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EVERY LAST CHILD

Save the Children JapanAnnual Report 2017[Executive Summary]

We wish to extend our sincere gratitude to all who have supported our work at Save the Children worldwide. Over a period of nearly 100 years since 1919 when Save the Children was founded in the UK, we have been working to make children’s rights to survival, protection, development and participation a reality. In 2017, we provided support to nearly 50 million children in 120 countries worldwide, including Japan.

Overseas, we provided emergency and humanitarian responses for Syrian and Rohingya children and for children encountering food crises. We also implemented programs on a global basis in fields such as education, health and nutrition, disaster risk reduction and child protection.

In our domestic programs, we responded swiftly to support children and their families in the areas affected by the heavy rains that struck northern Kyushu in July 2017. Meanwhile, we continued our work on recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Kumamoto Earthquake in April 2016. In addition, we moved forward with addressing challenges that affect children in Japan by working to end child poverty and prevent child abuse.

The year 2018 is the third year of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. As an international NGO that promotes children’s rights, Save the Children has been deeply involved in formulating these goals. In 2018 we will continue contributing to efforts to achieve these goals through our programs inside and outside Japan, based on our commitment to “leave no child behind.”

We look forward to your support as we continue working to make the rights of all children a reality the world over.

Junichiro Ida, Chair of the Board Kunio Senga, Managing Director of the Board, Chief Executive OfficerSave the Children Japan

Foreword

Every child has the right to survival, protection, development and participation. We fight to make children’s rights a reality worldwide.

For nearly 100 years, we have been working with childrenSave the Children is an international NGO that works to make children’s rights to survival, development, protection and participation a reality worldwide. It was established in the UK in 1919, and is currently at work in approximately 120 countries. The UN and the governments of many countries have a high regard for Save the Children as a pioneer of children’s rights, and we have achieved breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Save the Children Japan was established in 1986. We are active in international programs in fields such as health and nutrition and education. When conflicts or natural disasters occur, we provide emergency and humanitarian responses. In Japan, we have actively addressed issues of child poverty and child abuse, and have also conducted various programs in response to large-scale disasters such as the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Kumamoto Earthquake. Through these programs, we work to make children’s rights a reality.

Emergency and Humanitarian ResponseFor children and local communities affected by natural disasters and humanitarian crises, Save the Children swiftly responds to meet their immediate needs, enabling them to return to their lives and rebuild their lives.

Health and NutritionSave the Children provides assistance to ensure that all children and their families can access quality health services including healthcare for pregnant women, mothers and newborns; prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and malnutrition; and strengthening health systems.

EducationIn order for all children to receive quality education, Save the Children implements programs which improve learning environments, in schools and in communities, and provides capacity development opportunities for teachers, raises awareness in local communities, provides scholarships and promotes preschool education program. We also influence global and national policy to improve children’s access to quality education.

■ Countries and regions where Save the Children worked in 2017■ Countries and regions where Save the Children worked in 2017* Of the above countries and regions, those marked with■ are countries and regions

where Save the Children Japan conducted projects by assigning staff members, etc.* Of the above countries and regions, those marked with■ are countries and regions

where Save the Children Japan conducted projects by assigning staff members, etc.

Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR)

Save the Children strengthens DRR structures of local communities so that children can actively participate and their voices are reflected in DRR policy and practice. We promote child-centered disaster risk reduction.

Child Participation

Save the Children creates and supports opportunities for children to speak out on the issues surrounding children, and works to ensure that children’s opinions are reflected in social initiatives and policies.

Child ProtectionSave the Children promotes the structures and measures of child protection in close collaboration with various stakeholders such as governments, local communities, children and their caregivers to protect children from violence, abuse and exploitation, and cultivates environments in which children can grow up safely and securely.

2 Foreword 3About Save the Children

Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children

©D.Davaanyam/Save the Children

© Ali Ashwal/Save the Children Children in Yemen play in a child-friendly space run by Save the Children.

49,587,799 children and 30,696,605 adults,

totaling 80,284,404 people

The number of people we have directly reached through our work and our partners’ work in 2017

Save the Children is active in approximately 120 countries including Japan

Save the Children is active in approximately 120 countries including Japan

We worked to improve children’s skills in reading, writing and arithmetic, and to enhance the quality of education so that all children can have an opportunity to learn. We supported preschool education in Mongolia by making it easier for children from nomadic families who could not attend kindergarten to adapt to elementary school. One way in which we did this was to provide picture books and educational toys in the form of study kits enabling such children to learn at home.

