In many countries, Save the Children has provided distance learning materials such as books and home learning kits to support learners during lockdown, working closely with governments and teachers to provide lessons and support through radio, television, phone, social media, and messaging apps. [7] Three additional employees were reprimanded for allowing these deaths to go unreported. Their headquarters is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. We know the poorest, most marginalized children who were already the furthest behind have suffered the greatest loss, with no access to distance learning—or any kind of education—for half an academic year.”. Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding over 100 years ago, we’ve changed the lives of over 1 billion children. Save the Children USA was formed in 1932 to help children in the Appalachian mountains during the Great Depression, and modeled on the Save the Children Fund which had been established in Britain in 1919. 501 Kings Highway East, Suite 400, Fairfield, CT 06825. Who isn’t against child trafficking? Some are turning out to rallies in cities across the country to call for an end to child exploitation. Aisha*, 15, from Ethiopia is one of them: “Three months ago, things were very good for me. “Instead, we are at risk of unparalleled budget cuts which will see existing inequality explode between the rich and the poor, and between boys and girls. Louisiana has since revised its regulations to require that all regulated child care centers and homes have written disaster plans for evacuation and relocation and for parent-child reunification following a disaster as well as specific plans to meet the needs of children with disabilities and those with access and functional needs during emergencies. Donate Today. We have detected that JavaScript is disabled in your web browser. “Right now we are living through extremely unstable and uncertain times, and that tends to make people even more anxious to look for answers and to look for villains,” Olmsted said. “By portraying themselves as defenders of children and investigators of unspeakable crimes, the adherents of QAnon seek to seize the moral high ground. New report from Save the Children warns of ‘unprecedented global education emergency'. With influential figures using their social media megaphones to amplify them, incendiary falsehoods are circulating in the mainstream before the November election in an alarming break from the norms of presidential politicking. “It’s less of a barrier to entry to talk about child trafficking than it is to claim that every elite person in America is actually part of a massive pedophile ring,” Ryan said. “It was always shocking to me how many older women would be at these rallies,” Ryan said. “Around 10 million children may never return to school—this is an unprecedented education emergency and governments must urgently invest in learning,” Soeripto continued. In a worst-case scenario, under which governments shift resources from education to other COVID-19 response areas, that figure could climb to an astonishing $192 billion by the end of 2021. “It has been nearly three months since schools were closed and like many of the children here, I spend most of my time looking after the livestock and I sometimes help my mother with household chores like cleaning and cooking.”. “It would be unconscionable to allow resources that are so desperately needed to keep alive the hope that comes with education to be diverted into debt repayments,” said Janti Soeripto, President and CEO of Save the Children. From our earliest days in Appalachia – helping children and families hardest-hit by the Great Depression – to today, our U.S. team goes where others cannot. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Many children will have had a potentially traumatising experience and will be left with haunting memories. To ensure delivery of Save the Children emails to your inbox, add support@savechildren.org to your contact list. Information concerning Save the Children Federation, Inc., including copies of its IRS Forms 990 and 990-T, may be obtained without cost by calling 1.800.728.3843, writing to Save the Children Federation, Inc. at 501 Kings Highway East, Fairfield, CT 06825 or send an email to supportercare@savechildren.org “The promise the world has made to ensure all children have access to a quality education by 2030 will be set back by years. Many of the top 12 countries in the report’s index already had high out of school rates and a sharp divide in school attendance along wealth and gender lines. Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. When you give, 86% of every dollar goes straight to our mission. Melissa Ryan is CEO of CARD Strategies, a firm that helps organizations counter-disinformation and extremism. Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Charles Lindbergh’s name. Since our founding over 100 years ago, we’ve changed the lives of over 1 billion children. We're in Beirut right now, providing: Weather … leads a team that researches domestic radicalization. On the surface, #SaveTheChildren, which began as a fundraising campaign for the Save the Children charity, and a related hashtag, #SaveOurChildren, don’t seem controversial. Bogus #Pizzagate theories return We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Their headquarters is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, we’ve changed the lives of more than 1 billion children. And that makes these insinuations dangerous, he warned. According to data analyzed by USA TODAY, posts with those hashtags peaked on Facebook on Aug. 10, shortly before Facebook removed hundreds of pages and groups tied to QAnon and blocked hundreds of hashtags across Facebook and Instagram. Louisiana joins a list of only 17 states that meet all four disaster preparedness standards. “If we allow this education crisis to unfold, the impact on children’s futures will be long-lasting,” Soeripto added. In total, Save the Children estimates that some 9.7 million children could be forced out of school by the end of this year. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. The viral spread of QAnon groups triggered a crackdown over the summer on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Observers say the 2016 presidential election spurred the rise of conspiracy theories once confined to the fringes. Children in these countries are also caught in a vicious cycle of risk: they face greater risks of being forced into child labor, and adolescent girls are especially at risk of gender-based violence, child marriage, and teenage pregnancy, which increases the longer they are out of school. In recent months, millions have seen anti-child-trafficking memes, according to data from CrowdTangle, a public insights tool owned by Facebook. Save the Children urges governments and donors to ensure that out-of-school children have access to distance learning and to protection services. For more than six decades, Save the Children has used rights-based approaches to increase access for children, adolescents and youths to quality education, and to strengthen child participation and protection at the family, school and community levels. The agency is also urging commercial creditors to suspend debt repayments by low-income countries—a move that could free up $14 billion for investment in education. According to data prepared for USA TODAY by media intelligence company Zignal Labs, Save the Children has received nearly 2.6 million mentions on Twitter since June 1. Save the Children warns that school closures have meant much more than education loss for many children, taking away safe places where children can play with friends, have meals, and access health services, including services for their mental health. The phenomenon reminds her of rallies during the 2016 election for “Pizzagate,” a debunked conspiracy theory alleging that a secret cabal of elites operated a child sex trafficking ring out of a pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C. A North Carolina man traveled there and fired an assault weapon, endangering families and children. But the hijacking of the #SaveTheChildren hashtag on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is exposing unsuspecting Americans to QAnon ideology. Dehumanizing political opponents can lead to violence. The investigation uncovered two dozen donors were making contributions to dead children. “Governments should be putting the interests of children before the claims of creditors. Save the Children Federation, Inc., commonly known as Save the Children USA, is a non-profit organization working to improve the lives of children in the United States of America and around the world. Hijacking #SaveTheChildren on social media is exposing unsuspecting Americans to QAnon ideology. [10] On August 7 Save the Children issued a statement on the unauthorized use of its name in campaigns. Girls are likely to be much worse affected than boys, with many forced into early marriage. [9], In 2020 proponents of the unproven far-right conspiracy theory QAnon attempted to co-opt the hashtag #SaveTheChildren, leading to a temporary block of the hashtag on Facebook. Save the … It was not the first time that the baseless smear came out of the Trump camp. [4], In 2008, when Save the Children conducted its initial review of disaster preparedness standards for child care facilities and K–12 schools in all 50 states, Louisiana met none of the standards. We are responding to the most immediate and critical needs of children and their families with food, shelter, and psychosocial support. “Stories of child victimization are effective at mobilizing people to support a movement, even if it is based on conspiratorial views," Jensen said. They are a central tenet of the extremist conspiracy movement QAnon whose followers believe that Trump is a messianic figure battling a “deep state” of devil-worshipping, child-molesting Democrats. [11][10], A National Report Card on Protecting Children During Disasters, QAnon attempt at co-opting #SaveTheChildren, https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.history&orgid=4438, "Historical Ratings for Save the Children", "Charity Navigator - Historical Ratings for Save the Children", "Save The Children Reacts To Probe, Plans Reforms", "What Is #SaveTheChildren and Why Did Facebook Block It? Gifts are deductible to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations. [2], Save the Children USA is part of the global Save the Children movement, with operations in over 120 countries around the world.