Protection

Thanks to your support, Save the Children keeps children safe from harms like poverty, abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. We are transforming the way emergency care is delivered, putting a world-class team of health professionals to work for children anywhere in the world within 72 hours.

As the global leader in child-focused humanitarian response, Save the Children has created more safe spaces in the U.S. and around the world for children in emergencies than any other humanitarian organization. When a disaster strikes, these safe spaces can provide children with protected environments in which they participate in organized activities to play, socialize, learn, and express themselves as they rebuild their lives.

As the global leaders in family reunification, our teams have been reuniting children separated from their families in every major humanitarian crisis since World War I.

Across the United States, children face a wide array of risk factors, each with the potential to disrupt healthy social, emotional, academic and physical development. That’s why Save the Children offers social and emotional learning programs, including Journey of Hope and Shelter from the Storm, to support kids and their healthy development