Do you know what malnutrition does to a child?
Children need good, nutritious food – that’s a fact.
But right now, millions of children around the world don’t have enough to eat – that’s another fact.
Behind those numbers are children’s experiencing real hunger. Or worse, severe acute malnutrition.
Today’s global food crisis is the result of conflict like the war in Ukraine, skyrocketing food prices, Covid, and the climate emergency.
We know it’s a complex global problem. We also know we need as much support and awareness as possible. Are you ready to help fight the #ChildrensHungerCrisis?
Your monthly donation could provide children and families affected by war, natural disasters and other crisis across the world, with life-saving essentials like food, water and healthcare.
Why should i donate?
Around the world hunger is robbing children of their childhood, but the cure costs peanuts.
Each sachet of peanut paste is a whopping 500 calories and is packed with protein, minerals and vitamins. Plus it’s ready to eat – no need to keep it in the fridge or cook.
Within hours, a malnourished child can start to become themselves again. Their strength begins to return, their eyesight recovers, and organs – kidney, liver, spleen – start to work properly again.
Today’s global food crisis is the result of conflict like the war in Ukraine, skyrocketing food prices, Covid and the climate emergency.
It’s a complex global problem – and it needs both immediate and future-proof solutions. That’s why tackling hunger and child malnutrition is such a priority in 2023.
Right now we’re supporting health workers like Fadumo (pictured above) to provide:
- emergency nutrition and healthcare
- cash to support families
- drought-resistant crops
- water supply and storage
- safe spaces in commuities to play and learn so that they can begin to recover
With your support, we can make this the last children’s food crisis.
Start your monthly donation today.
Why Your Donation Matters
For over 100 years Save the Children have fought for a fairer world for children.
Month after month, in the UK and around the world, we make sure children stay safe, healthy and keep learning through the toughest times. Whether they're at risk due to conflict, poverty or the global food crisis we ensure we are there providing vital resources such as food, water, education and mental health support to ease their suffering and help recovery.
We could not do this without our supports who give a donation every month.
Monthly donations allow us to plan for the long term. To be not just reactive, but proactive in thousands of projects helping children across the world, all designed with one thing in mind: to improve the lives of children.
How Your Donation Can Help
Save the Children’s ambition is a world in which every child has the right to survive, learn and be protected. We were founded on the belief that every child deserves the chance of a future. This belief underpins everything we do.
Together with families, supporters and partners, we work to help every child get the future they deserve - focusing our efforts where the need is greatest.
Your donation could help ensure children:
- Get a healthy start in life: From training midwives through to setting up Emergency Health Units, we work to enable safe birth.
- Learn and go to school safely: Campaigning for marginalized and poverty stricken children, setting up temporary learning spaces and repairing damaged schools in conflicts.
- Protect children from hunger: Our teams provide counselling, breastfeeding support, malnutrition screening, vitamin supplements and cash transfers.
- Grow up in resilient families: Our family tracing team work tirelessly all over the world to reunited children parents and siblings for a lifetime of belonging.