Emergency and Humanitarian Response

We provided emergency responses to humanitarian crises in Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, and elsewhere, as well as for the Rohingya people who have been displaced. Our support for refugee children, internally displaced children and their families included the provision of emergency relief supplies and activities in areas such as education, child protection, and health and sanitation. We also set up child-friendly spaces in each region to offer environments where children can feel safe and secure.

In Myanmar, we collaborated with health authorities to promote safe childbirth and delivery of healthy newborns in rural communities where a large number of ethnic minorities live. We worked to strengthen community-based health systems by training auxiliary midwives, among other measures. We also built health centers and offered support including a program providing cash subsidies to reduce the burden of medical costs.

We responded to food crises in East Africa, Nigeria, Yemen and elsewhere by providing nutritional supplements and therapeutic foods and medical treatment. In Mongolia, meanwhile, we supported children from nomadic families who had been affected by “dzud,” a phenomenon unique to Mongolia where cold and snow cause widespread death of livestock. We also made use of the Inochi Mirai Fund to provide prompt assistance to children all over the world affected by disasters, conflicts and other emergencies.

Education

International Programs

©Jarurin Pholhinkong/Save the Children

To support basic education in Mongolia, we strengthened teaching skills among teachers so that elementary schools in low-income communities could provide the right reception for children with a range of different home circumstances. This was supplemented by promoting closer collaboration between children’s parents and schools. In India we helped teachers to enhance their teaching capacity by developing digital learning materials that helped children to understand lessons more effectively.

In Myanmar, we strengthened community-based child protection systems to ensure that children are protected in post-conflict communities. We also provided support to children who had been affected by violence. In Mongolia, our activities included the development of the capacity of local government personnel such as social workers so as to respond effectively to child protection concerns.

Child Protection

We worked to prevent and treat malnutrition and infectious diseases and to make societies capable of offering everyone access to quality health services. In Vietnam we started a project with the aim of improving the nutritional status of ethnic minority mothers and children who have not benefited from the country’s economic growth. Our initiatives included securing food using natural resources, improving health services for mothers and children, and developing learning materials to raise health awareness.

Health and Nutrition

4 International Programs 5International Programs

We worked with local communities and governments on child-centered disaster risk reduction. Our programs included building the capacity of local communities to respond to natural disasters and climate change in Uganda and Vietnam, preventing water-related accidents among children in Thailand, and promoting road safety for children and young people in Indonesia.

Disaster Risk Reduction

© Ali Alashwal/Save the Children

Psychological First Aid (PFA) for children is psychosocial support for children in distress in emergency situations, such as during the aftermath of natural disasters. We made PFA for children training widely available to individuals who support children and caregivers, as well as to teachers and members of the general public. We also trained instructors to promote widespread use of the method.

We provided financial support for children whose homes had been partially or completely destroyed, or who were facing economically difficult circumstances. The financial support covered expenses including buying school uniforms and sports kits, participating in cultural or sporting activities during the summer vacation, preparing for transition to the next level of education or for job hunting, or taking part in school excursions.

We assisted in providing school lunches to elementary and junior high schools where the school lunch center was damaged. We also distributed emergency supplies to schools and child day care centers, as well as providing training for staff at after-school programs (Gakudo). In addition, we supported single-parent households and held briefing sessions to make the opinions of children known.

We have been working to prevent child abuse so that all children can be protected from violence and grow up without fear or anxiety, feeling safe and secure. In addition to efforts to establish parenting free from hitting or yelling as the norm, we have raised public awareness through lectures and other means, and advocated legal reforms to impose a total ban on corporal punishment and other abuse.

Currently one in seven children in Japan lives in relative poverty. We assisted children facing economically difficult situations in a number of ways, including through financial support. At the same time, we raised public awareness and lobbied local governments, targeting better provision of measures to tackle child poverty in Japan.

As follow-up to the programs completed at the end of 2015, we provided scholarships at six fishery high schools in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. We also continued our projects involving children in building better communities in the town of Yamada in Iwate Prefecture and the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, as well as our radiation literacy projects in Fukushima Prefecture.

