Save the Children Romania (Salvati Copiii)

The organization SAVE THE CHILDREN ROMANIA is a social institution, whose mission is to guarantee the equality of chances for all children, irrespectively of the community they come from, by using its own expertise, as well as through advocacy activities and lobbying the decision makers and by mobilizing the civil society leaders.
All its actions are based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. For 20 years, Save the Children Romania, a national non-governmental, of public utility organization, has been promoting the rights of the child. More than 500.000 children have been included in educational programmes, protection, social and medical assistance programmes, stimulating their participation in activities of promotion and recognition of their rights. At present, the organization has branches in 12 counties and Bucharest, more than 6000 members and more than 1000 active volunteers.
It is a member of Save the Children International, the world’s largest independent organization for the promotion of children’s rights, including 29 members and conducting programmes in more than 120 countries.
Always acting in the best interest of the child, Save the Children Romania underlines the importance of and focuses on the right to free and non-discriminatory education for all children and their protection against any form of violence.