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Reducing funding to fight AIDS/HIV a mistake

Thursday, 1 December 2011, 10:42 am | Save The Children

A major shortfall in pledged resources to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis and Malaria could leave up to 1.4 million orphans and vulnerable children without support and hamstring successful prevention and treatment activities for those most ... More >>

Over 1000 children and women violated in Ivory Coast crisis

Monday, 28 November 2011, 3:22 pm | Save The Children

One year after the start of the post-election crisis, a report published by Save the Children and UNICEF highlights how the suffering of children in the crisis has been overlooked. More >>

I need a hospital for my son or I fear the worst

Monday, 28 November 2011, 1:11 pm | Save The Children

Rangsit was once a bustling 300,000-strong industrial district just north of Bangkok housing dozens of car, electronics and textile factories, which are now closed. As our tiny boat inched its way along the flooded streets, we saw convenient stores ... More >>

Seen and not heard? Save the Children: things must change

Monday, 21 November 2011, 5:20 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children’s Hear Our Voices Values Exchange is an online platform that gives young people a chance to have their say and share their perspectives on issues that affect them. Launched earlier this month the site is already showing some interesting ... More >>

Seen And Not Heard?

Friday, 18 November 2011, 1:41 pm | Save The Children

18 November 2011 On Universal Children’s Day Save the Children says things must change More >>

Giving The Future A Voice

Monday, 7 November 2011, 2:58 pm | Save The Children

Bullying, gangs, domestic violence and relationships with police are just some of the issues that children and young people in New Zealand want sorted out says Save the Children New Zealand. More >>

Platform gives children a voice before 2011 Election

Sunday, 6 November 2011, 1:56 pm | Save The Children

6 November 2011 / Giving the future a voice New online platform gives children a voice before 2011 Election More >>

As the 7 billionth baby is born, 20,000 children die

Monday, 31 October 2011, 12:50 pm | Save The Children

On the day the seven billionth baby is born, more than 20,000 children will die, mostly from easily preventable diseases like diarrhoea or pneumonia. In India alone, nearly 5,000 under fives will die today. Worried for their children’s survival, ... More >>

Battle To Save Bangkok: Children In North Without Aid

Friday, 21 October 2011, 2:19 pm | Save The Children

As authorities race to save Bangkok from flooding, Save the Children warns that children already severely affected by floods north of the city risk not getting the aid they need. While aid efforts and media attention focus on Bangkok and the ever ... More >>

250,000 children missing school due to floods in Cambodia

Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 11:27 am | Save The Children

Close to a quarter of a million children are missing school because of the floods in Cambodia. Heavy monsoonal rains have caused extensive flooding across 17 of the country’s provinces and forced the closure of over 1,000 schools – and many may ... More >>

Children swept away as rains threaten the drought-displaced

Friday, 14 October 2011, 11:51 am | Save The Children

Torrential rain has hit drought-displaced families living in squalid camps in Mogadishu, Somalia. The rains have flooded flimsy shelters of nearly 2,800 people living in the Sigale camp. More >>

Driver Wanted To Help Save Kids’ Lives

Thursday, 6 October 2011, 5:10 pm | Save The Children

Sound like a job worth doing? We think so. Buy just one lottery ticket and you could be driving off for your summer holiday in a brand new Suzuki Swift and helping us improve children’s lives at the same time. Save the Children’s Great Kiwi Lottery ... More >>

World Ignores Aid Funding Plea for Pakistan

Thursday, 6 October 2011, 4:21 pm | Save The Children

There is a huge shortfall in emergency funding needed to help families left destitute by recent heavy flooding in Sindh province. Save the Children is one of the few international agencies currently delivering aid in southern Sindh. More >>

World Ignores Aid Funding Plea For Pakistan

Thursday, 6 October 2011, 2:55 pm | Save The Children

There is a huge shortfall in emergency funding needed to help families left destitute by recent heavy flooding in Sindh province. Save the Children is one of the few international agencies currently delivering aid in southern Sindh. More >>

NZ Kids First In The World To Race On World Marathon Day

Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 1:39 pm | Save The Children

On Wednesday, 5 October 2011, students from Ashburton, Wellington and Christchurch will join thousands of children across the globe in Save the Children‘s first ever EVERY ONE World Marathon Challenge. More >>

We Need to do More for New Zealand’s Vulnerable Children

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 9:44 am | Save The Children

Save the Children CEO Liz Gibbs will be speaking at the Women’s Refuge Summit in Wellington tomorrow about why Save the Children wants to see more public investment in New Zealand’s vulnerable children and why we should be looking further afield ... More >>

We need to do more for New Zealand’s vulnerable children

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 12:02 am | Save The Children

Save the Children CEO Liz Gibbs will be speaking at the Women’s Refuge Summit in Wellington tomorrow about why Save the Children wants to see more public investment in New Zealand’s vulnerable children and why we should be looking further afield ... More >>

PAKISTAN FLOODS: Save the Children spokesperson available

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 11:55 am | Save The Children

The lives of two million people – over half of them children - are at severe risk from disease as devastating flooding continues in southern Pakistan. Many are struggling to cope, after being left vulnerable from last year’s disaster. Children are already ... More >>

350 Million Children Will Never See a Health Worker

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 9:22 am | Save The Children

20 September 2011 At least 350 million children will never see a health worker in their lives, warns Save the Children in a major new report released today, No Child Out Of Reach. The shortfall of doctors and nurses around the world means millions ... More >>

People who volunteer live longer, study suggests

Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 3:28 pm | Save The Children

People who volunteer for selfless reasons, such as helping others, live longer than those who don't lend a helping hand, a new study shows. The findings showed that those who volunteered for altruistic reasons had lower mortality rates than people ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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