Save the Children Afghanistan Annual Report 2019

Save the Children in Afghanistan is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political, and independent international organisation which has been working for Afghanistan since 1976. Save the Children is committed to supporting children through implementing programmes in 14 provinces of Afghanistan. We have reached over 650,000 children in 2019 directly and through partners.

Throughout 2019, Save the Children celebrated two momentous anniversaries for children’s rights. In addition to the 30th Anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a century ago a young English woman, Eglantyne Jebb, launched a pioneering campaign to save suffering children across war-torn Europe. She was visionary in her belief that children have individual rights and dedicated her life to holding the world accountable to ensuring children’s rights are realized. The organization’s mission continues to be doing whatever it takes for the most vulnerable children in Afghanistan and around the world. Over the past 100 years, Save the Children has changed the lives of far more than 1 billion children globally, including reaching nearly four million people throughout Afghanistan in 2019 alone.

Save the Children in Afghanistan works closely with children, parents, teachers, village councils, religious leaders, ministries, national and international non-governmental organisations, and other stakeholders. Our approach of closely engaging  communities has enabled us to deliver lasting change to the children in Afghanistan.