43 million children living in countries around the world wrecked by war and armed conflict are being left without the chance to go to school. This report is part of Save the Children’s five-year Rewrite the Future education initiative, which...
Decades of insecurity have strongly affected the children in Afghanistan. Both health and education systems suffer from poor finances, lack of qualified professionals, and security problems. Afghanistan remains extremely poor and children suffer...
Though Angola’s 27-year civil war ended in 2002, the country still ranks as one of the worst places for children to grow up.The debt-ridden government spends much of its budget on food and health, leaving little for education.Save the Children is...
The quality of education has worsened since the beginning of the civil war in Côte d’Ivoire in 2002. The retention rate is 52 percent and absenteeism of children can be quite high. Children have few opportunities to participate in school...
The objectives of the report are: to: a) Evaluate the achievement of the specific goals for each country, based on the goals that were defined in the proposal; b) evaluate the post-emergency assistance offered as a result of Hurricane Stan and the...
The devastating Asia tsunami of December 26, 2004, was one of the biggest emergency responses in Save the Children’s history. Two years later, Save the Children continued to stand by hundreds of thousands of children and family members who...
Past and present armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have badly affected children, and the country has one of the highest number of child soldiers in the world. Forty years of poor governance, economic collapse, exploitation...
A practical manual to be used as a guide in the development of strategies to challenge and end physical and humiliating punishment. It includes examples of good practice when approaching the issue of corporal punishment around the world, and...
‘Listen and speak out against sexual abuse of boys and girls: 10 essential learning points’, is a Save the Children report on sexual abuse based on consultations carried out in Canada, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Romania, Spain,...
At the end of 2004 Save the Children faced the largest natural disaster in its 85-year history. After the Indian Ocean tsunami struck, Save the Children’s staff responded immediately to the needs of children, helping many thousands of...