A girl holds a hygiene kit
A girl holds a hygiene kit

Save the Children

Save the Children

Kemala*, 7, shows her hygiene kit after attending the hygiene training by Save the Children in Sulawesi, Indonesia after the 2018 earthquake and tsunami. Image: Hariandi Hafid/DEC

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When disaster strikes, we’re there – saving lives. Our teams do whatever it takes to reach children, delivering life-saving food, shelter and medicines straight to where they’re most urgently needed. In the weeks and months after an emergency, we help keep children safe and support families to rebuild their lives.

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