The Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge uses an outcomes contract to reward achievement of results, rather than delivery of outcomes. This blog reflects on what we have learned from the first two years of programme evaluation, and what we aim to learn before the programme finishes in June 2025.

The devastating impact of UK aid cuts will be under the spotlight today as it emerges the UK Government is yet to make a financial commitment on fighting malnutrition at a summit designed to leverage billions of dollars in support.

A statement from our CEO, and summary findings and recommendations

The UK Government has allied itself to Israel’s atrocities. The horrors inflicted on children on and since 7th October 2023 have undermined our shared humanity.

Children are feared to be among over 1,000 people killed in weekend hostilities in Syria, which has also displaced thousands of people.

London, 28 February 2025 - The share of the UK’s Gross National Income (GNI) spent on helping vulnerable people overseas is set to drop to the lowest ever as a result of planned aid cuts, Save the Children analysis has revealed.

Cutting the aid budget to increase defence is a betrayal of the world’s most vulnerable children and the UK’s national interest.

Save the Children UK is to put 197 jobs at risk in a reorganisation aimed at increasing impact in the UK and around the world and strengthening its financial position.

Save the Children is asking the question – where is the missing Ukraine money? Have you seen it? Because we haven’t – and neither have the children of Ukraine.

Musician and Save the Children ambassador Sophie Ellis-Bextor has visited Warsaw in Poland to meet with refugee children.

KINSHASA, 12 February 2025 – At least 28 children were among 52 people killed in a violent attack in Djugu territory, Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a wave of extreme violence fuels an escalating humanitarian crisis across the country, said Save the Children.

AXA XL is providing a grant of $1.2 million to Save the Children for a five-year initiative to mitigate the impact of climate change across coastal ecosystems in Sierra

PORT SUDAN, 10 February 2025 – The last quarter of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than at any time since the conflict began nearly two years ago, Save the Children said, with significant violent attacks against children and other civilians continuing into 2025.

Alarming trend continues into 2025, with at least 10 Palestinian children among 70 people killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

It is essential that this funding is additional to supplement a constrained aid budget and prioritises children on the frontline of these crises.

19th January 2025 - The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, funded by GSK, has awarded two innovation projects for finding unique solutions to help more children receive vaccinations.

GAZA, 18 January 2025 – Getting food, water, and medical supplies to children in Gaza will be priorities for Save the Children once the pause in hostilities comes into effect on Sunday, with preparations underway in coordination with other aid organisations to deliver supplies as quickly as possible once entry points are reopened and security guaranteed.

GAZA, 14 January 2025 – The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day [1]- to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.

GAZA, FRIDAY 3 JANUARY 2025 – Israeli airstrikes have killed about 80 people in Gaza in the first few days of the new year [1], Save the Children said. Meanwhile, the UN reports that children are dying due to lack of protection from the cold winter temperatures while Israeli authorities block aid including tents, clothing and bedding from entering the Strip.