We are the organization Save the Children (Gelbėkit vaikus). Every day we help more than 1,000 children in Lithuania from the disadvantaged families. Under normal circumstances, children from these families come to our children’s day centres after school, have lunch, do their homework, and engage in after-school activities. Where possible, we organize free trips for the children, encourage them to take interest in the environment and the world, to learn, to have goals in life and to pursue them.
Following the introduction of quarantine in Lithuania, not only schools, but all children’s day centres were closed, and members of some disadvantaged families supported by our organization lost their jobs and income.
We are currently actively communicating with the families we support providing food, staple goods, psychological and emotional support not only to children, but also to their families.