BOLIVIA Save the Children implements programs in Bolivia directly, as well as with partners and stakeholders.We seek that all children attain their rights to survive, learn and be protected from harm. Our approach focuses on comprehensive child development and child participation.
AREAS OF INTERVENTION
OUR WORK Education: we seek to ensure that children have access to high quality basic education services and focus our efforts on comprehensive early childhood care and development.
BENI
LA PAZ
Child Rights Governance: we work with national and local governments to ensure compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.We also advocate for legislation to protect children´s rights and to increase public investment in children.
COCHABAMBA SANTA CRUZ ORURO
Protection: we strengthen child protection systems so children can live in an environment free from violence and exploitation. We work towards eliminating all forms of physical and humiliating punishment of children at home and in schools. Poverty Reduction: we promote policies and advocate to reduce child poverty, and implement programs on adolescent skill-development in order to enable them to make a successful transition to adulthood. Health & Nutrition: we work to eliminate child mortality from preventable causes, promote access to sexual and reproductive health for adolescents, and seek to ensure equitable access to health care and nutrition for the most vulnerable children.
POTOSÍ CHUQUISACA
2016 OUTREACH 913,201 people. 526,645 children and 386,556 adults. Outreach by program area:
3,336
Protection
566,704 Education
CROSS-CUTTING THEMES Gender, resilience, multiculturalism and active participation of children and adolescents.
26,364
BUDGET 4,526,523
Health & Nutrition
64,080
Child Poverty
252,717 Emergencies
SUCCESS STORY
Pedro, 12, Caracollo.
OUR DONORS
We have learned to wash our hands every day and that this is important in order not to get sick... we teach other children and at home
• AECID • Bulgari • Development bank of Latin America • ECHO - European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (European Commission) • Fe y Alegría Bolivia • Jersey Overseas Aid Commission (JOAC) • Latin America Children Trust (LACT) • Save the Children UK • Save the Children US • Save the Children Spain • UNICEF • UNESCO
#EveryLastChild Every Last Girl We are campaigning with adolescent’s girls who are mothers, pregnant or homeless, and take action to ensure their rights to survive, learn and be protected.