Every year, 1 million children die from the consequences of hunger.
This makes hunger one of the most common causes of death in childhood.
Only with your help can we reach these children.
Your donation gives them a meal today and a chance for a future tomorrow.
From hunger to hope
Together we can combat hunger and give children the nourishment they so urgently need, allowing children like Maryan to enjoy being children. Your donation will be used for all our activities, wherever suffering children need them most urgently.
Save the Children works in crisis areas around the world to support children and families.
When crises such as droughts, floods, or conflicts become foreseeable, we can often predict hunger. Together with communities, we monitor weather patterns, harvests, and risks — and respond in time.
We provide families with cash so they can buy food. When there is nothing left to buy, we distribute emergency supplies and meals. This helps prevent children from falling into acute malnutrition in the first place.
Your donation helps us act early — before the situation becomes life-threatening.
Children who are already severely malnourished need help right away. Our medical teams treat them with medication, therapeutic milk, and a highly effective peanut paste: a high-calorie, vitamin-rich emergency food that quickly helps weak children regain strength.
A single sachet can save a life. The paste is ready to eat, requires no water and no refrigeration — crucial in crisis zones. Three portions a day can stabilize a malnourished child within just a few weeks and drastically increase their chances of survival.
We train health workers so that malnutrition can be identified and treated early — even in remote areas.
Your donation funds precisely this life-saving treatment.
We think long-term. That’s why we help communities break the cycle of hunger. This includes providing goats for milk, offering agricultural training, supporting small farmers, and strengthening local health services.
This makes families more resilient — and allows children to grow up healthy and safe.
Your donation creates lasting opportunities — far beyond the immediate crisis.
All of this is only possible thanks to people like you. Since our founding, the fight against hunger has been one of our most important missions. Today, we work to ensure that children survive, learn, are protected from violence, and can exercise their rights. Your donation makes all of this possible — wherever children need it most. And to continue this path, we rely on your support.
