Save the Children would like to thank all the companies, individuals, foundations, governments, non-governmental organisations and international institutions that support our work.

Save the Children seeks to engage in meaningful dialogue with the corporate sector, to build strong relationships based on mutually-defined objectives, and to work together to reach, protect and support more children worldwide. A partnership with us will further your corporate social responsibility aims, and will involve innovative project delivery and accountable monitoring and reporting.

Please contact us at info@save-children-alliance.org to discuss working in partnership with Save the Children.

Here, we outline some of the ways that corporate partners contributed to our work in 2008.

Baker & McKenzie

Law firm Baker & McKenzie provide invaluable help with our ongoing work to protect the Save the Children logo and brand around the world. The firm, a long-term Save the Children corporate partner, provide pro bono legal advice on trademarking and other areas.    

Boston Consulting Group

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a major pro bono partner for Save the Children. Our relationship, in place for almost 20 years, enables consultants to dedicate their time and expertise to work with us on a number of global and national projects. A successful annual secondment programme is in place, focusing on change management and financial analysis.

Our partnership allows the BCG team to apply skills normally associated with business consultancy to a different goal - improving the way we create change for children. In 2008, BCG consultants also provided invaluable analysis and support in the process of determining our strategic direction for 2010-2015.

Bulgari

Bulgari began supporting Save the Children's Rewrite the Future campaign in 2009 to highlight the importance of quality education for children affected by conflict. The luxury brand has raised more than €6 million to benefit the campaign, through sales of a unique and simple silver ring and pendant - with the Save the Children logo engraved in the inside - and the auction of an exquisite collection of jewels and watches.

The exciting partnership between Bulgari and Save the Children will continue for two more years in 2010 and 2011: Bulgari has committed €8 million to support Save the Children's key strategic interventions, beginning with the response to Haiti's devastating earthquake. Learn more about this partnership

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are providing extensive ongoing advice and support to Save the Children International on a pro bono basis in relation to the implementation of the Save the Children 2010-2015 global strategy, including the set up of Save the Children’s new ground breaking international programming operations.

GS Home Shopping

GS Home Shopping has worked with us in support of child survival and health since 2005. In 2008, the company contributed US$200,000 for medical treatment of rare diseases in children from low-income families.

It also actively promoted our Knit One, Save One campaign via its TV Channel, online retail channels and stores, and donated US$180,000. Thanks to the campaign, Save the Children received 80,500 knitted caps for newborns, secured 12,000 new donors and a pledge of US$1 million in the Republic of Korea to improve infant survival rates in Mali.

IKEA

Save the Children and the IKEA Group have been working together since 1994, in particular on issues related to children used in harmful labour. Save the Children supported the development of IKEA's child labour code of conduct "The IKEA Way on Preventing Child Labour", which is part of IKEA's overall code of conduct "The IKEA Way on Purchasing home furnishing products" (IWAY).

Save the Children and the IKEA Foundation (the philanthropic arm of IKEA and registered Dutch charity) work together to actualize children's rights to a healthy and secure childhood with access to quality education. By listening to and learning from children, we develop long-term projects that empower communities to create a better everyday life for the many children. Learn more about this partnership

Intensa Sanpaolo and Fondazione Cariplo

Project Malawi, promoted and founded by Intensa Sanpaolo and Fondazione Cariplo, is an ambitious development programme targeting AIDS in Malawi. By increasing access to early childhood development services and strengthening psychosocial support for children affected by HIV and AIDS, the programme is giving children a chance to develop their potential.

Nokia and the Nokia Siemens Network

We are working with Nokia and the Nokia Siemens Network to respond to drought in southern Ethiopia.The project, co-funded by Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ethiopian government and Save the Children, is proof that multi-sector alliances can be successful. The initiative, which is bringing sustainable solutions to 70,000 people, involves six community-managed water points, health and hygiene instruction, and promoting children's rights and educational opportunities.

Reckitt Benckiser

A major partner since 2003, Reckitt Benckiser is supporting child survival programmes for children under five in Angola and Tanzania. Their outstanding Save 100,000 Lives campaign was launched in the UK in 2006 with a target of US$1.6 million, which was subsequently increased to US$2.4 million and reached in December 2008. Reckitt Benckiser aims to raise a further US$5.5 million over the next five years.

Save the Children also benefits from generous annual contributions of US$150,000 towards our Children's Emergency Fund.