Noticias

1. What challenges do you think Save the Children is facing?
   Globally, Save the Children is navigating an increasingly complex world, where the needs of children not only persist but continue to grow. Conflicts, humanitarian emergencies, climate change, inequality and poverty affect millions of children every day. In Latin America and the Caribbean, violence, organized crime and displacement crises further undermine children’s rights in profound ways.

On top of this, international aid is declining: organizations are facing funding cuts, a shrinking civic space and limited humanitarian access. This forces us to make difficult prioritization decisions in increasingly challenging contexts.

Now more than ever, we need to diversify our funding sources and promote new forms of collaboration. Strengthening our work with local partners, communities and authorities is essential to ensuring that our actions have a positive, sustainable and transformative impact on the lives of girls, boys and adolescents.

2. What do you see as the future of Save the Children globally and in Latin America and the Caribbean?
   Globally, Save the Children must adapt to an increasingly demanding humanitarian landscape, marked by more conflicts, more crises, and at the same time fewer resources and greater political pressure. Latin America and the Caribbean is a region that has made significant progress for children’s rights—progress that is now at risk of being reversed in a rapidly changing environment.

As long as there is a child or adolescent who suffers violence; as long as girls are recruited or forced to join criminal groups; as long as children face the impacts of climate change or lack proper nutrition to fully develop their life project, Save the Children’s work will remain essential.

But we cannot do this alone. Achieving real, lasting change requires us to work hand in hand with our partner organizations, institutions, communities and the donors who make this effort possible. Only together can we ensure that every girl and boy in the region grows up protected, supported and with opportunities to reach their full potential.

3. What would you highlight from your visit to Bolivia?
   During my visit to Save the Children’s country office in Bolivia, I had the opportunity to see projects in Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and La Paz, and I was truly impressed with the work colleagues are doing. I believe there are initiatives with very significant, visible and tangible impacts. Save the Children in Bolivia works closely with local partners and with both local and national public institutions. I also see that they are transferring methodologies, ways of working and knowledge to local partners to ensure sustainability and to allow the work to endure—definitely addressing issues that are highly relevant to children in the country.

I want to extend my congratulations to all colleagues at Save the Children Bolivia. I believe you are doing a remarkable job.

Congratulations to my colleagues at Save the Children Bolivia on your 40th anniversary!