Jeanne's Cookies: A young mother walked into his clinic with a sick child

Thursday, March 26, 2026

A young mother walked into his clinic with a sick child

Double your impact for children like Solange**

Friend,

Dr. Emannuel has been working as a health officer at a Save the Children-supported hospital for at least six years now. In a community in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he and his team have been taking care of vulnerable people and displaced persons in Internally Displaced Persons camps.

Lately, wartime horrors and fighting have brought a lot of people to the hospital. Now, the whole population has become vulnerable. Everyone needs help, especially medical help.

Save the Children is delivering care to children and families who’ve been displaced, injured and traumatized. But growing humanitarian needs require more support from people like you. Your gift today can be matched* to have DOUBLE the impact to help deliver emergency relief and vital aid to those who need it most.

Here’s a photo of Dr. Emannuel in his office at the hospital. His greatest pride is watching patients heal, return home and come back to greet him.

Mauwa**, a mother of three who’s been displaced several times and now lives in a displacement camp, brought in her sick daughter, 5-month-old Solange**, for help.

“My child was healthy until last night when her fever rose. Her condition worsened rapidly as she was struggling to breathe.”

At a time when violence was rampant and many people were being killed, Mauwa made the journey to find urgent medical care.

When baby Solange arrived, our teams diagnosed her with pneumonia and quickly started treatment. Over a period of eight days, we provided her with intravenous fluids, medicine and close supervision free of charge.

Eventually, baby Solange regained her health and could breathe comfortably again. “I cannot express how overjoyed I am to see my child well again,” Mauwa confessed when she saw her child getting better.

Friend, our health facilities were able to respond to baby Solange’s needs and cure her pneumonia because of support from people like you.

Your contributions help health officers around the world, like Dr. Emmanuel, get the resources and equipment needed to deliver the medical care children deserve.

As conflict continues and more children show up at my hospital for help, Save the Children is counting on your support. Please give now to help more children like baby Solange.

With appreciation,

Save the Children

*A generous group of donors has donated to a matching gift fund to inspire more donors like you to support our work, and every $1 you donate will unlock $1 from this pool for the first $500,000 in donations or until midnight on March 31, 2026.

Monthly gifts will be matched for the first monthly installment only. If we meet our match goal prior to receiving your one-time or monthly donation, your donation will not be matched but will still go to support our programs.