Saving children's lives
When was the last time your MP did something for you?
Ask your MP to stop needless child deaths. Let's get the UK Parliament working to help more children reach their fifth birthday.
10 million children die every year before their fifth birthday, with the very poorest and neglected children at greatest risk.
Many of these children die from illnesses like pneumonia and diarrhoea - things we can easily prevent or treat. In the 21st century, that's just wrong.
We know that it's simple to save lives. Vaccinations, mosquito nets and clean water are all simple things that can keep a child alive.
These should be available to all children, wherever they are born.
What you can do
Email your Member of Parliament to ask them to speak up for the 10 million children who die every year. Get the government to make preventable child deaths a thing of the past.
By signing an Early Day Motion - a type of petition in Parliament - your MP will be bringing your voice to the corridors of power. The more MPs who sign up, the more pressure we'll put on the government to save children's lives.
Because the situation is urgent. World leaders may have signed up to Millennium Development Goal 4 - to cut the number of children dying by two thirds by 2015. But at current, shockingly slow rates of progress, that goal won't be reached until 2045. That's 30 years behind schedule!
Want to find out more?
- Read our campaign in a nutshell (PDF 6MB) to discover what needs to be done.
- Check out the campaign summary (PDF 136KB) to find out more detail
- Watch Kadiatu's video to see conditions in Sierra Leone, one of the toughest places in the world to be a child.
- Read an overview of our healthcare work in 2006/07.
- Find out how healthcare fees are preventing children from poor families from getting the life-saving treatment they need.
- Let Badaam tell you the difficulties facing mothers and babies in India, and how Save the Children is helping.
