Rewrite the Future - Where

In 30 poor & conflict-affected countries, 37 million children are missing out on education – more than half of all children out of school worldwide.

Save the Children is working in twenty countries to reach as many children as we can. We are calling on the international community to ensure all children affected by conflict can go to school. See examples of what Save the Children is doing in:

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s civil war, flamed by foreign interests, began in 1978. Fundamentalist Taliban...

Angola

Though Angola’s 27-year civil war ended in 2002, it has huge debts, sporadic unrest...

Colombia

For over 50 years, internal armed conflict has taken a huge toll on a country...

Cote dIvoire

Côte d'Ivoire has been split in two since an army mutiny in 2002...

DRC

The DRC is one of Africa’s largest countries, rich in minerals. But forty years...

Haiti
Haiti 

With many of the Latin America and Carribbean region's worst development indicators, Haiti's children...

Indonesia

Indonesia is struggling with the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, a Tsunami and earthquakes of devastating...

Liberia

Except for the two years from 1997 to 1999, Liberia was in a constant state of conflict from 1989 until Peace Accords...

Nepal

Nepal is an isolated monarchy with nominal, limited democracy after 1 February 2005...

Sierra Leone

The civil war that ended in 2002 has left a dreadful legacy. Sierra Leone is officially...

Somalia

Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Life expectancy is just 47 years and many...

Sudan

South Sudan has seen 21 years of civil war. Millions have died, been abducted, recruited into militias...

Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, armed conflict between ethnic groups erupted in 1983 and has been present for the past two decades...

Sudan 

Sudan has been in crisis since becoming independent in 1956. Civil wars and disasters...

Uganda

During 20 years of intense fighting between the Uganda government and rebels, thousands ..