Children's Emergency Fund

Conflict and climate disasters have forced more children from their homes than any other time since the beginning of the century, leaving millions in need of protection and essential services.

The Children’s Emergency Fund is Save the Children's most valuable resource when it comes to preparing, launching and scaling humanitarian assistance. It is the world's largest independent, nonprofit humanitarian fund, reaching over 25 million people last year alone.

The Fund allows us to pre-position resources before emergencies happen, ensuring that we can prepare for and deliver immediate, lifesaving humanitarian aid for children and communities as soon as a crisis hits.

So far this year, the Fund has provided assistance to over 5.4 million people, including 3.3 million children across 52 countries, allocating $27.7 million in flexible funding to meet humanitarian needs.

The Fund has enabled us to help families fleeing the conflict in Sudan, deliver lifesaving healthcare in Gaza, respond to the devastating floods in Afghanistan and so many other emergencies. Notably, we strengthened our commitment to local and national actors, allocating more than $2.3 million to 28 local partners so far this year.

Together, we’re ensuring no child is left behind, reaching the most vulnerable whenever and wherever they need us.

Thank you again for supporting Save the Children! Download the attached report to see how the Children's Emergency Fund has been used so far in 2024. 

Links:

• Save the Children - Emergency Response

• Children's Emergency Fund Mid-Year Report 2024 (PDF)
  

Thank you for supporting the Save the Children and the Children's Emergency Fund! 

On February 6, 2023, catastrophic earthquakes leveled communities in Türkiye and Syria. The scale of the world’s deadliest seismic event in more than a decade meant millions of people were displaced, many not for the first time.

We were one of the very first NGOs to respond to the damage. Immediately following the devastation, our teams and local partners led a massive humanitarian relief effort to provide families with hot meals, clean water and temporary shelter.

For the last twelve months, our humanitarian response has spanned education, child protection, psychosocial support, distributions and more. Thanks to your generosity, we’ve been able to help nearly a million people on the road to recovery. Your support enabled us to provide immediate relief as well as scale up our long-term recovery efforts like helping children safely return to learning, ensuring access to health services and restoring families’ livelihoods.

Download our Road to Recovery: Türkiye and Syria Earthquake One Year Report to learn more about our ongoing response, which has helped over 980,000 people – and which wouldn’t be possible without supporters like you.

One year on and thousands of families in Türkiye are still living in temporary accommodation after more than 75,000 buildings were destroyed beyond repair. Access to healthcare, education and other services are limited.

Meanwhile, a major escalation in conflict in Syria – the largest since the ceasefire in 2019 – has left hundreds of thousands of people at risk of displacement.

We’re committed to helping families for as long as they need our support.

Your support of the Children’s Emergency Fund today will help us achieve our 2024 priorities and goals.

Thank you again – your donation will help change the lives of thousands of children, including those in Türkiye and Syria.

Links:

• Save the Children - Turkiye and Syria Earthquake Response

• Road to Recovery: One Year Report (PDF)