Above, from left to right:
- In November, Hiroshi Kanno, Partner and Managing Director of Boston Consulting Group Tokyo, travelled with a team to Nepal to see Save the Children’s achievements on the ground (Credit: Boston Consulting Group)
- Your involvement enables us to support children like Kiki in Swaziland. Staff member Thandiwe Nkonyane works with Kiki and other children in the Kamkhweli area Neighbourhood Care Centre (Credit: Graeme Williams / Panos / Save the Children)
- Save the Children and IKEA staff meet in India to discuss the IKEA Social Initiative
- Save the Children staff in Zinder, Niger, load food and medicines ready for delivery to chronically poor and malnourished families in local feeding centres. (Credit: Amadou Mbodj / Save the Children)
We cannot build a better world for children without your help. Your support enables us to secure real and lasting change for millions of children around the world.
IKEA and Save the Children
One of our most significant and longest-standing corporate partners is IKEA - the world’s largest home decoration and furniture company and one strongly committed to Corporate Social Responsibility.
Our collaboration has blossomed into a groundbreaking global partnership since it began in 1993. IKEA has shown a long-term and dedicated commitment to children and a willingness to work both locally and globally.
They support our programmes primarily through the Annual Soft Toy Campaign, where Save the Children receives a euro for every toy sold before Christmas.
In 2008, this ‘one euro is a fortune’ campaign amounted to €5.3 million globally, benefiting 40 programmes in 20 countries. As our partnership develops, the cooperation is extending into other fields – such as support in emergency situations and working with the IKEA Social Initiative so that together we can find and implement innovative sustainable solutions to problems affecting children around the world.
Find out more
Save the Children and our Corporate Partners
IKEA and Save the Children in the Media
Save the Children’s Cotton Projects in Focus During IKEA CEO Visit to India (1 October 2010)
IKEA Soft Toys to children in cyclone affected area of Myanmar (5 November 2008)
Raising millions for children (27 October 2008)
A smile is worth so much (15 November 2006)
