Save the Children

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization. It was founded in the UK in 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton, with the initial goal of feeding children during the Blockade of Germany. It was determined in 1921 that it would become a permanent organization after needs were recognized across Europe and Russia. The mission became "an international effort to preserve child life wherever it is menaced by conditions of economic hardship and distress". The organization raises money to improve children's lives by creating better educational opportunities, better health care, and improved economic opportunities. It achieves this through several methods, including health, education, and protection programs. The group was one of the first organizations to assist children and work with holocaust survivors following World War II, and has been present for crisis management during the Korean War, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Vietnam War, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak, among others.