Saving children's lives

Saving children's lives

10 million children die every year before their fifth birthday. But we know, together, it's possible to stop this injustice. We just have to act.

We want 10 million people to take action by 2010 for the 10 million children. Be one of them. Make sure the very poorest children aren't left to die.

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simple solutions

Simple solutions like mosquito nets and jabs can keep a child alive. Show the world it's simple to save a life. Buy a life-saving solution today

Ask Gordon to act

Saving children's lives: Ask Gordon

Ask Prime Minister Gordon Brown to make saving children's lives his top priority. Delay is not an option. We must act today. Sign our petition

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Learn the facts

Saving children's lives: Act now

Discover the shocking truth about the 10 million children who die every year. Read the facts

Save the Children's biggest-ever campaign needs you to take simple but powerful actions - actions that really can save a child's life.

We're outraged that millions of children still die every year because the poorest and most neglected children are being left out.

And we believe that we'll only reach Millennium Development Goal 4 - to cut child deaths by two thirds by 2015 - if we help these children today.

It's simple to save a child's life; we just have to act.

Watch a short, powerful video from Kadiatu, a mother in Sierra Leone, who talks honestly about the harsh conditions facing mothers and babies every day.

Saving lives on the ground

We provide direct help when and where it matters:

  • We've treated more than 49,000 malnourished children in Niger, as volunteer Frances Seth discovered on a trip there.
  • In rural India, we're helping mothers like Badaam to keep their babies healthy.
  • We're supporting mothers and babies in Sierra Leone - officially the toughest place to be born in the world.

Inspiring others

We're independent and push governments, the United Nations and others to do more:

Latest News

Wednesday 23 July 2008 Students cycle for Kroo Bay
Three students plan a gruelling 800-mile cycle ride to raise money for children living in Kroo Bay.
Wednesday 2 July 2008 Save the Children starts a food fight with the G8
As the G8 prepare to meet in Japan next week and food prices skyrocket, Save the Children asks UK families to join its Fight for Food as part of its biggest ever campaign to save children's lives.
Wednesday 2 July 2008 G8 to drop Africa aid pledge as rising food prices put children's lives at risk
World leaders are set to drop their aid promise to Africa made at Gleneagles in 2005, just as millions of children face increasing hunger caused by the rocketing cost of food, warned today.
Wednesday 23 April 2008 Celebrities join Save the Children on World Malaria Day
Celebrities join Save the Children on the first international World Malaria Day this Friday 25th April to show how something as simple as a mosquito net can help save a child's life.
Friday 18 April 2008 Save the Children statement on global hunger
Food prices are increasingly a matter of life and death for children from poor families. Many families couldn't afford a nutritious diet even before prices went up. But a doubling or more of the price of staple foods will be a catastrophe