Five years ago governments made an important promise to the world’s children. Enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world’s ambitious but achievable targets for 2030 embraced by 193 countries, is a pledge to end the scourge of preventable child deaths. Redeeming the pledge will take a concerted drive to combat pneumonia, the deadliest […]

At the first ever global forum on pneumonia, leading agencies including Save the Children and UNICEF are meeting to boost efforts in the fight against the disease. This comes after new analysis from Johns Hopkins University found that nine million lives could be saved by scaling up the fight against the childhood pneumonia. PNEUMONIA DEATHS […]

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has helped immunise 760 million children. But one child in ten is unvaccinated. Continued and increased investment is needed.

They’ve lost their homes and most of their money, so we’re providing destitute families with vital aid. The economic and political crisis in Venezuela has plunged 90% of the population into poverty, creating an acute humanitarian crisis. More than 4 million people have left the country since 2015, and this number is only expected to […]

Inspired by the wisdom of children, here are 6 simple tips we can all live by to make 2020 an even better year. Presenting our Janifesto 2020: 1. Stay Generous Patrick* took part in our creative workshops in a refugee camp in Uganda, where he lives. When war broke out in South Sudan, Patrick had […]