Information about Redd Barna – Save the Children Norway
Here you will find some information about Redd Barna in English and how to contact us.
Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is our most important tool when it comes to holding authorities accountable to their legal obligations
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
The situation facing the majority of the worlds’ children is a matter of serious concern. Save the Children Norway’s program, advocacy and campaign work addresses the rights of the poorest and most marginalized children and towards governments to close the opportunity gaps and ensure equitable progress and outcomes for children.
Save the Children fights for children’s right to learn, stay healthy and be protected.
Our organisation
Save the Children Norway is a non-governmental member organisation with no party political or religious ties. Our values are built on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Declaration on Human Rights. SCN’s National Congress is the highest authority and members meet every second year. The main objective of the executive board is to ensure strategic development and effective administration in the organisation.
Save the Children Norway has offices in Oslo, Kristiansand, Trondheim, Bergen, and Tromsø, covering all regions in Norway.
Background
Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton founded the first Save the Children organization in May 1919, in London, United Kingdom.
Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children
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.
The history of Save the Children Norway
1946
Save the Children Norway was founded on April 16th, 1946.
1948
Austrian and German children arrive in 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 leprosy. This is a joint effort between Save the Children Norway and Save the Children Sweden.
1963
Save the Children Norway receives funding for the student campaign “Operasjon Dagsverk” (Operation 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 earthquake in Guatemala takes more than 25,000 lives. The catastrophe leads to a pioneer cooperation between several Save the Children organisations. It also leads to new ways of working and a whole new international movement: The Save the Children Alliance.
1978
Save the Children Norway holds our first Telethon on NRK, Norway’s main television broadcaster. The result is NOK 44 million, 3,500 new individual sponsors and 800 new members.
1989
The UN General Assembly passes the UN Convention on the right of the Child on November 20th, and Save the Children from now on defines itself as a child rights organisation.
1990
Save the Children has its second Telethon. The results are NOK 139 million and 12,000 new individual sponsors. The world’s first summit on children is held in New York.
1995
Press, Save the Children Norway’s youth organisation, starts its first group.
2003
Save the Children Norway has our third Telethon. Result: NOK 158 million
2009
Save the Children arranges the first Norwegian Red Nose Day.
2013
Save the Children arranges Operation Day’s Work for the first time since 2006. This year’s project is called Violence Free Schools.
2017
Save the Children starts the national project «The Children’s Election», with the aim to teach children about elections and democracy.
2019
Save the Children starts the project «Trygg på trening» which aims to keep children safe from sexual predators in sports activities.
2023
In 2023, Save the Children once again received the annual NRK Telethon. Over 311 million NOK was raised for Save the Children’s work supporting children affected by war and conflict in Ukraine, Syria, Bangladesh, South Sudan, DR Congo, and Norway.
Tre måter du kan bidra på
Gi et bidrag
Gi det beløpet du selv ønsker. Hver krone teller for de barna som trenger det mest.
Gi månedlig
Gjør som rundt 90.000 andre og støtt vårt arbeid fast. Sammen redder og endrer vi barnas liv – hver dag.
Bli frivillig
Bli med og bidra til at barn får positive opplevelser i form av trygg lek, læring og aktivitet.