Psychosocial Support following Natural Disasters

Prevention of Child Abuse

Ending Child Poverty

Following Up the Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Programs

Provision of Financial Support

Other Recovery Programs

Kumamoto Earthquake Recovery Programs Emergency and Recovery Programs following Heavy Rain in Northern KyushuPsychosocial Support for Children

Domestic Programs

After distributing emergency relief supplies, we offered psychosocial support. We provided opportunities for children to play together and learn to restore a sense of normalcy and continuity through a child-friendly space offering safety and a sense of security to children in an evacuation center, as well as through craft workshops during the summer vacation. We also delivered training on PFA for children to individuals who support children and their caregivers.

We provided equipment such as air conditioners to day care centers and other facilities damaged in the rains, and dispatched personnel to ensure continued provision of day care over the summer vacation.

Other Recovery Programs

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This photo is for illustrative purposes

■ Support for child 　 day care centers, etc.

We provided financial support to junior and senior high school students from families whose homes had been more than half destroyed to cover purchases necessary for life at school and preparation for transition to the next level of education or job hunting.

A message of thanks from children at a day care center where we provided an air conditioner

■ Provision of Financial Support

© City of Ishinomaki

I. Assets

II. Liabilities

III. Fund Balance

371,112,529 67,456,807 249,835,113 78,239,747 758,732

11,289,919 219,702

778,912,549

50,000,000 50,000,000

34,957,061 41,252,757 23,934,215 81,837,682 3,200,000

839,907,070 50,727,173 94,188,478 20,000,000

1,190,004,436

8,176,352 2,622,520 8,590,739 6,333,931 3,498,586 13,032,200 42,254,328

1,282,258,764 2,061,171,313

117,271,786 340,715,524 7,145,161 4,122,844

469,255,315

34,957,061 34,957,061 504,212,376

925,959,117 925,959,117 (50,000,000)(839,907,070)630,999,820 (315,140,305)1,556,958,937 2,061,171,313

Balance Sheet (as of December 31, 2017)

1. Current Assets

　 Cash & Cash Equivalents (domestic)　 Cash & Cash Equivalents (overseas)　 Prepaid Operating Expenses　 Accounts Receivable　 Inventories　 Prepaid Expenses　 Advance Payment　 Total Current Assets 2. Non Current Assets

（1）Basic Funds　 Time Deposits　 Total Basic Funds（2）Special Funds　 Reserve for Severance Payments　 Reserve for Accumulated Depreciation　 Reserve for the Stabilization of Overseas Operations　 Reserve for Emergency Relief Operations　 Reserve for Domestic Operations　 Restricted Donations for Not for Profit Segment　 Funds for Renewal of Various Data Management System　 Reserve for Other Operations　 Reserve for Public Relations　 Total Special Funds（3）Other Non Current Assets　 Building　 Leasehold Improvements　 Vehicles　 Furniture and Fittings　 Software　 Deposits　 Total Other Non Current Assets　 Total Non Current Assets　 Total Assets 1. Current Liabilities

　 Accounts Payable　 Deferred Revenue　 Deposits Received　 Accrued Seasonal Salary　 Total Current Liabilities 2. Non Current Liabilities

　 Provision for Severance Payments　 Total Non Current Liabilities　 Total Liabilities 1. Restricted Funds - net

　 Restricted Donations　 Total Restricted Funds - net　

2. General Funds - net

　 Total Funds - net　 Total Liabilities and Fund Balance

(of which, Amount Appropriated to the Basic Funds)

(of which, Amount Appropriated to the Special Funds)

(of which, Amount Appropriated to the Special Funds)

I. Changes in

General Funds - net

1．Changes in 　Ordinary Earnings（1）Ordinary Income

（2）Ordinary Expenses

2. Changes in Non 　 Ordinary Earnings

（1）Non Ordinary 　　　 Income

（2）Non Ordinary 　　　 Expenses

II. Changes in

　 Restricted Funds　 - net

III. Total Funds - net, end of the Period

　① Earnings on Basic Funds　② Earnings on Special Funds　③ Admission Fees　④ Membership Fees　⑤ Contract Income for Aid Operations 　Government Contract Income 　Private Sector Contract Income 　Overseas Contract Income　⑥ Service Contract Income　⑦ Income from Sales and Events ⑧ Donations Received 　Unrestricted Donations 　Restricted Donations　⑨ Miscellaneous Income Total Ordinary Income

