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We advocated strongly for a rights-respecting approach to youth justice in Australia, including raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility and broader system reform. Our major Putting children first: A rights-respecting approach to youth justice in Australia report received significant attention from media and governments.
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We convened a national online forum on making rights real in youth justice through policy and practice. We featured our own experts in conversation with the National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds, and openly shared our rights-based practice resources with sector colleagues.
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We expanded our rights-based youth justice services including new bail support services across Queensland.
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We launched our Regional Strategy to eliminate malnutrition and violence, as well as ensure safe, inclusive learning for Pacific children by 2030. We reached just under 300,000 people in 2023, including 225,000 children.
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In Papua New Guinea we delivered an inclusive education project with the support of All Children Reading that significantly boosted literacy outcomes among children with impairments. This included marked progress with girls, who showed significant literacy skill improvement.
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With the Australian Government’s support we helped children in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in their fight against climate change, amplifying their voices to the world’s highest court.
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With the support of the Australian government, we helped deliver innovative programs in Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, leading to significant outcomes in child protection and education.
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With funding from the Global Partnership for Education, we supported the Mongolian government to enhance their Education Sector Plan, including by training 2,817 educators in inclusive education and creating 18 Student Development and Support Classrooms for students with disabilities.
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In Bangladesh we provided health, protection and education services to Rohingya people. Supported through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership, notable results include 231,137 primary healthcare consultations conducted and 5,370 people reached with child protection training.
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Our ongoing partnership with QBE enabled us to quickly respond to disasters around the world ensuring children and their families are safe, educated and healthy, and building more resilient and disaster-prepared communities.
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Workplace Giving and corporate matching provided valuable support to our work in Australia and overseas, including emergency responses. National Australia Bank staff rallied to raise almost $40,000 for children impacted by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, and this was matched by NAB.
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We are profoundly grateful for the foresight and generosity of more than 100 supporters who let us know in 2023 about gifts in their Wills for children of tomorrow. These gifts are invaluable; helping ensure that we will be there to support the next generation in the face of ongoing challenges.
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Jack McCord was among the many supporters who appreciated our new Online Wills option that’s making convenient, low-cost Will writing available to all.
Some of our critical work in 2023 was supported by the following partners:
In 2023, Save the Children Australia was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) to implement programs in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka and PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga; and through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) to implement programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Turkiye, PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga.
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