What Save the Children has been doing: Our breakthroughs

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What Save the Children has been doingOur
breakthroughs
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AFTER SCHOOL children had nowhere to
go WE introduced the idea of playgroups
During World War II we developed play centres to
stop children playing in bombsites. After the war
we developed this idea into playgroups, now
adopted for children worldwide
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THEY expected the poorest children to last whole
day on thin air WE campaigned for free dinners
and milk in schools
In the 1940s we got the law changed and the UKs
poorest children still benefit from this today
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THOUSANDS of children are separated from their
families in conflicts and disasters every
year WE found new, safer ways to reunite them
Our family tracing systems helped reunite 45,000
children with their families after the Rwandan
genocide in 1994
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In the 1990s we pioneered new ways to educate
disabled children that overturned world opinion,
and got millions the chance to go to school for
the first time
THEY thought disabled children couldnt learn in
mainstream schools WE knew they could and should
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TODAY, WERE WORKING WORLDWIDE in 56 countries,
including hard-to-get-into, dangerous ones like
Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and
Afghanistan
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AND WERE WORKING IN THE UK TOO Did you know that
one in ten children in the UK lives in severe
poverty? Were campaigning to get rid of child
poverty in the UK by 2020
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What Save the Children will do next
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NEARLY 10 MILLION children wont live to see
their 5th birthday this year
YOU help us stop this. We know the solutions,
like vaccinations, mosquito nets and enough food.
We just need the world to see how easy it is.
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HAVING A BABY in Liberia is scary. And it costs
up to 1500 Liberian Dollars to deliver. Trouble
is, thats a months salary. YOU make
governments realise that healthcare fees dont
work
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Over and over weve seen that education is the
only way to stop the vicious circle that keeps
many children exploited or trapped as child
soldiers
WE WANT TO PROTECT CHILDREN with knowledge, not
guns YOU help us replace fighting with learning
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WE KNOW theres no time to waste when disaster
strikes YOUR DONATIONS help us stay ready to
act quickly
After the tsunami, we got emergency help to
hundreds of thousands of children. Were still
there, helping communities rebuild
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Lets work together to make dramatic changes for
children
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Lets work together to make dramatic changes for
children