Save the Children US Annual Report 2005

During any crisis, children are the most vulnerable, too often lost in the chaos and confusion following natural disasters. In 2005, Save the Children was on the ground to care for children from Indonesia to Louisiana, helping to meet their needs for food, health care and shelter—as well as crayons, paper and a place to play in safety.

Responding to the series of natural disasters that punctuated 2005 has drawn us in close partnership with hundreds of thousands of supporters, who transformed their concern into action for children. Certainly the most dramatic outpouring of support was from children in the United States for children in Asia following the tsunami in December 2004.

One in every ten dollars in private donations to Save the Children came from children. Some 3,000 schools raised $6.7 million through bake sales, math-a-thons, read-a-thons and walk-a-thons, to say nothing of auctions, chores and emptied piggy banks.

Thanks to the unflagging commitment of all our donors in 2005, Save the Children made a difference in the lives of more than 64 million children, family and community members around the world, whether through a community therapeutic feeding center in Dafur, Sudan or our after-school literacy program for children in Kentucky.

This report is Save the Children’s tribute to how we have worked together to create positive, lasting change in the lives of children in need.