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Celebrating the Class of 2025: Future Leaders Rising

Save the Children South Africa (SCSA) proudly celebrates six remarkable young people from our networks who sat for their matric exams in 2025, and every single one passed, with several earning distinctions. Their academic success is a testament to resilience, determination, and the support of families, communities, and partners who believe in children’s rights.

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Hunger No More: How Save the Children South Africa is Rewriting the Future for Limpopo's Youngest Learners

At Save the Children South Africa (SCSA), we are committed to creating a world where every child has the chance to thrive. In 2022, we embarked on a powerful partnership with Clarins to address the pressing issue of food insecurity in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres. Implemented across multiple provinces, including Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Gauteng, our partnership is bringing vital support to vulnerable children…

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The Power of Purpose: Women Leading African Philanthropy

By Gugu XabaAfrican women have long been at the forefront of philanthropy in their communities, exemplifying “love in action” through courage, cultural integrity, and care. At a recent Adɔyɛ Dialogue hosted by Wits University’s Centre for African Philanthropy and Social Investment, we celebrated iconic women leaders – like Dr. Barbara Masekela and Ms. Sibongile Mkhabela – whose legacies light the way. Their example…

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I Am Lunch

Every child has the right to nutrition and health. Every mother should be given the opportunity to enjoy their maternal rights, this means exclusive breastfeeding.

That’s why as an organisation, we want to see a world where mothers are supported on their breastfeeding journey. Read this new full-time working mother’s breastfeeding journey here.

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Bridging the Gap for a Changing World

There is a growing global movement advocating to include a broader range of skills, competencies and values, beyond numeracy and literacy, in education policies and curricula. This movement manifested within Sustainable Development Goal 4 – “to ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning”. 
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The lived experience of a migrant child.

When I was a “Guiri”
*Guiri is an informal Spanish slur used in Spain applied to foreign tourists, particularly from Great Britain, but can be applied to other Northern European countries.
 
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Positive Affirmations

Please download your freee positive affirmations to be included in lunchbags/boxes for school-going children.    

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About: Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In South Africa and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the…

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The effects of public violence on children.

South Africa is currently experiencing extreme public violence, and everyone is trying to make sense of this. Some blame the jailing of our former President, Jacob Zuma. Others point to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions that have exacerbated high unemployment and food insecurity. Still others bemoan a lack of law and order.
But we should be asking ‘what does all of this mean for children, and the future of our country?’