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Peace summit highlights education as pivotal

Thursday, 12 March 2009, 5:21 pm | Save The Children

Today, top peace negotiators and education experts joined representatives of governments and the United Nations at a unique summit to examine how quality education can be prioritised in peace processes, and become a reality for all children living in conflict-affected ... More >>

Save the Children asked to suspend ops in Sudan

Friday, 6 March 2009, 12:51 pm | Save The Children

The Save the Children Alliance, which represents 27 independent Save the Children agencies operating in more than 120 countries worldwide, issued the following statement today on recent developments in Sudan. More >>

Show Your Love Differently This Valentine's Day

Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 1:02 pm | Save The Children

Forget the usual-suspect gifts of chocolate or roses this Valentine’s Day. Be brave, stand out from the crowd and show your love differently with a gift from Save the Children’s Wish List. More >>

Children helped back to school after Fiji floods

Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 2:25 pm | Save The Children

Fiji's school year opens today after being forced to remain closed for an extra week due to heavy rain and severe flooding that devastated the western areas of Fiji. More >>

Humanitarian Convoy Leaving Jerusalem For Gaza

Friday, 23 January 2009, 3:51 pm | Save The Children

A convoy of international aid agencies of Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, Mercy Corps, Oxfam International and other Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) will drive from Jerusalem to Gaza in an attempt to get humanitarian staff in through ... More >>

Convey of aid agencies attempt to cross into Gaza

Friday, 23 January 2009, 11:36 am | Save The Children

A convoy of international aid agencies of Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, Mercy Corps, Oxfam International and other Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) will drive from Jerusalem to Gaza in an attempt to get humanitarian staff in through ... More >>

Save The Children Moves Quickly In Gaza

Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 10:43 am | Save The Children

JERUSALEM (18 January, 2009) — Save the Children is moving quickly to move aid into Gaza and swiftly deliver it to children and families in need, following the announcement of a ceasefire by all parties today. A truckload of 100 baby kits, 150 ... More >>

Save the Children Helping In Gaza

Wednesday, 21 January 2009, 10:43 am | Save The Children

JERUSALEM (18 January, 2009) Save the Children is moving quickly to move aid into Gaza and swiftly deliver it to children and families in need, following the announcement of a ceasefire by all parties today. A truckload of 100 baby kits, 150 hygiene kits ... More >>

Large-scale Relief Effort for Children in Gaza

Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 2:21 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children is moving quickly to move aid into Gaza and swiftly deliver it to children and families in need, following the announcement of a ceasefire by all parties today. A truckload of 100 baby kits, 150 hygiene kits and more than 1,400 ... More >>

Staff Member Loses Family Member in Gaza Shelling

Friday, 16 January 2009, 3:51 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children renews calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza as violence escalates dramatically in Gaza. Four members of a Save the Children staff member's family in Gaza were killed last night by tank shelling as they fled their home in the Sabra ... More >>

Newborns, Babies in Gaza Face Increasing Threats

Monday, 12 January 2009, 4:26 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children warns that the lives of Gazan babies are increasingly threatened by deteriorating living conditions and two weeks of conflict, with Gaza's biggest paediatric hospital reporting that parents have been unable to bring ill children ... More >>

Cease Fire Brings Little Relief to Families

Thursday, 8 January 2009, 12:06 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children continued to provide vulnerable communities in northern and southern Gaza with lifesaving food supplies today, working before and during a brief cease fire that brought little relief to families in need. More >>

Save the Children's statement on violence in Gaza

Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:57 am | Save The Children

(January 6, 2009 - Gaza) -- Save the Children strongly protests the continued violence in Gaza that has now claimed the lives of more than 100 children. More >>

Save the Children Delivers Food to Gaza

Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 12:10 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children staff members today began delivering much-needed food to children and families in Gaza despite continued violence. More >>

Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is not under control

Friday, 12 December 2008, 4:23 pm | Save The Children

Speaking from the agency's HQ in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare today, Rachel Pounds, Save the Children country director said: "If anything is certain in the chaos of Zimbabwe today it is that the cholera outbreak is not under control. According to ... More >>

Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is not under control

Friday, 12 December 2008, 4:04 pm | Save The Children

Speaking from the agency's HQ in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare today, Rachel Pounds, Save the Children country director said: "If anything is certain in the chaos of Zimbabwe today it is that the cholera outbreak is not under control. According to ... More >>

New Board Member For Save The Children

Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 9:35 am | Save The Children

John Allen, Chief Executive of New Zealand Post, has been appointed as a member of the Board of Save the Children New Zealand. More >>

Save the Children Donates To Zimbabwe Crisis

Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 3:48 pm | Save The Children

Save the Children New Zealand has announced that it will be sending NZD $60,000 to support the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. More >>

Anthrax - new misery to cholera-hit Zimbabwe

Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 11:10 am | Save The Children

A deadly outbreak of anthrax has killed two children and one adult and is threatening to wipe out at least 60,000 livestock in Zimbabwe’s northern Zambezi Valley, Save the Children warned today. More >>

Families Torn Apart By War In The Congo

Thursday, 27 November 2008, 10:27 am | Save The Children

Over half the people displaced by the latest round of fighting in the Congo have become separated from family members in the chaos of war, a survey by Save the Children and other aid agencies suggests. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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