Save The Children

Save the Children´s aim is to give children what they deserve. It means a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and care when disaster strikes. Save the Children helps in first place the children in difficult circumstances. This organization saves children's lives around the word. Their vision is that every child has permission to life, protection, development and takes part. Organizations mission is to improve the way children are treated and accomplish direct and constant improvements in children´s life. They work in around 120 countries. (https://www.savethechildren.net/)

Around the world save the children provide lifesaving supplies and emotional support for children caught up in disasters like floods, famine and wars. This organization

Save the Children Finland is called Pelastakaa Lapset. It is a professional organization for children's welfare and an influential actor in society. Their goal in Finland is to create better conditions for children's welfare and improve their opportunities for a good childhood. In Finland child protection work includes for example holiday home services, support family and person services, family placement services, therapy and psychosocial services. (http://www.pelastakaalapset.fi/en/)

Save the Children Finland is doing a lot of advocacy work. They are an active and influential organization in Finnish society where they bring up important issues on children's welfare for discussion. Their aim is to promote the goals of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in local and countrywide as well as international forums. They also work and co-operate with other organizations, authorities and decision-makers to improve children´s welfare more affective.

This programme is a form of early intervention developed to support children’s schooling and hobbies. In Finland some families struggle with financial problems for example single-parent families and families affected by long-term illness or unemployment. The aim of this programme is to ensure that the financial difficulties of a family do not endanger the child’s right to positive development and social inclusion. The Eväitä Elämälle programme comprises three forms of support: study materials, hobby expenses and mentoring. Study materiel help means that children within the programme receive financial help for one school year at a time to cover the costs of books and other study materials necessary for their education in upper secondary school or vocational school. Hobby aid means that financial aid is granted to children individually and can be used to cover the expenses of for example hobby fees, equipment and hobby-related travel. The key idea in mentoring is to support the child’s own motivation to study and increase positive learning experiences with the help of a mentor. Mentors are young students and they will have small financial compensation of supporting children´s learning process.