Save the Children Norway
In 2008, Save the Children Norway brought emergency relief and long term aid to four million children. Save the Children fights for children's right to education, health and enough to eat, and to live in peace and with hope for the future.
If you have any questions, please contact us here.
Job opportunities
Vacant positions in Save the Children Norway - click on British flag to get information about vacancies in English open for Non-Norwegian speakers when such jobs are available. These are mainly abroad.
Scholarship opportunities
Save the Children Norway’s Research Fund offers scholarships for candidates at Master Degree Level or above, for co-financing projects about children.
There will be no announcement from Save the Children Research Fund for candidates at Master Degree Level or above in the autumn 2009.
Support Save the Children Norway
You can donate money, become comitted sponsor or Save the Children member online. The texts are in Norwegian, so if you are unable to fill in the information required, our staff is more than happy to assist you.
About Save the Children
Below you can read more about Save the Children Norway and the Save the Children Alliance that consists of 27 member organizations present in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Save the Children Norway Annual Report 2008
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International Save the Children has 27 members working all over the world. What sets us apart Save the Children is the world’s largest independent organisation for children, making a difference to children’s lives in over 110 countries.
From emergency relief to long-term development, Save the Children helps children to achieve a happy, healthy and secure childhood. Save the Children listens to children, involves children and ensures their views are taken into account. Save the Children secures and protects children’s rights – to food, shelter, health care, education and freedom from violence, abuse and exploitation.
Our Mission
Save the Children fights for children's rights. We deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide.
Our vision
International Save the Children works for:
- a world which respects and values each child
- a world which listens to children and learns
- a world where all children have hope and opportunity
What Sets Us Apart
Save the Children is the world’s largest independent organisation for children, making a difference to children’s lives in over 120 countries.
From emergency relief to long-term development, Save the Children helps children to achieve a happy, healthy and secure childhood. Save the Children listens to children, involves children and ensures their views are taken into account. Save the Children secures and protects children’s rights – to food, shelter, health care, education and freedom from violence, abuse and exploitation.
The role of Save the Children is also to lobby for, support and strengthen structures and systems that institutionalise child rights governance, as well as enhancing the knowledge, skills and willingness of govern-ment and civil society to monitor, implement and promote children’s rights.
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SCN a non-governmental member organisation which is party-politically and religiously neutral. Our values are built upon the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Declaration on Human Rights. The National member congress is the highest authority and meet every second year. The main task of the executive board is to ensure strategic development, reasonable administration and organisation of its work.
Save the Children Norway has offices in Oslo, Kristiansand, Trondheim, Bergen and Tromsø. Together they cover all regions in Norway. Next to every city, you will find a picture with phone number and e-mail address (click on "Send e-post") to our regional contact persons.
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Background
Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton founded the first Save the Children organisation in May 1919, in London, United Kingdom.
Shocked by the aftermath of World War 1 and the Russian Revolution, they were determined to secure improvements to children’s lives. Their goal was to create a powerful international organisation, which would extend its ramifications to the remotest corner of the globe. This was soon achieved – and Save the Children continues to build on this success.
Eglantyne Jebb was the first to press for worldwide safeguards for children. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations in 1989 and now ratified by nearly all countries worldwide, has its roots in her pioneering work. Read more about Eglantyne Jebb here.
Save the Children Norway (SCN)
1946: Save the Children Norway was founded on April 16th 1946.
1948: Austrian and German children arrive Norway on summer vacation escaping the difficult post-war situation for a couple of weeks.
1959: The UN General Assembly passes the Declaration of the Right of the Child on the 20th of November. It becomes the foundation for Save the Children´s work.
1961: Save the Children Norway starts its first planned project with a duration of various years in Tanzania against leprocy. This is a joint effort between Save the Children Norway and Save the Children Sweeden.
1963: Save the Children Norway receives funding for the student campaign “Operasjon Dagsverk” (Operation one day´s work). The collected fundings are spent on building schools in Algeria.
1975: The Campaign “Ethiopia is starving” on the Election Day in October gives NOK 5 million and is at this point the most successful fundraising campaign ever for Save the Children Norway.
1976: An earth quake in Guatamala takes more than 25 000 lives. The catastrophy leads to a pioneer co operation between several Save the Children organisations. It also leads to new ways of working and a whole new international organisation: The Save the Children Alliance.
1978: Save the Children Norway has their first Telehon at the major TV channel NRK. The results are NOK 44 million, 3,500 new individual sponsors, 800 news members and 750 friends.
1989: The UN General Assembly passes the UN Convention on the right of the Child on the 20th of November, and Save the Children from now on defines itself as a Child rights organisation.
1990: Save the Children has its second Telehon. The results are NOK 139 million, 12,000 new individual sponsors. The world first summit on children is held in New York.
1995: PRESS- Save the Children youth organisation starts its first group.
2003: Save the Children Norway has their third Telethon. Result: NOK 158 million
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