communities, crisis settings, and displaced populations.
Combines direct services with community ownership, local government engagement, and service-provider strengthening to improve sustainability.
Applies specific evidence-based tools such as Literacy Boost, Numeracy Boost, and social and behavior change approaches.
Maintains presence beyond the acute emergency phase, supporting recovery as well as immediate relief.

Key Operations & Programs

Global Health Programs

This portfolio focuses on reducing maternal, newborn, and child deaths by improving access to quality health and nutrition services. It includes work on child health, immunization, HIV/TB, and behavior change campaigns that encourage healthier practices and greater use of services.

Niger, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal, Uganda

Global Education Programs

This program helps children access learning, especially foundational literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional development. It also supports early childhood development, school health and nutrition, and education in emergencies so children can keep learning during crises.

7.5M beneficiaries/yr

Child Protection Programs

These programs protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence while promoting safer family and community environments. The work typically combines prevention, community support, and systems strengthening so children are safer both in everyday life and during emergencies.

Emergency Response and Humanitarian Relief

This program provides rapid lifesaving relief when disasters and conflicts strike, and stays in affected areas to support recovery. It delivers emergency assistance and recovery support to help children and families regain stability after crisis.

U.S. Rural Education Programs

These programs support children in rural communities across the United States through early learning, home visits, school-age programming, and disaster-related social and emotional support. The goal is to help children build school readiness, improve reading and math skills, and recover from hardship.

United States800K beneficiaries/yr

Awards & Recognitions

Princess of Asturias Award for Concord

1994 • Princess of Asturias Foundation

Nobel Peace Prize (founding recognition via Save the Children’s founder Eglantyne Jebb / international child rights legacy)

GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Badge

2023 • GreatNonprofits

Blackbaud Impact Changemaker Award

2025 • Blackbaud

Global Media Awards

2025 • Save the Children

Notable Partnerships

UNHCR

operational

Reported partnerships in refugee and displacement response contexts, including child protection and camp-related humanitarian work.

Ministry of Health, Uganda

government

Recognized for contributions to maternal, newborn, adolescent, and school health programming.

Various country governments

government

Works with governments in the countries where it operates on health, education, child protection, and emergency response.

UNICEF

multilateral

Common operational partner in child-focused humanitarian and development programming.

Other NGOs

network/operational

Collaborates with humanitarian and child-rights NGOs in joint programming and advocacy.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Save the Children?

Founded in the United Kingdom in 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb to provide relief and improve the lives of children after World War I.

What are Save the Children’s official social media accounts?

You can follow Save the Children on twitter: @SavetheChildren, youtube: https://youtube.com/@savethechildren, facebook: https://facebook.com/SavetheChildrenUS, linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/save-the-children, instagram: https://instagram.com/savethechildrenus.

What is the latest news about Save the Children?

The most recent update from Save the Children: "SOMALIA: Children facing deadly hunger as admissions for severe malnutrition nearly triple in six months" — Save the Children reported a sharp rise in severe child malnutrition in Baidoa, warning that drought and hunger are worsening the crisis.

Where can I donate to Save the Children?

You can donate directly to Save the Children through their official donation portal: https://www.savethechildren.net/donate/donate-now-save-children. Your donation helps fund active field interventions and projects.