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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 >>
Save the Children is Preparing for Cyclone Season
Sunday, 13 October 2019, 1:39 pm | Save The Children
Sunday, 13 October 2019: On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, Save the Children is warning that climate change must be addressed to reduce the threat to lives and livelihoods in the Pacific. More >>
Save the Children preparing to scale up its operations
Friday, 11 October 2019, 10:35 am | Save The Children
Save the Children warned today against an impending humanitarian disaster in North East Syria, where families and children have already started fleeing hostilities. The agency confirmed it was preparing to scale up its relief operations which have ... More >>
From Beirut to BATS – the inspiring life of Eglantyne Jebb
Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 9:05 am | Save The Children
EGLANTYNE , a play recently performed in the UK, Beirut, Geneva, Dar Es Salaam and Melbourne which tells the story of Eglantyne Jebb, the courageous woman who founded Save the Children, will be performed at BATS Theatre this October. More >>
More than 24 million children need mental health support
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 3:18 pm | Save The Children
Millions of children living in high-intensity conflict zones or forced to flee as refugees will require support to address mental health concerns, according to a new briefing, ‘ Road to recovery: responding to children’s mental health in conflict,’ ... More >>
Time to bring killers of children in Yemen to justice
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 10:23 am | Save The Children
People and parties who are responsible for atrocities in Yemen should be held accountable for their actions and brought to justice, says Save the Children. Nearly 1,200 Kiwis have signed a petition demanding those responsible be held to account for their crimes ... More >>
South Asia floods
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 8:39 am | Save The Children
JULY 17, New Delhi, Dhaka & Kathmandu – More than a week of heavy monsoon rains in South Asia has led to major flooding in three countries affecting 3.2 million children. More >>
Exhibition shows impact of Save the Children over 100 years
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 12:39 pm | Save The Children
Poignant photographs of children living in one of the world largest brothels are part of an exhibition called Save the Children – 100 Years of Child Rights , which runs from 3-26 May at Flux, in the Wellington Museum. More >>
