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Sad Loss Of John Bowis, MNZOM, Save The Children New Zealand’s First Executive Director
Thursday, 30 December 2021, 7:34 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand’s Chief Executive Heidi Coetzee acknowledged the sad loss of the organisation's first Executive Director John Bowis after his death last week and his immense contribution to improving the lives of children in Aotearoa ... More >>
Save The Children Staff Identified Among The Dead After Burnt Bodies Found In Myanmar
Wednesday, 29 December 2021, 6:13 pm | Save The Children
It is with profound sadness that Save the Children confirms today that two staff members were among at least 35 people, including women and children, killed on Friday 24 December in an attack by the Myanmar military in Kayah State, in the east of the ... More >>
Burned Bodies Of Women, Children Found In Myanmar; Save The Children Staff Missing
Sunday, 26 December 2021, 6:30 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children has today condemned an attack by the Myanmar military in which at least 38 people, including women and children, were killed in Kayah State in Eastern Myanmar. Two of our staff, who were travelling home for the holidays after conducting ... More >>
Desperate Afghan Mother Forced To Give Up One Twin To Feed The Other As Hunger Crisis Worsens
Friday, 10 December 2021, 4:55 pm | Save The Children
An Afghan mother has been forced to give up one of her twins to feed her other children as Afghanistan’s food crisis becomes so dire that an increasing number of families are being driven to desperate measures, Save the Children says. Bibi-, 40, gave birth ... More >>
Save The Children Says "we Need To Do Better" For Child Victims In Court Process
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 9:46 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is calling for a complete overhaul of the way the Justice System treats children following a damning report released today showing evidence of children being brutally re-traumatised and blamed for sexual abuse during court proceedings ... More >>
Save The Children New Zealand Re: 2021 Child Poverty Monitor
Monday, 6 December 2021, 9:18 am | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand’s Advocacy and Research Director Jacqui Southey welcomed the findings of this year’s Child Poverty Monitor showing overall improvement in child poverty levels, but says more needs to be done to ensure every child in ... More >>
World Leaders Urged To Halt Escalating Hunger Crisis As 17% More People Expected To Need Life-saving Aid In 2022
Friday, 3 December 2021, 10:30 am | Save The Children
A group of 120 non-governmental organisations has joined forces in an open letter calling on world leaders to do more to halt a devastating global hunger crisis as new analysis shows the number of people likely to be in need of humanitarian aid ... More >>
Save The Children Statement Re: Chief Ombudsman's Findings On MIQ
Friday, 26 November 2021, 9:29 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is concerned by the Chief Ombudsman’s findings that some children and young people may not have had their rights met during their forced stay in MIQ. "We expect Minister Hipkins to take these findings seriously and immediately ... More >>
Afghanistan: Two Babies Born Every Minute As Health System Nears Collapse In First 100 Days Of Taliban Rule
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 6:09 am | Save The Children
Afghan women have been left with no other option than to give birth at home with no medicine or pain relief as the country's health system nears collapse in first 100 days of Taliban rule. Two babies have been born every minute since the Taliban ... More >>
"We All Have Them!": Kiwi Kids Send Vital Message About Children’s Rights This World Children’s Day
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 6:37 am | Save The Children
A new short film , from children to children, sends a crucial reminder to Kiwi kids on World Children’s Day: "we all have rights". Hosted by ‘Super Millie’, the Kiwi kid super hero and star of Save the Children New Zealand's campaign to empower ... More >>
Don’t COP-out: Save The Children Calls For Greater Commitments At Climate Summit For Future Generations
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 9:53 am | Save The Children
Save the Children has described a draft agreement published at the COP26 climate summit on Wednesday as "incredibly disappointing" and urged governments to make great commitments and not letdown millions of children affected by the climate ... More >>
Increases To Family Tax Credits & Best Start Payments Will Have 'Little Effect For Struggling Families'
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 5:42 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children welcomed yesterday's slight lift in the Family Tax Credit and Best Start Payments that would give around 346,000 families an average $20 extra a week, but said the increase was not enough to make a tangible difference to the ... More >>
Climate Crises Force Rising Numbers Of Children From Their Homes With No Way Back
Friday, 29 October 2021, 1:15 pm | Save The Children
Surging temperatures, rising water levels and land degradation drove an estimated record 10 million children from their homes last year with the increase in climate migration coming with a new risk - they may never return. A new report from Save ... More >>
Former NZ PMs Amongst Global Leaders Making Urgent COVID Vaccine Appeal To G20 Chair Mario Draghi
Friday, 29 October 2021, 11:30 am | Save The Children
More than 160 global leaders, including former New Zealand Prime Ministers Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley, have written a joint letter to Italian premier, Mario Draghi, urging him to use his chair of the G20 summit to stop rich nations hoarding COVID ... More >>
"No Vaccine For Hunger" This World Food Day: Save The Children Launches Appeal To Tackle Global Hunger Crisis
Friday, 15 October 2021, 8:45 am | Save The Children
Save the Children today launched its end of year appeal ahead of tomorrow’s World Food Day aimed at raising much-needed funds to help prevent thousands of children dying of hunger. With an estimated 5.7 million children under five on the brink of ... More >>
Save The Children And Peppa Pig Launch Mindfulness Month Ahead Of World Mental Health Day
Friday, 8 October 2021, 12:00 pm | Save The Children
A new campaign from Save the Children and Peppa Pig launched this week is aimed at encouraging mindfulness in young children. Timed to coincide with World Mental Health Day on Sunday 10 October, the month-long campaign includes a virtual kid’s ... More >>
MYANMAR: More Than 76,000 Children Displaced By Violence Since Coup, With Pregnant Women Forced To Give Birth In Forest
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 11:24 am | Save The Children
More than 76,000 children in Myanmar have been forced to flee their homes since the coup on 1 February as armed conflict has erupted in several parts of the country, Save the Children said today. Most of the displaced children are living outside in ... More >>
Save The Children Launch Child Rights Education Programme To Empower Kiwi Kids
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 9:39 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is today launching a new education programme for schools that aims to teach Kiwi kids about their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The free online programme has been developed by educators at Save the ... More >>
Urgent Inquiry Needed Into "Demeaning And Inhumane" Culture At MSD
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 6:09 am | Save The Children
A group of the country’s leading frontline beneficiary and child rights organisations are calling for a select committee inquiry into what they dub the "demeaning and inhumane" processes and culture at the Ministry of Social Development’s ... More >>
‘Superhero’ campaign aims to empower Kiwi kids in lockdown
Friday, 3 September 2021, 9:32 am | Save The Children
Save the Children’s ‘superhero’ campaign aims to empower Kiwi kids in lockdown A new super heroes campaign aimed at empowering children through New Zealand’s latest COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown launches today from child rights organisation ... More >>