① Operating Expenses 　Overseas Aid Expenses 　Emergency Aid Operation Expenses 　Domestic Operation Expenses 　Grants Expenses 　Operations Activity Expenses 　Public Relations Expenses 　Other Operating Expenses 　Profit Making Business Expenses　② Administrative Expenses Total Ordinary Expenses

Changes in Ordinary Earnings

for the Period Before Valuation Adjustment

Changes in Ordinary Earnings for the Period

　

　 Total Non Ordinary Income

Total Non Ordinary Expenses

Changes in Non Ordinary Earnings for the Period

Changes in General Funds – net for the Period

General Funds – net, beginning of the Period

General Funds – net, end of the Period

　① Donations Received 　Restricted Donations　② Transfer to General Funds Changes in Restricted Funds – net for the Period

Restricted Funds – net, beginning of the Period

Restricted Funds – net, end of the Period

5,000 7,659 30,000

8,977,000 704,972,637 232,652,727 395,735,723 76,584,187 4,276,028 4,033,343

1,030,056,777 644,831,180 385,225,597 10,661,422

1,763,019,866 1,644,628,060 372,143,215 532,638,791 123,535,151 118,498,510 160,120,626 238,944,545 95,895,121 2,852,101 81,263,253

1,725,891,313

37,128,553 37,128,553

0

0 0

37,128,553 593,871,267 630,999,820 590,544,539 590,544,539

△ 385,225,597205,318,942 720,640,175 925,959,117

1,556,958,937

Statement of Changes in Fund Balance (For the year ended December 31, 2017)

92017 Financial Information

2017 Financial Information Save the Children Japan

PartnershipsSave the Children Japan

Audit Report

The original 2017 Financial Statements, in Japanese, were audited by board auditors of Save the Children Japan and the independent auditor (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC).

Others

1.3%

Donations

58.4%

Contract Income

40.2%Ordinary Income

(Unit : JPY)

ACCEA Co., Ltd.

AEON CO., LTD.

AVEDA

BANDAI NAMCO Group

BIKEN Co., Ltd.

Bulgari Japan Ltd.

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Enterprise HUGE Co., Ltd.

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

FELISSIMO CORPORATION

FICELLE inc.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Fuyo General Lease Co.,Ltd.

GlaxoSmithKline K.K.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz Japan KK

Heijyokyo-Tenpyousai

Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol Co., Ltd.

IKEA Japan K.K.

KIND’S CO.,LTD

KANRO CO.,LTD.

KUTSUSHOTEN INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD.

Lanxess K.K.

Mamere Co.,Ltd

MeySen Academy Schools

MIHIRA corporation　Nippon Denpato Ltd.

OGO SANGYO CO.,Ltd.

Oriental Land Co.,Ltd.

Otto Japan Inc.

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Corporate Partnerships (List in alphabetical order)

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

PILOT Corporation

Reckitt Benckiser Japan Ltd.

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

ROOTOTE

Ryohin Keikaku Co.,Ltd.

SANBELLE,INC.

SANYO FOODS.Co.,Ltd

SARAYA Co., Ltd.

Shiseido Company, Limited

SIRIUS Corporation

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.

Sony Corporation

SRS HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.

STRIDER JAPAN

Suntory Holdings Limited

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.

The Boston Consulting Group

The Kyoritsu Co., Ltd.

Tokyu Gourmet Front Co.,Ltd.

TOKYU HANDS INC.

Toys"R"Us-Japan, Ltd.

Tully’s Coffee Japan Co.,Ltd.

Unilever Japan Holdings K.K.

Uokuni Food Services Co.,Ltd.

VERMILLION RECORDS, Inc

VIA HOLDINGS INC.

WELCOME CO., LTD.

White & Case LLP

WORLD PARTY CO.,LTD.

World Bank

Institutional Partnerships (List in alphabetical order)

Japan International Cooperation Agency Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Japan Platform

8 Partnerships

Board Members

Save the Children established in the UK.

