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The First Confirmed COVID-19 Case In The Rohingya Refugee Camps Is A Major Cause For Concern
Friday, 15 May 2020, 4:15 pm | Save The Children
Bangladesh risks losing decades of child development gains as Coronavirus sweeps through the country Athena Rayburn, Senior Advocacy Manager in Cox’s Bazar, said: "We are deeply worried about the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh, ... More >>
Save The Children Warns Children At Risk Of Lasting Psychological Distress From Coronavirus Lockdown
Friday, 8 May 2020, 6:31 am | Save The Children
Almost one in four children living under COVID-19 lockdowns, social restrictions and school closures are dealing with feelings of anxiety, with many at risk of lasting psychological distress, including depression. In recent surveys by Save the Children ... More >>
Save The Children Says Vanuatu In Urgent Need Of Help In The Aftermath Of TC Harold
Sunday, 26 April 2020, 8:00 am | Save The Children
Damaged caused by Cyclone Harold on Santo Island, Vanuatu. Photo credit: Save the Children 21 days after TC Harold made landfall, the situation in the worst hit parts of Vanuatu remains dire. 150,000 people continue to be affected in the aftermath ... More >>
COVID-19: 50 Million People Threatened By Hunger In West Africa
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 8:18 am | Save The Children
According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could increase the number of people at risk of a food insecurity and malnutrition from 17 million to 50 million people between June and ... More >>
First Case Of COVID-19 In North East Syria: Dire Conditions Prompt Outbreak Fears
Monday, 20 April 2020, 10:21 am | Save The Children
First case of COVID-19 in North East Syria: dire conditions prompt outbreak fears for thousands of children Sonia Khush, Save the Children Syria Response Director said: "We’re desperately hoping that this first COVID-19 case in North East ... More >>
Save The Children: ‘Covid-19 Could Cause Millions Of Children To Suffer For Years To Come’
Friday, 17 April 2020, 9:39 am | Save The Children
Children’s rights must be at the heart of the Covid-19 response, Save the Children said today, to ensure an entire generation does not suffer the catastrophic, long-term consequences of the outbreak. To meet their needs, children need to be involved in ... More >>
TC Harold Impacting Fiji Update From Save The Children New Zealand
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 12:11 pm | Save The Children
TC Herald has changed course and will pass much closer to western part of Viti Levu. A hurricane warning is now in force from Nadi up to Pacific harbour. TC Herald will make landfall over Kadavu at 200km/hr wind speeds. As of this morning, one school ... More >>
Save The Children Staff Mobilise To Help Children Affected By Tropical Cyclone Harold
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 2:40 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children staff in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands are ready to help hundreds of children affected by Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold, the most powerful storm in the Pacific in at least two years, with winds gusting as high as 235km/h. Save the ... More >>
Save The Children Prepares To Help Children Affected By Cyclone Harold
Monday, 6 April 2020, 12:22 pm | Save The Children
As COVID-19 cases surge across the world, Save the Children has warned that Pacific nations are among the most vulnerable to the ravages of the pandemic. Save the Children New Zealand is preparing to help hundreds of children in Vanuatu affected by Cyclone ... More >>
Remember The Millions Of Refugee And Displaced Children In Overcrowded Camps As Coronavirus Spreads
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 11:37 am | Save The Children
Save the Children: Remember the Millions of refugee and displaced children in overcrowded camps as Coronavirus spreads globally Source: Save the Children -- Vulnerable children and their families living in informal settlements such as refugee and displacement ... More >>
Save The Children Says Basic Housing Needs Should Not Be A Political Football
Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 10:33 am | Save The Children
By Jacqui Southey New Zealand is currently gripped by a housing crisis and those most affected by it are families that are struggling the hardest. They are the families that can’t afford to own their own homes. Families that are forced to get by week ... More >>
Australian bushfires: Children’s mental health important
Thursday, 9 January 2020, 10:22 am | Save The Children
Save the Children Australia is warning of the importance of addressing the long-term mental health needs of children impacted by the devastating Australian bushfires. Thousands of children have been affected by the fires, which have burned through ... More >>
Child Friendly Spaces to help bushfire hit communities
Monday, 6 January 2020, 11:22 am | Save The Children
Aid agency Save the Children Australia has established Child Friendly Spaces in Wagga Wagga and Bairnsdale to support communities affected by the devastating bushfires ravaging large parts of the country. The spaces, in southern New South Wales and ... More >>
Save the Children welcomes UN General Assembly decision
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 9:42 am | Save The Children
Governments all over the world now have a unique chance to end the support of orphanages and the unnecessary separation of children from their parents, and instead focus on helping families to care for their children, Save the Children said in a statement ... More >>
Team of health workers to support Samoa measles response
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 9:14 am | Save The Children
A team of midwives and a doctor from Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit arrived in Samoa on Sunday to support the government's response to the measles outbreak. More >>
Albania: 9,000 children in need following earthquake
Saturday, 30 November 2019, 11:30 am | Save The Children
As strong quakes and aftershocks continue in Albania, thousands of children and their families – some of whom saw their homes destroyed in Tuesday’s earthquake – need vital support, Save the Children warned today. More >>
Child rights advocates pleased with Government recommitment
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 1:22 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children are extremely pleased by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement today that the Government will recommit to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). More >>
Children's picnic celebrates 30 years of child rights
Monday, 18 November 2019, 9:04 am | Save The Children
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will join around 80 pre-school children on Wednesday 20 November to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The joint celebration in Parliament Grounds has ... More >>
Playgroup for bushfire affected children in New South Wales
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 8:44 am | Save The Children
Save the Children will set up a ‘child friendly space’ to help dozens of children affected by the devastating bushfires in New South Wales. More >>
Save the Children getting Fijian communities DisasterREADY
Thursday, 24 October 2019, 3:20 pm | Save The Children
Leading aid agency Save the Children is running emergency simulations in the Western District communities of Narewa, Vio Island and Votua this week to test the effectiveness of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) in emergency responses. More >>
