2025 HIGHLIGHTS
MAKING AN IMPACT FOR CHILDREN
THE POWER OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP
DEAR FRIENDS,
The past year has brought extraordinary challenges for children. Sudden and sweeping cuts to U.S. foreign assistance disrupted hundreds of programs that millions of kids rely on for health care, education and protection.
Our resolve has been tested in ways we never imagined. Yet, in the face of crisis, Save the Children did what it has always done – we stood strong for children. We couldn’t have done it without you, our trusted partners.
Your generosity became a lifeline for the world’s most vulnerable children. In Afghanistan, you helped sustain vital health services in remote communities. In Somalia, you contributed to keeping health clinics open to provide lifesaving care. In Yemen, where half the children are malnourished, your support meant we could continue emergency obstetric care, vaccinations and treatment for acute malnutrition.
Amid heartbreaking loss, light still shone on progress and new opportunities to improve children’s lives. Bolivia became the 14th country in Latin America to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children banded together to criminalize the practice. Our teams and partners in rural America made sure kids had access to early education, an essential building block for a bright future.
We’re seizing this moment of seismic change to streamline operations, reform how we work and redouble our commitment to uphold every child’s right to grow up healthy, learning and safe.
Thank you for your partnership.
Janti Soeripto | President & CEO
CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN
Meet a few of the purpose-driven people whose work you help make possible.
THE LIFESAVER
Trained by Save the Children as a community health worker in Kenya, Charles walks for hours a day to reach remote villages. His kit includes simple tools like nutritional supplements and antibiotics to diagnose and treat malnutrition, diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria – the main killers of young children.
THE EDUCATOR
Mariia was a teacher in Ukraine before fleeing the conflict there. She rediscovered her purpose teaching English classes at our learning hub in Romania. She’s proud to be part of a team that also provides psychologists and antibullying sessions to help Ukrainian children cope with all they’ve endured.
THE COMMUNITY LEADER
Hilda helps run a club in her Mayan community in Mexico that provides a safe space where children aged 8-12 can have fun, learn about healthy habits and reinforce their reading skills. She engages children in their native language, emphasizing learning through play.
A HEALTHY START
In 2024, thanks to partners like you, 15 million children and women received vaccines, the support of a midwife and other proven maternal and child health services to keep them healthy and safe.
MAJUMA'S JOURNEY
Nearly 60% of pregnancy-related deaths and 45% of newborn deaths occur in countries affected by a humanitarian crisis.
Majuma’s* experience highlights how harrowing the journey to motherhood can be when pregnancy coincides with crisis. Majuma’s three daughters were born under very different circumstances, as her growing family navigated conflict and displacement.
She gave birth to her first daughter in Myanmar without medical support or pain relief. With her second, the family had been displaced to the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya settlement in Bangladesh, where Majuma gave birth in their shelter, once again under difficult conditions.
The birth of her third daughter, Maimuna* – at Save the Children’s primary health clinic in the camp – was different. Majuma describes it as her best experience yet, thanks to the support of a trained midwife and care that included medical tests and vaccinations for her and the baby and help with breastfeeding.
“I felt happy and at peace this time to have proper medication and service.”
- Majuma
SAFE STARTS IN 2025
Meet four newborns we helped welcome safely into the world over the past year.
Baran*
Born in a tent in Afghanistan six days after a devastating earthquake destroyed the family’s home. Our staff assisted with her delivery and provided follow-up care for mom and baby at our mobile health clinic.
Elimlim
Born in a remote, drought-affected region in northern Kenya, he received his first checkup and vaccines at our health and nutrition outreach site.
Khalid*
Born safely in Syria, after his mom walked a long distance to reach a health clinic run by a Save the Children partner – determined to find help in time to give birth.
Muhindo
Born safely by caesarean section in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a Save the Children-supported hospital, where he and his mom received free, lifesaving care.
EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES
Our Education in Emergencies Professional Development Program has delivered critical learning opportunities to 13,700 teachers working on humanitarian responses across the globe.
RAZAN’S STORY
At age 10, Razan* has faced multiple moves and disruptions to her education since the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in 2023. At one point, she missed an entire school year.
It’s a devastating but all too common situation in Sudan, which hosts the largest number of displaced people in the world. When Razan’s family fled to a safer village where she was able to enroll in school, new clashes soon erupted. Once again, with schools closed, Razan was stuck at home, bored and heartbroken.
Through it all, Razan has grown more determined to pursue her education. With the generosity of partners like you, Save the Children is helping her get back on track now that her school has reopened, providing books and other materials to replace what was lost.
In Razan’s village and other key areas of Sudan, we’re rehabilitating schools, training teachers and improving education quality so children like Razan can learn in a safe, supportive environment.
“I don’t want any more wars. I just want to wear my backpack every morning and go learn new things.”
- Razan
U.S. PROGRAMS
In 2024, more than 13,000 children participated in our literacy program, and over 5,000 children took part in our math program – with children achieving growth above the national average.
AHMAD’S STORY
Ahmad, a first-grader in Mississippi, was eager to learn but struggled to find his footing with reading.
Children in rural areas like his have far fewer educational opportunities than kids in non-rural American families, due in part to a lack of early education programs, qualified teachers and access to technology. Ahmad’s mother, Alicia, was sad to see he was falling behind in the classroom.
But help was near within Save the Children's in-school literacy program, dedicated to helping students reach grade-level proficiency – a strong indicator of a child’s future success.
Ms. Ellis, a Save the Children staff member, helped bring out Ahmad’s natural curiosity and build his confidence through small groups, featuring fun games and activities designed to bolster valuable skills.
Soon, Ahmad began decoding sentences and exploring the worlds within storytelling. Ahmad beams, “I love to read poems and find words with the same beginning and end sounds.”
“Never doubt your child’s ability to learn. Late bloomers sometimes outgrow others and blossom.”
- Alicia
ECONOMIC SECURITY
We address the underlying causes of poverty by helping families increase climate-smart food production and diversify their incomes. In 2024, our livelihoods programs benefited 7 million children.
NG’IKITO’S STORY
Ng'ikito's life once revolved around the endless search for water in Kenya’s arid Turkana region. The family’s livelihood depended on Ng’ikito collecting and selling firewood, which didn’t generate enough income to feed her, her husband and four children. The kids became malnourished.
Today, life looks different for Ng’ikito and her village. Together with your support, we helped the community rehabilitate a water pump that gives people ready access to safe drinking water that they also use to grow crops near their homes.
Through our gardening program, Ng’ikito learned how to plant seeds and grow produce, including kale, watermelon and cowpeas. We connected her with a village savings and loan association, which provided the seed funding and entrepreneurial skills she needed to open a produce stall.
“When [Save the Children] came here, malnutrition ended and life changed.”
– Ng’ikito
AN ORGANIZATION YOU CAN TRUST
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THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE FOR CHILDREN!
Photos by Save the Children | *Name changed for protection
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