Save the Children Japan established.

Responded to Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami, and

Pakistan Earthquake.

Started emergency and humanitarian response in Afghanistan.

Assigned Japanese staff to Mongolia office to support street children.

Launched “Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting” promotion and program.

Launched global campaign “Every One” to reduce child mortality under five years old.

Started Great East Japan Earthquake Emergency Response and Recovery Programs.Started Syria crisis response.

Started emergency response to refugees from former Yugoslavia in collaboration

with Save the Children US.

For Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster, provided financial support to local NPOs assisting children.

Launched global campaign “Rewrite the Future” to advocate for improving education for children in conflict and post-conflict situations.

Opened Philippines Office and 　assigned Japanese staff.

Started domestic programs.

Started Kumamoto Earthquake response.

Supported children affected by Haiti Earthquake.

Started “Speaking Out Against Poverty” program to encourage children to participate and raise their voices to address child poverty issues.

Educational programs in the Philippines and Thailand started.

As of August 1, 2018

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100th Anniversary of Save the Children. 2019

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10 Our History 11 Initiatives for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)┃Board Members

Hosted 30th Anniversary Charity Dinner in presence of His Majesty Emperor Akihito

and Her Majesty Empress Michiko.

Started Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain Emergency Response and Recovery Program.Responded to Rohingya crisis and food crises in East Africa, Yemen and Nigeria.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 global goals that aim to fundamentally resolve various issues such as poverty, inequality and disparity, and climate change. As an international NGO that promotes children’s rights, Save the Children was also involved in the process of developing these goals, which were unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. We are promoting the achievement of SDGs through our advocacy as well as domestic and international programs.

Chair of the BoardJunichiro IdaSANYO FOODS Co., Ltd.　President

Vice-Chair of the BoardAmane NakashimaKewpie Corporation　Chairman

Managing Director of the BoardKunio SengaSave the Children Japan　Chief Executive Officer

Board MemberEiko YokoyamaYoshio Yokoyama Architectural Design Management Office Co., Ltd.　President

Hideaki ImamuraGraduate Institute of Innovation Management Academic Assembly (Program of Social Sciences) Shinshu University　Professor　Waseda Business School, Waseda University　Visiting Professor

Naomi UshioSchool of Information and Communication, Meiji UniversityVice President (PR), Professor

Etsuko TsunozakiSEEDS Asia　Board Member　　

Kumiko BandoJAPAN LEGAL SUPPORT CENTER Board Member

Yoshihiko OdaKAGAYA Hotels Corporation 　President

Masaoki FukuiFUKUJUEN CO., LTD.　President

Shin MaedaNippon Television City Corporation (Tokyo Tower)　President

Hiroshi MatsufujiSt. Luke’s International Hospital　Vice President, Director of Children's Medical Center, Head of Pediatric Surgery

Hiroo MoriMori Building Co., Ltd.　Executive Vice President

Tomomi FukumotoSUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED　Executive Officer, Division COO, Corporate Communication Division

Yoshie AbeDivision of Liberal Arts, Teacher and Curator Training Course, Kogakuin University　Associate Professor

Yoshiki SakazakiFamilyMart Co., Ltd.　 Executive Officer, Management Division

Shigenari YamamotoYAMAKIN CO., LTD　President

AuditorNorio SuzukiGrant Thornton Taiyo LLC　Partner, CPA

Keiko OharaKamiyacho International Law Office　Attorney-at-Law admitted in Japan and New York

Honorary Chair of the BoardMasaya UenoUeno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.　President and CEO

AdviserHiromu FukadaKajima Institute of International Peace　AuditorUeno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.　AdviserTingyi Holding Corp.　Independent Non-Executive DirectorFormer Ambassador to Australia

Initiatives for Achievingthe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Our History Save the Children was established in the UK in 1919, and Save the Children Japan was established in 1986. For nearly 100 years, Save the Children has been working with children.

To inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Our VisionA world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.

Our Mission

Cover photo: In Kenya, one-year-old Akokote, pictured with her mother, recovers from pneumonia following treatment.

Yamada Bldg. 4F 2-8-4 Uchikanda Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047 JAPAN

Save the Children Japan

Published August 2018

The full Annual Report 2017 (Japanese only) is available on our website.

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