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Tithi learned a lot after participating in the sponsorship program. She especially benefited from the basic education component, which provided storybooks as supplementary reading material, helping to improve her reading skills. From the School Health and Nutrition (SHN) component, she learned about eye examinations (vision screening), weight measurement, and proper handwashing techniques. Save the Children provided storybooks, educational materials, notebooks, and pens. Her school teachers received training, and first aid training was also provided. She learned many life skills from the Adolescent Development component of the Choice, Voices, and Promises (CVP) innovation program. This innovation project Choices, Voices, Promises was implemented in Barishal sponsorship of rural impact areas. The gender role transformative approach focuses on the Choices, Voices, Promises (CVP) curriculum. CHOICES targets very young adolescents (10-14) to challenge restrictive gender norms and promote positive self-concept. VOICES aims to increase respect and dialogue between parents and adolescents, reducing inter-generational transfer of inequitable gender norms. PROMISES seeks to shift community norms to value girls' education over early marriage and emphasize access to health services. Interventions include individual sessions with adolescents, family discussions using audio testimonials and story cards, and community engagement through posters and facilitated dialogues with influencers.
Tithi is working as a Sponsorship Child Leader in her community. She received a child-friendly card this year with her photograph and information from the Annual Family Update (AFU) of the Sponsorship Operations program. She liked this card very much. Apart from this, she is working as a Little Doctor in her school.
While many in the United States celebrate the holidays and enjoy meals with their loved ones and familes, 783 million people don’t know where their next meal will come from. That’s a staggering number. Watch the video below to see how together, we can break the cycle of poverty and feed children’s futures.
Chimau is 13 years old and lives in Western Province in Zambia with her mother, Inonge (38), her brother Lawrence (7) and her grandmother Mary (68). The region has been hit with the country’s worst drought in 20 years, leaving Chimau and her family – who rely on growing their own food to survive – in a desperate situation with very little to eat.
The rainy season in Zambia normally stretches from October to March, but during the 2023/24 rainy season there have been intense dry spells and Inonge says when the rains started they planted their crops, but then the rains suddenly stopped. Her ground nut crops have failed, and her maize crops – which were due to be harvested in May – have already shrivelled up and died.
Inonge also used to do small jobs on people’s farms weeding and cutting shrubs, but even these jobs are hard to find now as everyone has been impacted by the drought. The only occasional work she can find is washing clothes at the nearby school and mission.
Chimau says they only eat one meal a day, and that hunger is impacting on her studies. She says she feels sick and gets a headache. In class, she can’t concentrate because she’s thinking about food and falls asleep.
Seven out of 10 provinces in Zambia have been impacted by the intense drought and the government has declared a national emergency. More than 1 million children are facing severe food shortages and hunger as the El Niño induced dry spell kills crops and dries up water sources.
Children like Chimau, pictured here and above, are being negatively affected by the impacts of the climate crisis at an alarming rate. Learn how child campaigners are working to “Nurture the Future” and empower youth and others to build a more sustainable tomorrow.
5-year-old Joelene shows off her free books during Save the Children’s Book Event on Friday, July 29, 2022, in Arkansas. Save the Children established our signature KinderBoost™ program – to help ensure the transition to kindergarten is a smooth and successful one for America’s kids. KinderBoost is a two-week school-readiness program that provides children and families opportunities to become familiar with their new school environment, meet school staff, make new friends and engage in early learning activities. We work in partnership with communities, fostering authentic connections between school and family. The two-week child-education program includes: skill-based learning centers focusing on math, literacy, fine motor skills and more, an in-school field trip, a family literacy event, resources for families to help their children prepare for success in school, including children’s books, school supplies and a backpack and graduation celebration.
Did you know that Save the Children designs, staffs and delivers high-quality early childhood education programs that prepare kids for kindergarten, foster parent-school connections and empower parents to be their child’s first and most important teacher? Thanks to your support, more children in rural America are set on a path of learning and success.
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Children preparing gifts from the hygiene products to their loved ones.
Within the scope of World Handwashing Day, SC TCO staff performed 3 day of training for kindergartens, primary and middle schools. Staff demonstrated how to wash hands correctly and distributed hygiene products such as soap, toothpaste and tooth brush.
Are you looking for a meaningful gift that shows the impact of your partnership with Save the Children? Visit our online Holiday Gift Guide to see the ways you can make a difference today – and choose a card to tell your gift recipient all about it.
Children smile for a photo with their arms up, excited to play an Emergent Reader game and sing a song. Mary, age 8, Paislee, age 6, Jameison, age 6, and Germanii, age 6, enjoy participating in Save the Children's Emergent Reader Program at school.
These children benefit from Sponsorship programes in the US.
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The family of Serjmaa, 34, and Bat-Ochir, 34, lives in Uvs province with their five children, four girls and a boy.
Their eldest, Nomuun, 13, attends school in the morning, while Namuutsetseg, 11, and
Nasanbat, 9, attend the afternoon shift of the local school.
The family received cash assistance and livestock fodder to help overcome
the hardships of Dzud. Bat-Ochir said he bought study supplies and clothes for his children, food for the family and used the rest to buy bales of hay for his prized horses with the monetary assistance.
Thanks to your generous support, we’re working in 115 countries around the world and have responded to emergencies in 59. You’ve told us that you also have a passion for trekking the globe in support of kids. See all the places where you’re helping children survive and thrive!
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