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Ukraine: Attacks On Schools In Ukraine Endangering Children’s Lives And Futures
Monday, 28 February 2022, 10:48 am | Save The Children
Attacks on schools in Ukraine are endangering the lives and futures of the country’s 7.5 million children with reports of up to 10 children killed in the fighting and educational facilities being bombed across the country, Save the Children said. Since ... More >>
Ukraine: At Least Three Children Killed As Conflict Escalates
Saturday, 26 February 2022, 5:57 pm | Save The Children
The deaths of three children reported in the conflict in Ukraine shows that any war is a war against children, with fears that more innocent young lives will be lost if the fighting does not stop immediately, Save the Children said on Friday. ... More >>
Escalation Of Hostilities Across Ukraine Putting 7.5 Million Children At Risk
Friday, 25 February 2022, 10:10 am | Save The Children
All the children in Ukraine - at least 7.5 million under 18-year-olds - are in grave danger of physical harm, severe emotional distress, and displacement, following an escalation in hostilities overnight, says Save the Children. Explosions have been ... More >>
Save The Children: More Work Needed To Reduce Rates Of Child Poverty In Aotearoa
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 12:23 pm | Save The Children
A downward trend across New Zealand’s child poverty markers over the three years ending June 2021 is a promising start, but Save the Children says greater work is needed for tamariki and their whānau living on the lowest incomes. Latest statistics ... More >>
Save The Children Asks Select Committee To Retain Children’s Commissioner
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 7:14 am | Save The Children
Save the Children will today (Wednesday) present its oral submission to the Select Committee asking that the Government retain the role of New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner and consult with children on new legislation that seeks to remove the ... More >>
Afghanistan Six Months On: Children On The Edge Of Life
Friday, 18 February 2022, 2:03 pm | Save The Children
From children living under tarpaulin in a basement, to desert communities digging wells and collecting rain water, a series of photographs for Save the Children by world-renowned photographer Jim Huylebroek to highlight the human tragedy unfolding ... More >>
Save The Children Presents 10,000-strong Petition To Retain New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 4:19 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children will tomorrow (Wednesday) present its petition signed by 10,774 concerned Kiwis which asks that the Government retain the role of New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner. The proposed Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children ... More >>
Violence Intensifies In Myanmar As At Least 150,000 Children Forced From Their Homes In The Year Since Military Coup
Friday, 28 January 2022, 6:24 pm | Save The Children
One year since the Myanmar military seized power in a coup, the scale and severity of violence against civilians, including children and humanitarian staff, is escalating, Save the Children said today. In the past two weeks alone, children have been killed ... More >>
More Than $60,000 Raised By Save The Children NZ Appeal To Help Children In Tonga Return Safely To School
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 10:37 am | Save The Children
New Zealanders have given more than $62,000 so far to a Save the Children emergency appeal launched on Friday to help children in Tonga return to school as soon as possible after the recent volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami. The severe damage to some ... More >>
Thousands Join Save The Children’s Call To Retain New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 6:59 am | Save The Children
More than 6000 Kiwis have joined Save the Children New Zealand’s call to retain the vital role of Children’s Commissioner, as the Government considers a new bill proposing major changes to the office, including the removal of a named Children’s ... More >>
Save The Children Calls For Kiwis To Help Support Tongan Families In Need
Friday, 21 January 2022, 8:47 am | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand has today launched an emergency appeal to raise much-needed funds for children and their families in Tonga affected by Saturday’s volcanic eruption. At least three people have been killed and 50 homes destroyed following ... More >>
Tonga Volcano: Ash And Smoke Cause Concern For Air And Water Safety, Says Save The Children
Monday, 17 January 2022, 10:01 am | Save The Children
Families in Tonga are at risk of exposure to unsafe air and water due to ash and smoke from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano that erupted on Saturday, reports Save the Children. Satellite images indicate that the eruption has emitted a 5 km-wide ... More >>
Save The Children Ready To Respond In Tonga And Region Affected By Volcano Eruption
Sunday, 16 January 2022, 6:03 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children stands ready to assist communities throughout the Pacific region affected by tsunamis and tidal waves following a series of volcanic eruptions. An eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano, about 65 kilometres ... More >>
Save The Children Calls To Retain New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner
Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 6:37 am | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand is calling on the Government to retain the vital role of Children’s Commissioner as it considers a new bill proposing major changes to the office, including the removal of a named Children’s Commissioner. The child ... More >>
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 >>
