Ensuring Lasting Change from Day One
In 2022, we reached over 18 million children and adults in over 44 countries with our maternal and newborn health programmes.
From training midwives through to setting up Emergency Health Units, we work to enable safe birth.
It's the very first of many ways that we help to create lasting change for and with children.
Anne (pictured), one of our Midwives in Rwanda, works in a maternity ward at a medical facility run by Save the Children in Mahama Refugee Camp.
Midwives like Anne go where they’re needed most – from war zones and refugee camps, to borders and remote communities.
You could help fund more maternal health projects around the world by becoming a regular giver.
Meet Shukuru*
Shukuru* is a Congolese mother who is pregnant with her sixth child. This pregnancy, and imminent birth, are a world away from the previous five.
In DRC, Shukuru had to walk for three hours along a dangerous road to get to a hospital to give birth: "I was afraid I would be killed or lose my baby" she says.
Skukuru and her family fled DRC due to the conflict and made it to the Mahama Refugee Camp, where life looks very different.
Shukuru* is due to give birth very soon - at our newly revamped Save the Children Medicalised Health Centre: “Here in Rwanda, I feel good in my body, I also feel that the baby is growing well.'
Without our team of over 300,000 regular donors, long-term projects that change the lives of mothers like Shukuru simply would not be possible. Join us today.
*We've changed Shukuru's name to keep her safe.
How your regular gift helps keeps mothers and babies safe
1 in 8 women around the world give birth without access to medical help.
Your regular donations enable us to provide:
- Safe births with trained midwives
- Emergency Health Units and specialist birthing kits
- Life-saving equipment and medicines
No one should have to give birth alone and risk losing their baby or their life.
With your ongoing support, we can give mothers and babies a chance at the births they deserve.
Who are Save the Children UK?
Every child has a unique story. We help children rewrite theirs.
Save the Children fights for children every single day so they can fulfil their unique potential.
Month after month, in the UK and around the world, we make sure children stay safe, healthy and keep learning, so they can become who they want to be.
We could not do this without our team of over 300,000 supporters who give a donation every month.
Monthly donations allow us to plan for the long term. To be not just reactive, but proactive in thousands of projects across the world all designed with one thing in mind: to improve the lives of children.
We know what needs to be done. To do it, we need you.
