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Communications Department

Save the Children Australia

Phone: +61 3 9938 2000

Mobile: +61 (0)437 355 096

Fax: +61 3 9938 2099

Email: media@savethechildren.org.au

 

 

19 June 2008: Save the Children responds to the Ethiopia drought

Save the Children is appealing for US$20 million to help around 900,000 people, including 325,000 children, who are bearing the brunt of the food crisis in Ethiopia.

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10 June 2008: Myanmar one month on: Aid getting through but thousands of children need help to return to school and rebuild their lives

As families affected by Cyclone Nargis continue their struggle to recover from the disaster, Save the Children, one of the biggest aid agencies operating in Myanmar (Burma), is focusing its attention on getting children back to school.

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4 June 2008: FAO Food Summit: Children at greater risk because of global food crisis

Children's heal threatened while fewer resources will be available for education.

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8 May 2008: Around 40 per cent of dead or missing in Myanmar Cyclone are children

Save the Children’s team in Myanmar ( Burma ) reports that 40% of the dead and missing since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma last weekend are believed to be children.

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6 May 2008: Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar - More than 50,000 perish and millions homeless

Latest figures from Save the Children in Mynamar estimate that more than 50,000 people have perished and millions have been left homeless since Cyclone Nargis hit one of the poorest nations in the world.

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6 May 2008: Thousands homeless across Myanmar as Save the Children responds to Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis hit the south west corner of Myanmar with winds of 120 miles per hour battering coastal areas. Current media reports estimate more than 10,000 people have been killed with a further 3,000 missing. Save the Children estimates that many thousands could be homeless across Myanmar.

 

6 May 2008: State of the World's Mothers Report

To commemorate Mother’s Day, Save the Children is calling attention to the health care gap among young children. This year’s State of the World’s Mothers report presents a first-ever Basic Health Care Report Card, an analysis of 55 developing countries, revealing which countries are doing the best — and worst — at reaching children with basic health care.

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2 May 2008: Save the Children aid workers killed

Save the Children today suffered the sad loss of two staff members in violent circumstances overseas.

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13 February 2008: Save the Children congratulates the Parliament of Australia

Save the Children Australia congratulates the Parliament of Australia for taking the step of apologising to Indigenous Australia’s stolen generations.

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17 January 2008: Save the Children launches appeal for Mozambique Flood victims

Save the Children has launched an appeal to raise money for the thousands of children who have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the devastating floods in Mozambique.

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8 January 2008: Traumatised children flee Kenya violence

Save the Children is extremely concerned by the impact of the recent violence in Kenya on children. Thousands of children have been forced to leave the safety of their homes because of fighting and many are now sleeping rough and are extremely vulnerable. According to the latest report from the UN, around 250,000 people have been made homeless by the violence.

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21 December, 2007: Three years on from the Tsunami

It has been three years since the devastating South Asia tsunami of December 2004 changed millions of children’s lives forever. The tsunami was the most complex humanitarian disaster in the agency’s history and Save the Children continues to assist hundreds of thousands of children living in areas affected by this disaster. We have now moved on from relief operations to longer-term support and assistance, while strengthening local organisations and communities.

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Save the Children Australia welcomes WA’s first Commissioner for Children and Youth

Save the Children Australia welcomes the initiative shown by the WA Government in appointing the first independent Commissioner for Children and Young People, Ms Michelle Scott to the role.

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Joint Statement from Myanmar

We, the undersigned humanitarian organisations working in Myanmar, are saddened and deeply concerned by the recent events in Myanmar. As organisations working on humanitarian issues, we feel it is imperative to express our views on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country, which has contributed to the events. We urge all parties to increase their efforts to address the underlying causes of the current situation.

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UN International Day of Peace, 21 September 2007

Join students from metropolitan Adelaide as they celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace at Thebarton Senior College and share the excitement as the school becomes an official UN Global Peace School.

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HIV and AIDS Conference in Cambodia

Save the Children is hosting this workshop to share successes and experiences from across the Southeast Asia and Pacific region. More than fifty participants from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal; Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States will provide technical updates on issues impacting people and their surroundings and determine future objectives.

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