REBUILDING CHILDREN'S FUTURES

Six months on, we're helping communities recover from the L.A. wildfires and getting families the support they need.

TOGETHER, WE’VE HELPED MORE THAN 28.3K PEOPLE IN L.A., INCLUDING OVER 17K CHILDREN.

In January 2025, a series of catastrophic wildfires swept through the Los Angeles region. The fires devastated communities across Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena, leaving thousands displaced and entire neighborhoods reduced to ash.

For the last six months, our humanitarian response has prioritized meeting families basic needs by providing emergency childcare, essential supplies and cash assistance as well as helping children recover through education and psychosocial support programming.

Your generous support enabled us to provide immediate relief as well as scale up our long-term recovery efforts.

OUR RESPONSE

After the fires, we're helping families recover and rebuild in the Greater Los Angeles area.

SIX MONTHS ON, WE'RE STILL HELPING COMMUNITIES RECOVER.

With your support, we’ve been able to reach over half of our initial response target of 50,000 people in just six months.

Here's what we've accomplished:

DISTRIBUTIONS

Providing over 190,000 essential items, including clothing, school supplies, hygiene kits and more.

CASH ASSISTANCE

Providing nearly $1M in cash assistance to help families get back on their feet as soon as possible.

TRAININGS

Running psychosocial support trainings for over 700 caregivers and educators.

SAFE SPACES

Setting up four safe spaces for children to play and access mental health support.

CHILDCARE RECOVERY

Helping over 900 children through our childcare recovery work, ensuring students can get back to learning.

RETURN TO LEARNING

Reaching 195 children with our Return to Learning program, supporting reading, numeracy and social-emotional skills.

COMMITMENT TO LOCAL PARTNERS

We're providing the resources needed for local partners to respond to this disaster.

WE SUPPORT LOCALLY-LED ACTION AFTER EMERGENCIES.

Since the beginning of our response, we’ve coordinated with local partners to reach more children in need with a focus on reaching children with disabilities and families in need of financial assistance.

Here are just a few ways we've supported partners through our response:

We partnered with GiveDirectly, a direct cash assistance organization, to quickly identify vulnerable households in need of financial assistance. Our partnership enabled GiveDirectly to distribute $3,500 payments to over 200 families, ensuring they could purchase food, water, medicine and any other necessities.

We partnered with World Institute on Disability, an organization entirely focused on working with people living with disabilities. Through this partnership, we provided nearly 100 families with targeted cash assistance, ensuring families were able to meet their most pressing needs, no matter how unique.

In collaboration with local child-focused organizations such as the Boys and Girls Clubs, we’re providing psychosocial support programs, including trainings that teach caregivers and educators how to better support children on their journey toward healing.

We partnered with Project:Camp to open trauma-informed day camp for kids ages 6-16 who were impacted by the wildfires.

By partnering with the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles, we've been able to restore childcare to nearly 1,000 children in the region.

HELPING CHILDCARE PROVIDERS REOPEN

We focus on re-opening childcare centers after an emergency because it helps parents return to work, provides children with space to heal and restores jobs for childcare workers.

We partnered with the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles to distribute stipends and vouchers to 100 childcare providers impacted by the wildfires.

This includes people like Esperanza (right) who stands in front of her destroyed childcare center she rebuilt using a stipend she received from Save the Children.

Save the Children has been able to restore childcare to nearly 1,000 children in the region.

HELPING PEOPLE LIKE FELISA GET BACK ON HER FEET

After the Eaton Fire, Felisa Wright lost not only her home, but also her business—a daycare center she had been running from her residence for over 15 years.

Save the Children's financial assistance has helped childcare providers, like Felisa, restore services to communities in desperate need of support and help children process the trauma from this crisis.

Any financial assistance, even classes, to help with coping with these different things [is important]. I’m noticing things are starting to die down, and this is not over.
Felisa Wright, Childcare Provider

RESPONDING IN THE YEAR AHEAD

We’re committed to helping families for as long as they need our support, which will include:

CONTINUE PROVIDING CASH ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE FAMILIES

PROVIDING PSYCOSOCIAL SUPPORT TRAINING, INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID.

HELPING PARTNERS IMPLEMENT PSYCHOSOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN

HELPING CHILDCARE PROVIDERS NAVIGATE AND APPLY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

We can respond and advocate for children after disasters like this one because of you. Your partnership gives us the resources to reach the most impacted communities and the families who need us most. Thank you from Save the Children and our partners for your support.

Photos by Save the Children