The only international language in the world is a child's cry

These words were spoken by Save the Children's founder, Eglantyne Jebb

After World War I

Eglantyne chose the unpopular position

of speaking out against her own country's response to the losing side

a blockade that mostly hurt children

Eglantyne was arrested and fined for her work to help the children

But this didn't stop her

She continued fighting for all children regardless of who they are or where they were born

saving hundreds of thousands of lives

Eglantyne Jebb and her friends published the Declaration of the Rights of the Child

which was adopted by the United Nations in 1959

Today, her spirit lives on through the work Save the Children does, in 120 countries around the world