Save the Children
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| Founded | 1919 |
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| Founder |
Eglantyne Jebb Dorothy Buxton |
| Type | registered company limited by guarantee |
| Registration no. | England & Wales (213890) Scotland (SC039570); United States EIN: 06-0726487 |
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| Origins | London, England (UK) |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Slogan | "We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfill their potential." |
| Mission | To inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. |
| Website | www |
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries. It was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.
In addition to the UK organisation, there are 29 other national Save the Children organisations who are members of the Save the Children Alliance, a global network of nonprofit organisations supporting local partners and Save the Children International in over 120 countries around the world.
The organization promotes policy changes in order to gain more rights for young people especially by enforcing the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Alliance members coordinate emergency-relief efforts, helping to protect children from the effects of war and violence. Save the Children has general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
The Save the Children Fund was founded in London, England, on 15 April 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton as an effort to alleviate starvation of children in Germany and Austria-Hungary during the Allied blockade of Germany of World War I which continued after the Armistice.
The Fight the Famine Council was initially started earlier in 1919 in order to put political pressure on the British government to end the blockade, the first meeting having been held at the home of Catherine Courtney, at 15 Cheyne Walk. However, on 15 April 1919, the sisters succeeded in separating itself from the politics of the Council and creating a separate "Save the Children Fund".
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