Save the Children Canada is a leading international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing children’s rights and providing immediate and long-term support to children in Canada and around the world. For over 100 years, they have worked to ensure that every child has a healthy start, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm.
Core Areas of Work:
- Emergency Response: One of the first to respond during humanitarian crises, providing life-saving aid, food, and medicine to children in conflict zones and natural disaster areas.
- Health & Nutrition: Focused on preventing deaths from treatable illnesses and ensuring children in the world’s most vulnerable communities grow up healthy.
- Education: Works to ensure all children receive a quality education and gain essential life skills, regardless of their location or background.
- Child Protection: Keeps children safe from violence, exploitation, and abuse, whether they are in refugee camps, living on the streets, or in institutional care.
- National Reconciliation (Canada): A specialized program focusing on the rights of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children in Canada through a child-centered reconciliation approach.
- Gender Equality: Advocates for and implements programs that address gender-based discrimination to ensure equal rights for all children.
Impact:
The organization operates on the frontlines of global crises and works to influence national and international policies to create a safer, more equitable future for children. They are a registered Canadian charity (Charitable #: 10795 8621 RR0001).