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Supported families - better childhoods
We all want our babies and youngest children to thrive, but a combination of the high costs of having a baby, low and insufficient maternity pay and social security means that too many families with a baby are struggling to get by. Devastating evidence of this is that 1 in 3 families with a baby under one in Scotland are in poverty - much higher than the national average. We don’t have to accept this.
Alongside a decent social security system, so families have enough money to…
From universal fear of healthcare bills to universal health coverage
Health is a human right but what is the role of the private sector to deliver it? Too many families around the world are driven into poverty by medical costs when governments struggle to meet the healthcare needs of their populations. Last week, at the World Health Summit, Save the Children convened a panel of experts from Gavi, GSK, Reach52, Kumwe Hub and the WHO to explore the potential of public-private partnerships to accelerate progress towards Universal Health…
Choosing to have children despite the climate crisis
Choosing to bring new life into an uncertain future is never an easy decision to make - but the hope and possibility that all children bring can be galvanising.
Three Trends Shaping the Future of Business-Charity Partnerships
Discover the trends reshaping business-charity partnerships that every senior sustainability leader needs to know.
Helping children with blast injuries
Hear about our visit with the Duke of Sussex and the Director General of the World Health Organisation to the Centre for Blast Injuries at Imperial College London, and why the work there is so vital to help children injured in war.
Mental health services must be protected amid foreign aid changes
Mental health services are on a shoestring budget at this Rwandan health centre. One psychiatric nurse supporting 311 patients with chronic conditions, and medics talk of life-saving potential of therapeutic services that must continue.
STAFF ACCOUNT: "I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SURVIVAL HERE AND ENSURING MY LOVED ONES DON'T STARVE THERE": MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DISPLACED EIGHT TIMES IN GAZA
Shurouq, 31, is a Save the Children staff member in Gaza. Since October 2023, she has been displaced eight times after losing her husband in the first weeks of the war. In September 2025, under relentless Israeli bombardment, she left her home in Gaza City with Karmel*, her 3-year-old daughter. In this account, she tells us about the impact of two years of relentless violence and multiple displacements on her and her daughter
From "more with less" to "more with more"
On the eve of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, Save the Children’s Senior Development Finance Advisor, Richard Watts, explains how the current push from key donor governments for multilateral institutions, like the World Bank, to “do more with less” puts millions of children’s lives at risk, and urges a shift to a “do more with more” approach through innovation and inclusivity.