Save the Children Federation, Inc./US is a preeminent provider of development and humanitarian assistance worldwide, implementing grants and contracts for the US government and/or other donors for more than half a century. Save the Children brings strong management and innovative strategies to programs in education, health, economic opportunities, food security, children in crisis, and emergency response in order to achieve its mission: to create lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need. Active in 45 countries, Save the Children is recognized internationally for its capacity to mobilize communities, reach disadvantaged populations, and build bridges for effective communication among communities, local organizations, and government. The hallmarks of Save the Children's work – a woman/child focus and an emphasis on building local capacity – underscore the importance that the agency attaches to participatory methodologies and lend unique credibility with stakeholders and partners.
Save the Children has strong capabilities in: 1) community mobilization, participation, and development for health (over three decades of experience developing, testing, and refining methods and approaches); 2) multisectoral programming that achieves synergies among health, education, economic opportunities and food security; 3) building community and institutional capacity to sustain improvements in health status (and skills and structures that can be applied beyond the health sector); developing, supporting, and strengthening thousands of partner organizations through one-on-one work, providing and arranging for training in technical and management skills, brokering mentoring relationships, and supporting the formation of NGO networks and coalitions to expand program reach and scale; 5) field-based operations with links to communities and district health systems, with influence on national policies based on field experience; 6) measurement of changes in community participation and capacity; and 7) technical expertise in the health sector including child survival (newborn health and community IMCI), reproductive health (including FP, STIs, adolescent reproductive and sexual health, safe motherhood), HIV/AIDS, and school health and nutrition.
