Yell for youth
Young people campaigning
Check out the brilliant fifth birthday action cards that we've been getting from you. We've got some more pictures below, and the chance for you to fill in your own. Tell the Prime Minister what you think of 10 million children dying needlessly every year before they've even reached their fifth birthday.
Save the Children supporters at The World Can't Wait rally. Children can't wait for the G8 to make poverty history. Find out more about how you can campaign below.
We're taking over! This year we broke the World Record for the biggest sleepover. The girls here are chilling out at Lord's Cricket Ground. There are loads of events you could organise to highlight the plight of millions of hungry and homeless children around the world. Find out more on this page.
Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody and drummer Johnny Quinn are Save the Children ambassadors. They do loads of great work for us. In a band? Why not organise a band night to raise awareness about the 10 million children that die every year before reaching their fifth birthday. Your strumming can make a difference! Find out more below.
This year we're hitting the festivals in style. This nifty poster was made by children at Strawberry Fair, Cambridge. Feeling creative? Why not decorate a birthday card or make a short film? All the details are below. It's dead easy to make your artwork make a difference to children all over the world.
Some of our young campaigners creating a stir at the EU Africa Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. We put pressure on world leaders to place children at the centre of all their policies. You can become a campaigner for children round the world in under a minute. Just take our latest e-action below.
Abubakar, Isatu and Noah - young people from Kroo Bay, Sierra Leone - interviewing a mother who lost her baby to malaria. It's tough being a kid in Sierra Leone - one in four don't even make it to their fifth birthday. Check out the Film Kroo's latest brilliant recording.
These guys in south Wales are holding up one of the simple solutions to saving a child's life: a mosquito net. They helped us launch the campaign Saving Children's Lives - showing that small and simple actions could save the life of a child. You can take one of these actions. Knit a hat or decorate a card. Find out more below.
Shona, waits to meet Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. She's going to ask him about children missing school in the UK. Sign up to our campaigns network to find out more about how you can get involved in making our government do more for children.
Five of our young campaigners confronting Hilary Benn MP, as part of the Ouch campaign. They asked the politician to help bring about free healthcare in Africa. Every day around 800 children die because they can't afford to see a doctor or nurse. Play our games below to find out more about healthcare around the world.
Act now
Got a few minutes? Why not change the world...
- ...DRAW
10 million children die every year before their fifth birthday. We think that sucks. If you do too, Download a fifth birthday card (PDF 412KB). Fill it in and send it to us:
Campaigns
Save the Children
Freepost Lon 15888
London
EC1B 1BR
(if you have a stamp handy please use it)
We'll send it on to the Prime Minister - the more he gets the less he can ignore us! -
...FOOD FIGHT
We've started a food fight with the G8. Help us win by signing our broccoli tree and letting world leaders know you think all children should have enough to eat. - ...E-ACT
Sign our latest e-action campaign. - ...KNIT
Download a knit kit - it's dead easy to knit a hat and save a baby's life. - ..FILL
Visit Fill up your head or download the Kidactivism fun sheet (PDF 2.9MB)
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...BEBO
Join www.bebo.com/savethechildren - tell everyone what is important to you, share your views and opinions. You need to be 13+ and make sure you have your parents' permission if you're under 18. Read the terms of use for our page on Bebo. - ...PLAY
Saving Children's Lives bingo (PDF 2.8MB). Millions of children are affected each year by a lack of basic healthcare and medicine. Find out more by playing bingo with your friends. Or play Death Detective: here's the board (PDF 871KB) and here are the cards and instructions (PDF 1.4MB) - ...CHEAAARRRRRGE!
We need people to stand up for kids around the world. Are you planning an event? Why not campaign with us at the same time? Band nights, scout campfires, fairs - you can use all these occasions to campaign for children round the world. Organise your event today!
Or check out our online guide (PDF 235KB) on how to challenge your MP to tackle the problems you care about.
Or visit our campaigns homepage and join in to help us change the world for children. 
...FILM
189 world leaders have made a promise to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. Their promises are called the Millennium Goals. They're falling massively behind.
Remind them about the promises they made by making a film and uploading it to our Bebo page.
- ...DOWNLOAD
Download our poster (PDF 2.4MB) and see how free healthcare could save hundreds of children's lives.
What's going on?
- FESTIVALS
We're throwing a party at festivals around the country this summer. Help us raise awareness, come and sign our action cards, join in with our activities and get some great festival freebies. Find us at the next festival near you. - KNIT ONE, SAVE ONE
We've received over 150,000 beautiful knitted hats from knitters of all ages and abilities across the country. Visit our hat gallery. And if you haven't knitted yours yet, get knitting! - KEEP YOUR PROMISE
Come and join us on Saturday 4 October in London's Trafalgar Square to show that you think child poverty in the UK is out of order.
Happy birthday to them
People all round the country are filling in birthday action cards, to help more kids celebrate their fifth birthdays.
So far we have had over 2,000 cards back - add your voice to the campaign and send your message to Gordon Brown (PDF 412KB).
Check out some of the beautiful cards we've been collecting:
Yell for Youth news
- Monday 14 July 2008 MPs knit together to save ten million children's lives
- 20 MPs, including Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, joined forces in the Houses of Parliament to knit baby hats for Save the Children's campaign to save ten million children's lives
- Friday 11 July 2008 Kids set World Record for longest game of Chinese Whispers
- A new Guinness World Record has been set for the longest game of Chinese Whispers involving 1,330 children and celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment.
- Wednesday 2 July 2008 Save the Children starts a food fight with the G8
- As the G8 prepare to meet in Japan next week and food prices skyrocket, Save the Children asks UK families to join its Fight for Food as part of its biggest ever campaign to save children's lives.
