Save the Children UK (SCUK)

Contact data:	1 St John's Lane London EC1M 4AR United Kingdom Tel: + 44 20 7012 6400 Fax: + 44 20 7012 6963 Email: supporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk Website: www.savethechildren.org.uk
Year established:	1919
No. Staff:	4000
Main contact:	Bill Bell (b.bell@scfuk.org.uk)
Membership No:	857
Affiliation:	International Save the Children Alliance

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Organisation aims and activities: Save the Children works to achieve
lasting benefits for children within
the communities in which they live.
By influencing policy and practice
based on its experience and study in
different parts of the world in all its
work. SCF endeavours to make a
reality of children's rights.

Operational level: International

Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

Organisation mandate: Fund other organisations, Lobby governments and the United Nations, Provide training or education on child rights, Research child rights, Undertake legal casework on behalf of children, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations, Work with media and press

Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Child participation, Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children with disabilities, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Emergency relief, Environment and habitat, Family and alternative care, Gender and girls, Health and welfare, Justice, Minority or indigenous children, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Sexual exploitation and abuse

Countries in which this organisation works: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Malawi, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar , Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia , Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Tibet, Autonomous Region of China, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

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