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Welcome to Skip a Treat!
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Over 100 million children around the world get no basic education at all. It's a shocking statistic, even more so when you consider that education is absolutely fundamental to tackling poverty.
This is why we're asking you to skip a treat and donate the money you would normally spend to Save the Children - you may be surprised just how far your money goes!
..What would you go without to give a child the chance of a better future?A serve of ice cream? A chocolate bar? A visit to the movies?
Not much is it?
You may not realise it, but for less than the price of a box of cookies you could buy a textbook for a child in Vietnam. While the cost of a bunch of flowers could cover a teacher's salary in Sri Lanka for an entire month.
Please click here to download a skip a treat donation form
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Skip a Treat Armbands Order Form (PDF file)
Show your support by wearing a Skip a Treat armband.
Get together with friends and colleagues at work or school and skip a treat collectively for Save the Children Week. Your collective action will help us help others.
What's the next Step?
Keep an eye on the website for more Skip a Treat news including a list of celebrity supporters.
To receive your Skip a Treat CD ROM - designed specially for Schools send us an email [email protected]
About Save the Children
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world for the past 74 years. It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 27 national Save the Children organizations working in more than 100 countries to ensure the well-being of children.
Hot lunch program in Appalachia, 1930's
The history of Save the Children is a story of positive change and people — millions of people in thousands of communities around the globe — working together to create opportunities for the world's children to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives. In January 1932 in a small room in New York City, a group of concerned citizens gathered to respond to the needs of the proud people of Appalachia hard hit by the Great Depression. The inspiration and vision for Save the Children came in part from the international children's rights movement begun in England in 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb, founder of the British Save the Children Fund. From this early effort in the hills and hollows of Harlan County, Kentucky grew a self-help philosophy and practice still at work today in more than 45 countries — providing communities with a hand up, not a handout. This approach — working with families to define and solve the problems their children and communities face and utilizing a broad array of strategies to ensure self-sufficiency is the cornerstone of all Save the Children's programs. Through the decades, we have evolved into a leading international relief and development organization. Countless events and achievements have shaped the development of our organization and helped change the lives of the children we serve.