Rewrite the future

Rewrite the Future is Save the Children’s global campaign to get education for children affected by armed conflict. Two years on from the launch of the campaign, this is what we have achieved.

Together with you we are rewriting the future for millions of children.

Children don't cause wars and couldn't pick where they were born, but they suffer the consequences every day by missing out on the opportunities an education can bring. Two years ago we launched a worldwide campaign to rewrite children's futures and give them the education they need, deserve, and have a right to.

We do many things, from teacher training to providing school materials to working with parent-teacher associations — doing what works locally.

So far, we have improved the quality of education for 5.7 million children, giving them a real chance to learn. Of these children, we have given access to education for 815,000 children who were out of school. Because of the challenges of the places we are working, it will take us beyond 2010 to get 3 million children into school. But we are determined to do it and our success so far has shown it is possible.

We received a signed letter of support from over thirty Nobel Peace Prize winners, who stated “War and conflict are perpetrated by adults. But every adult was once a child and grew up with experiences and guidance that shaped their lives. At the heart of this lies education. But if more than 70 million children do not even have the chance to go to school, and more than half of these children live in countries affected by armed conflict - what are these children learning?” Find out more.

Two years on

With your help in 2007, we achieved some amazing changes for children:

  • We gave 78,000 children displaced by war a better education, including children forced to flee from Iraq living in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
  • We trained over 25,000 teachers around the world Good teachers are one of the keys to children’s education.
  • We constructed almost 1,000 classrooms across Angola, Cambodia, Indonesia, Southern Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
  • We rehabilitated 778 schools damaged by conflict in Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Liberia, Nepal and Sri Lanka
  • We provided school materials including learning kits, uniforms and school bags for 30,700 students in Sudan and school kits for 13,400 children in Côte d’Ivoire.
  • We made schools safe We have trained over 1,000 teachers in Nepal to make schools a protective learning environment.
  • We got communities involved In Côte d’Ivoire we collaborated with the Ministry of Education to train 200 people to contribute to their local school committee, making their local school a better place for children to learn.
  • We developed curriculums that work
    In Sri Lanka, we have supported the Ministry of Education to develop and put in place a curriculum to teach 350,000 children vital life skills.
  • We helped shape national education strategies In Afghanistan, the Ministry of Education asked us to help draft the country’s first national policy on education for very young children.

Find out more about the Rewrite the Future campaign.

What you can do

Save the Children can't do it alone. Show your support by signing our Rewrite the Future blackboard, making a one-off donation or setting up a direct debit.