Edmauro

Da Conceicao Gomes Birthday: July 26th, 2003.

Health: Satisfactory

Grade: 2

Country: Brazil

Participation in Community: Recreational Activities

Lives with: Parents

Chores: Helps with household cleaning

SAVE THE

CHILDREN

~ Save the Children is an

international relief and

development organization.

~ It first began in the United

Kingdom in 1919 and was founded

by Dorothy Buxton and Eglantyne

Jebb.

~ The sisters decided that more

practical help was needed; they

formed the Fight Famine Council.

DOROTHY

EGLANTYNE

SAVING THE

CHILDREN

TODAY!

~ Works are based around the rights

of children and listed in the United

Nations Conventions.

~ Also try to work on a wider basis;

aiming to achieve lasting changes in

children’s rights.

~ Run a variety of programs

throughout the world to: improve the

health of mothers & children, help in

breastfeeding, and HIV/AIDS

prevention and care.

CHILD

PROTECTION

~ Girls and boys in every country of the world face abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence.

~ Save the Children works to prevent all forms of abuse and neglect.

~ Operate Child Friendly spaces for children.

~ To protect children, they work with governments, international organizations and local community partners.

CHILDREN AROUND

THE WORLD

53,000 MURDERED

126,000,000

FORCED TO WORK

220,000,000

SEXUALLY ABUSED

CHILD EDUCATION

~ Save the Children’s goal is to achieve universal primary education by

2015.

~ Focus on: early childhood care and development of basic primary and

secondary education.

~ Save the Children Foundation eliminates barriers to education so that

every girl and boy has the chance to go to school.

~ They focus their efforts on the most at risk children.

CHILD HEALTH

& NUTRITION

~ Save the Children works to

improve the health and nutrition of

children worldwide.

~ Address the major causes of

illness and malnutrition.

~ They also train community health

workers to identify and treat the

biggest killers of children.

~ Operate and support programs

for infants and young child breast

feeding & parent-child bonding.

BRING A SMILE TO THEIR FACES,

YOU CAN HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Works Cited

“Child Protection”. Save the Children

Canada. n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2012.

“Education”. Save the Children Canada. n.d

Web. 22 Apr. 2012.

“Health and Nutrition”. Save the Children

Canada. n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2012.

Parry, Ann. Humanitarian Organizations:

Save the Children. Langhorne: Chelsea

House Publishers, 2006. Print.