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Almost 12% of Australian children fall below the poverty line. They don’t need to.
Imagine... an Australia where all children are safe, healthy, well-fed, educated and happy. If all children had everything they needed to thrive and grow, chances are they would make a better world for future generations. Let’s make it our goal to create this kind of Australia.
Save the Children Australia works in impoverished remote, rural and urban communities in Australia – where conditions can resemble parts of the developing world. Despite Australia’s wealth and high standard of living, many children are still consistently denied access to opportunities that could enable them to reach their potential. By providing early childhood development, literacy, physical activity, and nutrition programming we can give all Australian children a chance at a brighter future.
As an Imagine supporter you are making Australian children’s dreams a reality.
Our heroes
Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton
These women founded the first Save the Children organisation in May 1919, in London, United Kingdom.
Shocked by the aftermath of World War 1 and the Russian Revolution, they were determined to secure improvements to children’s lives. Their goal was to create 'a powerful international organisation, which would extend its ramifications to the remotest corner of the globe'. This was soon achieved – and Save the Children continues to build on this success.
Eglantyne Jebb was the first to press for worldwide safeguards for children. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and now ratified by nearly all countries worldwide, has its roots in her pioneering work.
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Our heroes
Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton
These women founded the first Save the Children organisation in May 1919, in London, United Kingdom.
Shocked by the aftermath of World War 1 and the Russian Revolution, they were determined to secure improvements to children’s lives. Their goal was to create 'a powerful international organisation, which would extend its ramifications to the remotest corner of the globe'. This was soon achieved – and Save the Children continues to build on this success.
Eglantyne Jebb was the first to press for worldwide safeguards for children. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and now ratified by nearly all countries worldwide, has its roots in her pioneering work.
