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It is the world's first global charity for children.

What makes this Exceptional?

Giving all children the best chance for the future they deserve---a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.

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Every child deserves a future. Every Last Child.

Millions of children in the U.S. and around the world still are not getting what they deserve.

Making a Difference:

in 2017 alone, Save the Children reached more than 155 million children in 120 countries, including the U.S.

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1. Mortality

Every day, 16, 000 children die before their 5th birthday, mostly from preventable causes.

2. No School

1 in 6 children worldwide isn't in school, missing out on critical learning.

3. Violence

Conflict is forcing 1 in 80 children to flee risking everything just to survive.

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Serving America's
Hardest-to-Reach Children

Across the United States, 1 in 5 children grows up in poverty. Of the counties with the highest poverty rates, 90% are rural. Because of circumstances beyond their control, millions of kids never reach their full potential.

Since 1932, Save the Children has been on the ground providing support to the most isolate and underserved children in rural America. From the earliest days in Appalachia, helping children and families hardest-hit by the Great Depression, to today, the U.S. team goes where others cannot.

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Education is a proven ladder out of poverty, and starting early is key.

Save the Children works with parents to help them become their child's first and best teacher through home visit programs.

Save the Children leads Head Start and Early Head Start programs in four stated, providing kids with early learning opportunities they might not otherwise have.

School-age programs get children ready for kindergarten and achieve the critical grade reading milestone, a major indicator for future success.

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Millions of children are missing out on an education, limiting their chances for a bright future. Save the Children works to ensure every last child develops the skills to succeed in school and in life.

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Across the globe, children are dying from preventable causes. This results in children missing out on education due to poverty or gender, suffering from violence, exploitation and neglect, and are vulnerable in times of crisis.

Save the Children is the voice for vulnerable children. In 120 countries, Save the Children works to reach every last child through international programs that focus on health, education, protection and disaster relief.

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Emergency and Protection Programs in U.S.:

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Emergency and Protection Programs in U.S.:

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Children are most vulnerable when disasters happen. Save the Children is on the ground protecting American's children in every major disaster since Hurricane Katrina. Save the Children helps children return to learning by helping schools, communities, and children prepare for disasters.

Save the Children's social and emotional development programs help kids cope and build resiliency.

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Children may only be 20% of the population in the U.S., but they are 100% of the nation's future. Building bipartisan support at the local, state, and federal level is crucial to make sure every child in the U.S. has access to high-quality learning opportunities.

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Save the Children target the major causes of maternal, newborn, and child death and provide the best health and nutrition programs to save children's lives and ensure children grow up healthy.

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Save the Children. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.savethechildren.org

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Global Emergency and Protection Programs:

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Global Emergency and Protection Programs:

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If a crisis strikes, Save the Children is among the first to respond and the last to leave. Save the Children deliver lifesaving emergency relief and stay as long as it takes to ensure kids and families recover.

Save the Children is on the ground every day to protect the children from harm. This includes abuse, neglect, exploitation. While protecting the children, Save the Children is promoting safe family environments for every child.

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Where Your Giving Goes:

When you give to Save the Children, you're investing in a future for every last child.

Nearly 90% of every dollar you give goes straight to our mission---helping children grow up health, learning and safe. This percentage is adjusted each year, it is 86%. The rest? We use to support the mission---running the programs and raising funds to help more children.