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Save The Children
By Chelsea
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Are you ever afraid someone is going to knock at your door and say Save
the Children was founded in 1932 as a nonprofit organization whose mission
was to make an everlasting change in the lives of children in need. Today,
Save the Children works in 19 states in the USA and in 47 countries to
help improve health, education, and economic opportunities for children
and their families. Save the Children also mobilizes quick life support
assistance for families caught in tragedies of all sorts. Here
are some examples of ways in which Save the Children has provided help to different
groups. Save the Children helps the
Navajo Nation in New Mexico, USA where sadly, only 7% of the American Indian
children go to college. There are also many children being forced out of
their homes that Save the Children must help. There are at least 30 wars
going on in the world at this very moment with millions of people being affected.
You can help by donating Another
one
of Save the Children’s current projects is One World, One Wish. Save the
Children wrote a report about themselves and Lesley Jane Seymour
(Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire Magazine) read it.
After reading the report, she was motivated to help. In the end,
Marie Claire and Save the Children united
and named the campaign, “One
World, One Wish.” It’s a national effort to raise public awareness of
the needs of children and women affected by war and to raise money to
meet their protection needs. I
think you’ve learned enough about Save the Children to realize it is a
good cause and you should help. It feels good to help people, even if you
don’t know whom you’re helping. Trust me, I know. Helping people
really does bring a smile to your face. Go to www.savethechildren.org
to find out where and what to do to help. You’ll feel great for doing
it! Citations Websites Save the Children. "Save the Children" 2004. <http://www.savethechildren.org/> (December-January, 2003-2004). Images Images of Kid Soldier, money, and gun and cross from "Clip Art Gallery" Images free for non-profit and personal use. (October-February, 2003-2004). Glossary Nonprofit: not making a profit (extra money). Return Motivated: having a reason to do something. Return United: joined together to help. Return |Salvation Army| UNICEF| Heifer International| Peace Corps| Red Cross| Save the Children| CARE| |
you
have to go to war even though you’re only 6 years old? Well, some
children do worry about that. Everyday children as young as six are loading
guns. If you already know this and you want to know how to help, you are
in the right place. 
money. Even if you only have one spare dollar, it
could still make a difference. You may not think so, but you could
actually make someone’s day with just one dollar! Every little bit
helps. 