75 YEARS OF LASTING CHANGE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED
Annual Report
75 YEARS OF LASTING CHANGE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED
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Annual Report
Contents
1Introduction2Letter from the President and Chair6Where We Work 8U.S. Programs: Helping Children at Home
Reading: the first step to staying in schoolImproving fitness and nutritionEarly childhood educationCorporate partners for children in the United States
14After Hurricane Katrina, Learning is Therapeutic15Children in Emergencies and Crises Abroad
Conflict in Lebanon and the Middle EastTending to the needs of displaced children in SudanResponding to natural disaster in Indonesia and Central AmericaPakistan: Where one disaster nearly triggered a secondStaying the course for the tsunami’s childrenImproving children’s survival from hunger and malnutrition
24Development Programs for Children: Health
Creating a safety net for mothers and newbornsGetting newborns off to the right startChild survival through “community case management” Adolescents making the right choices for reproductive healthSchool health: Being healthy to learn and learning to be healthy HIV/AIDS: Fighting for children in a global pandemic
32Development Programs for Children: Education
Preparing young children to be successful studentsSchooling for children – anytime, anywherePromoting peace in the South CaucasusLife skills for young adults
36Development Programs for Children:Economic Opportunities
Small loans for mothers on a substantial scaleInspiring teen entrepreneurs
37Community Solutions through Sponsorship
Support for one child serves the greater good Amenu of giving opportunities
42Financial Report44Our Supporters56The Save the Children Family
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Educationalprograms help children cope with trauma following disaster.
Seven-year-olds,Vina and Tierra,attend the summer camp thatSave the Children helped establishin East NewOrleans,Louisiana,following Hurricane Katrina.
Providing safe spaces forchildren to play.
Eight-year-oldAquila enjoys activities at a FEMAtrailer park in Plaquemines Parish,Louisiana,for families displacedby Hurricane Katrina whereSave the Children is working tocreate a secureenvironment andasense of community.
Seventy-five years ago, in January 1932, a group of committed individuals were inspired by thevision of Eglantyne Jebb to establish Save the Children in the United States. Their immediate goal was to help the children and families struggling to survive during the Great Depression in therugged mountains of Appalachia. Out of their efforts to provide food, clothing and health care forthose impoverished families grew our organization, which today reaches out to millions of childrenin more than 50 countries worldwide. Wehonor the tens of thousands of men and women who helped children in need down thepath to health, education and productivelives. But even as we acknowledge their work, we know that this anniversary does not mark the achievement of Eglantyne Jebb’s vision of positive, lastingchange for all children in need.Despite the best efforts of Savethe Children and countless other organizations, the world’schildren in the 21st century continue to face threats to their well-being and survival. Some 30,000children die each day from preventable causes – a total of 11 million lives lost each year. And77 million children are missing out on school; for 40 million of them, the barrier to learning is warand conflict in their countries. Even in the United States, 2.6 million rural children live below thepoverty line, many lacking the literacy skills they need to be successful in school and life.This is no time for a pat on the back. Despite the complex issues that make it so difficult forfamilies to break the cycle of poverty, we know that it can be done. Over the years, we have heardfrom adults who, as children, felt the support of Save the Children when they were in need. Many of them now help children in their own communities. We hope you will continue your commitment to the work of Save the Children, because thelives of children everywhere can be transformed when people care.
Introduction
“We cannot run the risk that [children] should weep, starve, despair and die, with never a hand stretched out to help them.”
E
J
,Founder of the Save the Children Fund,
London, England
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