Gaza. Ukraine. Flooding. Hunger. Mass displacement. Climate change.

The severity of these crises is increasing, and their repercussions are being felt worldwide. Emergency response has grown more complicated, and more costly.

Save the Children’s Emergency Fund is an essential resource as we prepare for and respond to the ever-increasing number of people in need of humanitarian assistance. The Fund gives us resources to act quickly to deliver lifesaving programming, distribute essential supplies, restore education and livelihoods and re-establish a sense of normalcy for children and their families as quickly as possible. It helps us prepare better, respond faster and rebuild stronger.

Our Emergency Fund allows us to respond wherever and whenever we're needed most. It allows us to respond within hours of a disaster, so we can reach children immediately and help them survive.

The Emergency Fund: A LIFESAVING Resource

Save the Children has been standing side by side with children in crisis for more than 100 years.

In 2023, we helped more than 26 million people to survive emergencies in 59 countries around the world.

The Emergency Fund allows us to pool resources before emergencies happen, ensuring that we can anticipate, plan, prepare for and deliver high-quality humanitarian aid for children and communities. Ultimately, it means we don’t have to wait for funds to be raised before we can reach children in crisis.

WHAT YOUR SUPPORT MAKES POSSIBLE

Launches aid faster

The Emergency Fund allows us to deploy trained emergency staff and supplies before or immediately after a crisis. When we pre-position expert staff and supplies, we can launch relief in the first hours when children are most at risk.

Promotes flexibility

Humanitarian crises demand that our response teams are prepared to quickly adapt programs to new and changing needs, especially when working in fragile and conflict-affected communities. Flexibility also enables responses to scale quickly.

Reaches “hidden” and “forgotten” crises

The lives and futures of millions of children are threatened every year by crises that never make headlines, or are quickly overshadowed by other world events. Chronic conditions like protracted conflict and persistent hunger can also fall from view.

Prepares communities

By procuring materials ahead of time, we buy them at a reasonable price and ensure they are culturally appropriate and quickly available at the onset of a crisis.