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Save the Children

Fundación Save the Children

Barcelona, Spain

Children & YouthEducationHealthPoverty & HungerTax-deductible donations
NGOInternational reach
Profile last updated: September 18, 2026

About

Save the Children is a non-governmental organisation based in Barcelona, Spain working on children & youth, education, health +4 more.

Save the Children España is the Spanish arm of the international child rights organisation Save the Children, registered as a foundation (Fundación Save the Children, registered under number 162 in the Spanish Registro de Fundaciones). It works for children in Spain and internationally, with a focus on protecting children from violence, tackling child poverty, providing education and health support, and responding to humanitarian emergencies. In Spain, it runs child poverty and education programmes in Andalucía, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana, Madrid and País Vasco, as well as services for migrant and unaccompanied children, including in Ceuta and Melilla. Internationally, it works in more than 110 countries. The organisation also advocates for child rights policies with governments and institutions, offers online parenting courses, runs volunteer and employment programmes, and works with companies and foundations through corporate partnerships. It publishes its accounts and annual reports and states that most of its income comes from private sources.

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

Fundación

Legal name

Fundación Save the Children

Registration

162

VAT number

ES130049000

Focus areas

child rightschild povertyeducationemergenciesadvocacyparentingvolunteering

Languages

ES

Causes & programmes

Causes

Children & YouthEducationHealthPoverty & HungerHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefHuman rightsRefugees & Migration

Works for

ChildrenFamiliesPeople in povertyRefugees & Migrants

How they work

Direct servicesAdvocacy & campaigningEmergency responseAwareness & educationVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Saveflix

Solidarity subscription service that lets people choose how to support child rights protection.

Escuela de madres y padres

Free online courses and guides for parents on education, bullying, sexuality and digital safety.

Programas de educación contra la pobreza infantil en España

Education · Spain

Programmes in Andalucía, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana, Madrid and País Vasco that aim to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty through education.

Countries of operation

Spain

Funding & support

Annual budget

More than €65m (2025)

Funded by

Individual donationsCorporate partnerships

Ways to support

DonateMonthly givingVolunteerCorporate partnershipLegacy givingMembership

Trust

Tax-deductible donationsONG Transparente

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Save the Children International

Partnerships

CaixaBank, UNIQLO, El Corte Inglés, Atlético de Madrid, Esade

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