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Kevin Watkins

Kevin Watkins was Chief Executive Officer at Save the Children UK from October 2016-July 2021.

Seima, 5, Cambodia

Our CEO's farewell message: 'A privilege beyond words'

Outgoing CEO of Save the Children UK, Kevin Watkins, reflects on his five years with the charity and his hopes for the future.
Children run at a school in Nakasongola in central Uganda.

A wave of hope for children

If vaccines are the light at the end of a tunnel, oxygen is the critical essential medicine that keeps people alive on the journey through the tunnel.
Mahoud and Tayseer, Syria

2021: Optimism and Change

For those of us who believe in child rights and universal rights more widely, this is a time to demonstrate that human solidarity can make a difference.
Omar, 6, Bosnia

Rays of hope for 2021

Kevin Watkins, CEO of Save the Children UK, takes a look back at the year and offers some rays of hope for 2021.
Salam*, 10 and brother Rami*, 13, learn at home in a camp in North West Syria

Meeting our promises to educate refugees during COVID-19

Education ‘stole the show’ at the first ever Global Refugee Forum, Twelve months on, we face a global education emergency brought on by the COVID-19.