Looking back

Our work in 2024

Child rights are our history, present and future. This is why we are supporting children in Gaza with life-saving humanitarian work, protecting children fleeing the war in Sudan and creating child-friendly spaces in Swiss asylum centres where children can simply play and recuperate. In our 2024 Annual Report, you can find out more about these projects that we have been able to implement in the past year with the generous support of our donors.

Adrian Förster CEO Save the Children Switzerland

Download the 2024 Annual Report (in English) pdf - 4,66 MB

Download the 2024 Financial Report (in German) pdf - 1,03 MB


Overview

The year in figures

In 2024, Save the Children Switzerland was active in 33 countries as well as transnationally with 64 projects, and was thereby able to improve the lives of around 1.1 million people, including over 316’000 children. We were able to effectively grow our global programmes focusing on surviving, learning and protection from violence.

In Switzerland, we were able to reach over 8000 children and young people in 2024. We helped create child-friendly spaces, train staff and deliver courses for parents at 61 asylum shelters.

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We supported 1'086'605 people, including 316'451 children.

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Projects We were active globally with 64 projects.

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Countries We were present in 33 countries.

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Switzerland We supported 61 asylum shelters in Switzerland.


Where we work

Where we have been

With 64 projects, Save the Children Switzerland was active in 33 countries as well as transnationally, and was thereby able to improve the lives of around 1.1 million people, including over 316'000 children. Save the Children International was active in 113 countries around the world.

6183 children and young people know their rights.

We supported 129'449 children with health and nutrition programmes.

We provided 65'721 children and young people with access to learning opportunities.

We reached 8350 children and young people with our Swiss projects.

19'929 children and families received cash assistance.


The world’s most widely recognised UN treaty

100 years of child rights

It was an historic day: one hundred years ago, on 26 September 1924, the League of Nations adopted the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child. This was the very first official commitment to uphold children’s rights. The declaration laid the foundation for today’s Convention on the Rights of the Child – the world’s most widely recognised UN treaty.

We can look back on an eventful century of child rights. Much progress has been achieved: child mortality has been drastically reduced and the number of children attending primary school has risen considerably. Important laws have been passed to protect children against labour, child marriage and violence. Yet despite these successes, substantial challenges remain: millions of children are growing up amidst conflict, are displaced or are living in poverty.

Find out more about our history

Archive

Download our annual reports and financial reports

You can download our annual reports and financial reports from previous years by visiting our archive. These comprehensive documents provide an insight into the work performed by Save the Children Switzerland.

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Info Since 2023, our annual reports and financial reports have been exclusively available in digital form.

2024 Annual Report (in English) pdf - 4,66 MB

2024 Financial Report (in German) pdf - 1,03 MB

2023 Annual Report (in German) pdf - 12,62 MB

2023 Financial Report (in German) pdf - 948,81 KB

Archived annual reports

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