Thousands of schools affected by super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines Aid agency battles for access to Tacloban. Up to 7,000 schools could have been damaged by super storm Haiyan in the Philippines warns Save the Children as the aid agency battles to reach the hardest hit areas like the city of Tacloban. "We are … Read more
A super typhoon – with winds of up to 250 km/h – is presently headed for densely populated parts of the Philippines. This massive storm is an extreme threat to life and property. Save the Children with its long history of responding to emergences in the Philippines, has already deployed a rapid response team to … Read more
Niger leads world on tackling child deaths, says a Save the Children report, but globally, four million more lives could have been saved if governments' efforts had focussed equally on the poorest children. One of the world's poorest countries, Niger, ranks top in a new evaluation of countries' progress in tackling preventable child deaths developed … Read more
Save the Children has launched an initial appeal of CDN$ 3.6 million (INR 21 million), to fund its emergency response to Cyclone Phailin, which battered India's Eastern coast. Thomas Chandy, the CEO of Save the Children India, said, "Given the size and intensity of this cyclone, things could have been a lot worse, and it … Read more
Save the Children Canada president and CEO, Patricia Erb, issued a statement on Canada's support for Syria and immediate call for humanitarian access. "Save the Children Canada applauds Minister Paradis and the Canadian government's direct and timely response in support of the United Nations Security Council's presidential statement urging Syria to grant immediate access for … Read more
Save the Children welcomes the news that the Canadian government is giving aid to thousands of families fleeing the horrific violence in Syria. A Canadian delegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird (Ottawa West-Nepean, ON) visited a joint project run by Save the Children and UNICEF inside Za'atri camp for Syrian Refugees in Jordan. … Read more
Save the Children issued a statement on the United Nations' report claiming that both sides in the Syria conflict are breaking international law by using children as human shields or runners on the front lines. The group said the United Nations' reports of children being used as human shields and being forced to work on … Read more
Save the Children welcomes the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, but leaders must not allow the Eurozone crisis to derail their leadership needed to fulfill its promise. The group said G8 leaders can't let the economic crisis in Europe cast a dark shadow over the bright promise they rolled out with African … Read more
As G8 leaders prepare to meet at Camp David, Save the Children said months of warnings have failed to prevent a serious malnutrition crisis sweeping Niger. The charity announced that they were shifting their focus to crisis response. Despite efforts from the Niger government, some donors and humanitarian groups to prevent the emergency, aid agencies … Read more
Save the Children said two years after the Haiti earthquake, a severe funding shortage is threatening recovery programs in the country and putting children’s futures at risk. The international organization is urgently calling for the international community to fulfill its existing commitments to Haiti and increase long-term funding to build on the significant achievements made … Read more
