U.S. Border Crisis Children's Relief Fund

Save the Children has provided humanitarian assistance to children and families seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border since 2014. We’ve prioritized programming for families traveling with children, with a special focus on the youngest children, pregnant women, new mothers, and children with disabilities.

Our work at the border centers on strengthening the capacity of shelters and communities to protect children and families, addressing their immediate physical and emotional needs, offering resource support, technical guidance, and children’s programming and advocacy. Since the start of our response, we have set up child-friendly spaces for children in shelters run by non-profit agencies; distributed large quantities of care supplies to children and mothers on the move; and supported medical services.

Additionally, we’ve supported free legal aid for unaccompanied children, minors and families in U.S. detention and collaborated with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to help ensure that children separated from their families at the U.S. border were reunited as quickly as possible.

Here are some updates on our work – made possible because of generous donors like you!

In 2022, we addressed the immediate humanitarian needs – such as food, water, and shelter – of more than 1,000,000 people including more than 500,000 children.

Over the past year, Save the Children supported 36 partners and social service agencies across four states and reached:

· 172,000 people (including 62,000 children) in Arizona

· 229,000 people (including over 71,000 children) in California

· 59,000 people (including over 23,000 children) in New Mexico

· 1,017,000 people (including over 361,000 children) in Texas

Save the Children is the only organization responding to the U.S.-Mexico border crisis with a cash assistance program that gives families with children prepaid cards to purchase essential items for their onward travel. In 2022, more than 3,748 children and 4,350 adults benefited from the program.

We could not do any of this important work without the help of our supporters and donors. Thank you for all you do for children and families seeking safety and asylum.

Links:

• Save the Children - U.S. Border Crisis