Save the Children USA controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Unauthorized QAnon appropriation of the Save the Children name
QAnon proponents used the organization's name and hashtag in unrelated activity. Save the Children disavowed the unauthorized use and publicly distinguished it from the organization's work.
1998
Child-sponsorship reporting controversy
A Chicago Tribune investigation reported that some donor payments continued to sponsor children who had died. The organization dismissed a Mali-based employee and reprimanded three others for failing to report deaths.