Save the Children
Over the last 90 years Save the Children has helped achieve vital breakthroughs for children and has saved millions of children’s lives with the help of our supporters. Over 8 million children under the age of five die needlessly every year. In the 21st century, this is unacceptable.
Wherever they’re born, whatever their circumstances, no child is born to die. Together we can help children live to fulfil their potential.
Save the Children works in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.
Making your will through Will Aid is one way of supporting children like Ashraf below, another way is by making a gift in your will to Save the Children to support our work for years to come. Much of the help we give children today is possible because of the kind and thoughtful actions of others, who decided to include a gift to us after they had provided for their family and loved ones. For more information on how to do this please contact Louise Batty on 020 7012 6524 or visit us at www.savethechildren.org.uk/legacy.
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Ashraf, six-months-old, being taken to Save the Children's mobile health clinic in Holumbi Kalan, a slum in north west Delhi, by his aunt Razia to be treated for diarrhoea. Ashraf's mother, Alia, is at home sick so is unable to take him herself. Ashraf is treated by Dr Anita Harish and given the required medicines.
Save the Children supports the mobile health clinic which is staffed by a doctor, nurses and a pharmacist. The mobile clinic provides diagnosis, treatment and advice on medical conditions and nutrition for slum residents. Together with a network of community health volunteers, also supported by Save the Children, the clinic reduces the chances of late or misdiagnoses of illness, including malnourishment, which is a cause of death among poor children in Delhi. Though most slum residents are entitled to free care at Delhi's government hospitals, these institutions are rarely utilized; a result of poor awareness among residents and the often poorly resourced and under staffed facilities they provide.
£125 could provide a camel for a family in Ethiopia.
A gift in your will of £1000 could equip 50 Blue Flag Volunteers in Sierra Leone with the equipment that they need to provide treatment for diarrhoea. This will empower community members to provide lifesaving treatment for children in their neighbourhood.
£85 could provide a bicycle for a Community Health Worker.
