Here’s How You Could Make A Difference: Pledge With Save The Children
The pandemic has affected every single person in our country and children have been hit especially hard. Many of us are fortunate enough to have safe and comfortable homes and the means to make homeschooling work for our kids.
Sadly, not everyone in our country is as lucky as we are. According to the DepEd, 2.73 million learners were unable to enroll in school last year due to COVID-19. Fortunately, Save the Children, an amazing organization who is actively working to give all Filipino children a healthy start in life and the opportunity to learn, even during a pandemic is there to help.
To celebrate 40 years of lifesaving work for and with children in the Philippines, Save the Children launches the “I Pledge to Save the Children”. It is an online campaign that aims to raise funds to support important Save the Children programs. These programs focus on giving children and their families access to learning kits, health and nutrition services, parenting support materials, and hygiene essentials and clean water. All of which are especially important during these hard times.
Over the years, many celebrities such as Liza Soberano, Pia Wurtzbach, Andi Eigenmann and Ria Atayde have expressed their support for Save the Children and their programs. Thanks to the “I Pledge to Save the Children” campaign, you can also join their ranks and contribute to this worthy cause!
Individuals and groups are invited to participate by visiting Save the Children’s giving platform, selecting the program they wish to support, and setting up their own fundraising pages. This is a great idea for parents who may want to celebrate a special occasion in a new and impactful way. For example, you can tell your family and friends that instead of receiving gifts for your child’s birthday, you would prefer that they donate to your child’s fundraising page instead.
How to set up your own fundraiser:
Step 1: Choose a program you want to support. Save the Children has 4 programs you can choose from:
LEARN – Project ARAL (Access to Resources for Alternative Learning)
This program provides needy children with alternative learning materials as well as training for parents and caregivers to be able to provide a safe and nurturing environment for the child. Php 500 will provide one child with a learning kit and an individual fundraising goal of Php 40,000 provides 80 children with learning kits.
SURVIVE – NURTURE (Nutrition among Urban Poor through Unified Response)
Helps support the nutrition and health of deprived and marginalized children through monitoring their nutritional status and providing necessary interventions. Php 400 will support the health and nutrition of one child. An individual fundraising goal of Php 40,000 will support the health and nutrition of 100 children.
BE PROTECTED
This program focuses on introducing Positive Discipline techniques to parents and caregivers so they can provide their children with a nurturing home conducive for their growth and development. Php 800 provides parenting and learning kits for 1 family. An individual fundraising goal of Php 40,000 will provide parenting and learning kits to around 50 families.
EMERGENCIES: COVID 19 PANDEMIC
This provides a month’s supply of hygiene essentials and clean water to families who have been especially hit hard by the ongoing pandemic. Php 2,000 will provide a family of 5 with one month’s supply of hygiene essentials and clean water. An individual fundraising goal of Php 40,000 will provide this for 20 families.
If you have 20 friends and family members who are happy to share Php 2,000 each, imagine all the families you can help! Of course, these are just sample benchmark amounts and any funds raised will go a long way for Save the Children and its programs.
Step 2: Set up your Simply Giving Account
Click on the program below that you want to support. You’ll be redirected to the Fundraising event page on SimpyGiving.com and once on the website, please select “Start Fundraising”. Create or log in to your SimpyGiving account then personalize your fundraising page by adding your fundraising target and the description and banner ad that will be provided by the Save the Children team.
Step 3: Make a pledge
Record a video of yourself (or your child celebrating a birthday) sharing your pledge for children. Save the Children offers some guidelines for the video, please get in touch with [email protected] for all the details you need to make the perfect video, including a sample spiel you can use. After recording it, you’ll also be sending back your video to Save the Children and they’ll work their magic on it, adding donation details and making it Facebook, Twitter, and Insta-ready for posting.
Step 4: Spread the word!
The last step is letting people know about your pledge and fundraiser through social media. To encourage people to donate, Save the Children will even send you some suggested posts that you can share together with your final video.
There are many Filipino children who need help and Save the Children is a remarkable organization that has always put them first. It believes that every child deserves a future. Through the organization’s work in education, child protection, child poverty, and health and nutrition all work together to give these needy children a chance.
With these 4 easy steps, you can start your own fundraising page and pledge to start helping Filipino children today. The “I Pledge to Save the Children” is a timely online campaign that will go a long way in helping needy children and their families. The best part is, they have also made it easier for parents like us and our families to help as well.
Learn more about Save the Children by visiting www.savethechildren.org.ph. Get started on your own fundraising event today by visiting https://www.simplygiving.com/nonprofit/SavetheChildrenPH.
