Babies and children in Gaza are fighting severe malnutrition due to the war. At just 6 months old, baby Alma* became malnourished, but our nutrition team helped her recover. Months later, after famine started spreading and economic conditions worsened, she began to lose weight again. Thankfully, a Save the Children clinic diagnosed Alma with severe malnutrition and quickly started treatment with therapeutic food. 

See the impact Save the Children is making for children like Alma who’ve been affected by hunger in Gaza.
 

Right now, Save the Children is on the ground preparing to respond to the urgent needs of families in the Dominican Republic and Haiti as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is devastating the Caribbean. This is just one of the recent disasters that our teams are responding to.

On the evening of September 30, a powerful 6.9 earthquake struck the central Philippines, affecting more than 111,000 people. Save the Children Humanitarian Manager Faisah Ali shares the latest update on how we’re helping families cope with the trauma and destruction this disaster caused. 

Listen to the latest reports on Save the Children’s earthquake response in the Philippines.
 

Outraged to learn that babies were starving after World War I, our founder, Eglantyne Jebb, started distributing leaflets in London’s Trafalgar Square. Her arrest in 1919 sparked a global movement that transformed the lives of children worldwide. 

The New York Times tells the story of our founder — and the movement that would become Save the Children.
 

After heavy rains and a landslide struck western Sudan, many remote villages were cut off from main roads. In coordination with local communities and organizations, Save the Children sent an emergency team on donkeys through rocky, muddy terrain to deliver much-needed supplies. 

Read more about our emergency response in Sudan.
 

From Bangladesh to Rwanda, Save the Children delivers medical supplies, reproductive care for mothers and pediatric care for newborns to counter the complications of childbirth. Some innovative ways we help include reaching families via water and air!
 

Save the Children leads Head Start programs across the U.S., emphasizing parents’ role as their child's first and most important teacher. This Head Start Awareness Month, we want to make sure you’re one of the first to see this exciting new PSA we’re sharing on TV, radio and social feeds nationwide. 

Watch Save the Children’s new Head Start video featuring Jennifer Garner!