May 19, 2013
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Description
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an internationally active non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries. It was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.
In addition to the UK organisation, there are 30 other national Save the Children organisations who are members of Save the Children International, a global network of nonprofit organisations supporting local partners in over 120 countries around the world.
Save the Children promotes policy changes in order to gain more rights for young people especially by enforcing the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Alliance members coordinate emergency-relief efforts, helping to protect children from the effects of war and violence.
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![Rights group reports 'appalling' torture of Syrian children [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-11080000/11080805/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8cd944a60b8007e7907a091fb70a4cce "Reuters/Adem Altan/Pool")
![More Palestinian children suffering from hunger in Gaza as Israeli siege continues [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-7572000/7572028/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=3cc337ed100329f12cba96a462b04a20)
