Save the Children is the world’s largest independent organization for children. They are 29 national organizations working together to deliver programs in more than 120 countries around the world.

They advocate for children issues and promote child rights. In Bhutan they work in close collaboration with the Royal Government of Bhutan to ensure that all children receive the benefit of the programs and their rights well protected.

Their Vision

Save the Children’s vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.

Their Mission

Save the Children’s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

 

Save the Children in Bhutan

Following a mutual agreement with the Royal Government of Bhutan, Save the Children Bhutan Program was established in 1982, as an initiative to aid and assist the children and community in Edi in Zhemgang.

In Edi, Save the Children helped establish a pre-school, a health post, an 18-km mule track, a community centre, a suspension bridge, safe drinking water supply and irrigation canals. What began as a one-community program in 1982 has today culminated into being a national partner for the Royal Government of Bhutan, providing financial support and technical assistance to relevant government sectors, local NGOs and other partners, in providing services to the children in Bhutan.

The focuses of Save the Children in Bhutan are enhancing access to Adolescent development, youth advocacy, awareness and education, child protection and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCD).

A recent yet critical area of intervention has been the advocacy and initiation for Disaster Risk Reduction and Response.