Humanitarian
Logistics Group 10
Burcu Süerdem
Gökhun Çamurdan
Kerem Tuncel
Ata Oğuzcan Tekin
Background Information About
Save the Children
‘‘We cannot leave defenseless children anywhere exposed to ruin – moral or physical’’
Eglantyne Jebb
Founder of the Save
the Child Organization
Background Information
Save the Children
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Eglanyne Jebb founded the Save the Children Fund in England in 1919 to aid
children in war-ravaged central Europe.
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In 1932 a group of forward-thinking Americans were inspired by the Jebb’s vision
and established Save the Children in the United States.
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In 1950, Save the Children expanded education and farming programs to France,
Holland, Italy, West Germany, Austria, Finland, Greece, Lebanon and South Korea.
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In 1970’s Save the Children’s international headquarters moved to its current
location in Westport, Connecticut. By the end of the decade, operating revenues
had grown to $12.5 million and our programs reached children in 400 communities
on five continents.
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http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6229507/k.C571/History.htm
Current Situation
Current Situation
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Save the Children is the world's leading independent
organization for children. Their operation has reached
nearly 120 countries.
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Total revenue of the organization has reached $600 million
in 2012 and Save the Children use this budged more than
87% on their programmes.
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In 2012 Savethe Children responded to 77 humanitarian
rises caused by conflict and natural disaster, assisting 5.8
million children in 46 countries.
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Organizatation trained 96.000 health workers
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Save the Child vaccained 1.3 million children
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Education programmes reached 5 miilion child in the
world in 2012
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http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=443
8#.Uwit8mJ_uLp
Current Situation
• Financial Breakdown for Incomes and Expendures
MAIN PROJECTS
• Every Beat Matters
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Vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival,
protection, development and participation
Goal is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats
children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their
lives
Objective is to ensure that children in need grow up protected and
safe, educated, healthy and well-nourished, and able to thrive in
economically secure households
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Training local health workers
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Protecting vulnerable children from abuse and exploitation
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Helping communities in at-risk countries to be prepared in
advance of natural disasters
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Improving children's health through regular exercise
http://www.everybeatmatters.org/about
MAIN PROJECTS
Every One Campaign
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Vision is that no child under the age of 5 dies from preventable causes.
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Goal is that Millennium Development Goal 4 – a two thirds reduction in child mortality rates by
2015 – is achieved
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Objective is that by 2015 The project will have catalyzed a breakthrough in governments’ policy
and practice that dramatically accelerates sustainable progress towards MDGs 4 and 5.
What they are doing;
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Every one in Pakistan,a glance at 2013
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Treating Pneumonia in remote areas in Banglades
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LifeSaving Community Volunteers in Nigeria
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Another Milestone for the long awaited Health Bill in Nigeria.
http://everyone.sav
ethechildren.net/ab
out
MAIN PROJECTS
Saving Newborn Lives (SNL)
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Focus on testing and replicating scalable packages of
newborn care services within existing large-scale
health systems
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Goal reducing 1990 child survival rates by two thirds
by 2015 – the mandate of Millennium Development
Goal (MDG) 4.
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High-impact and cost-effective interventions
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Easy-to-apply antibiotics to ensuring warmth
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Initiates breast-feeding at birth
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Increase availability of and access to routine and
emergency newborn care services and supplies
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SNL program works to develop, apply, document, and
sustain packages of effective evidence-based
newborn care services
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(http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6234293/k.7FC1/Newborn_H
ealth.htm)
Success Stories
• West Africa Hunger Crisis
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Throughout 2012 they have reached over 1.3 million people in West Africa
and raised a fund of over $37 million. http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae432c-9bd0-df91d2eba74a%7D/WEST_AFRICA_REPORT_SIX_MONTHS_ON.PDF
• Haiti
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Medicine and help of treatment for Cholera especially after the earthquake
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Educational interventions which helped to increase the primary school enrollment
from %49 in 2006 to %76 in 2012.
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Health and nutrition interventions to over 16 thousand children only in 2013.
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http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9DEF2EBE-10AE-432C-9BD0-DF91D2EBA74A%7D/HTIEARTHQUAKE_FOURYEARREPORT_10JAN14_USA.PDF
Failure Stories
• Sponsorship Scandal in 1998
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An investigation about the Chicago Turbine revealed that two dozen donors
were making donations to dead children.
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An employee was forced to resign as a result and the organization had started
a full investigation of all the audits. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-0318/news/9803220001_1_special-report-child-sponsorship-children-federation
• Pakistan Inquiry in 2012
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Dr. Shakil Afridi was said to be working for CIA, performing a fake vaccination
campaign in order to gather intelligence.
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Save the Children denied any connection between them and Dr. Afridi or the
fake vaccination campaign.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/09/pakistan-evicts-save-thechildren-foreign-workers.html
Other Similar NGO’s
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World Vision is a humanitarian organization dedicated to
working with children, families, and their communities
worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes
of poverty and injustice. They work in nearly 100 countries. We
provide emergency assistance to children and families
affected by natural disasters and civil conflict, work with
communities to develop long-term solutions to alleviate
poverty, and advocate for justice on behalf of the poor.
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http://www.worldvision.org/about-us/who-we-are
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ChildFund provides services to children, mostly funded by
individual contributors in the form of monthly child
sponsorships. In addition, ChildFund says it receives grants
and donations that support vocational training, literacy
training, food distribution, educational programs, early
childhood development, health and immunization
programs, nutritional programs, water and sanitation
development, and emergency relief in both man-made
and natural disasters.
Other Similar NGO’s
For over 75 years, Children International has been providing
critical assistance to children and families struggling in terrible
poverty. Through our one-to-one child sponsorship program, we
reduce the burden of poverty on impoverished children, invest in
their potential and provide them with opportunities to grow up
healthy, educated and prepared to succeed and contribute to
society.
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