Media centre

Media inquiries should be directed to:

Annie Lawson
Public Affairs Manager
Save the Children Australia
Phone: +61 3 9938 2052
Mobile: +61 (0)437 355 096
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3 July 2009: Make Child Abuse, Slavery and Neglect a Thing of the Past.
Save the Children is hosting a national exhibition, debuting in Melbourne at Southern Cross Station today, to raise awareness of child abuse, slavery and neglect, issues that are often overlooked.

Media Releases: Make Child Abuse, Slavery and Neglect a Thing of the Past

2 June 2009: Displacement Puts More than 1.7 Million Pakistani Children at Risk
Children and families displaced by conflict in northwestern Pakistan are facing increasingly difficult living conditions and decreasing options as the crisis drags on, according to a recent assessment by Save the Children.

Media Release: Displacement Puts More than 1.7 Million Pakistani Children at Risk 

12 May 2009:  Save the Children launches appeal for families affected by Pakistan conflict
Save the Children has launched an appeal to help children and families forced from their homes by the escalating conflict in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province.

Media Release: Save the Children launches appeal for families affected by Pakistan conflict

5 May 2009: New report ranks Australia great for mums, but not for kids
Australia is the third best place in the world to be a mother, a new global report that rates the wellbeing of mothers and children has found. But the research from Save the Children revealed a less rosy picture for children, whose wellbeing was ranked 27th out of the 43 developed countries surveyed across the globe.

Media Release: New report ranks Australia great for mums, but not for kids
    

 
30 April 2009: Swine Flu: Health tips for families
Save the Children Australia has issued health advice for families to minimise the chance of infection following the global outbreak of the swine influenza.

Media release: Swine Flu: Health tips for families

 
8 April 2009: Save the Children contact available for interview in l’Aquilla, Italy
Save the Children has deployed experts to the area hit by the 6.3 magnitude quake that struck in the early hours of Monday morning. The team will focus on assessing the most urgent needs for children.

Media release: Save the Children contact available for interview in l’Aquilla, Italy

7 April 2009: Former Transfield CEO appointed to Save the Children Board
Former Transfield Services CEO, Peter Watson, was today announced as Save the Children Australia’s newest Board recruit.

Media release: Former Transfield CEO appointed to Save the Children Board

6 April 2009: World Health Day – Australian Kids Deserve More On The Menu
Commemorating World Health Day (7 April), Save the Children Australia today called on governments around the country to direct more funds into health and nutrition programs to tackle growing obesity rates.

Media release: World Health Day – Australian Kids Deserve More On The Menu

     

 
25 March 2009: Warren Mundine signs on to Save the Children
Aboriginal leader and former ALP National President, Warren Mundine, today joined the Board of Save the Children Australia.

Media release: Warren Mundine signs on to Save the Children

 

10 February 2009: Mobile Play Buses Deployed … Plus 10 Tips On How To Help Children Cope
With formal support from local Shire Councils, Save the Children is deploying Mobile Play Buses to areas affected by the devastating bushfires, to assist children and their families during the acute phase of the emergency.

Media release: Mobile Play Buses Deployed … Plus 10 Tips On How To Help Children Cope
 

 
23 January 2009: Media Advisory - Gaza
A convoy of international aid agencies Action Against Hunger, Mercy Corps, Oxfam International, Save the Children and other NGOs will drive from Jerusalem to Gaza in an attempt to get humanitarian staff in through Erez Crossing

Media release: Media Advisory - Gaza

 
21 January 2009: Joint statement by CARE International and Save the Children on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Agencies Call for Immediate Open and Unhindered Access for Aid and International Non-Governmental Organizations into Gaza
CARE and Save the Children today expressed concern about the devastating humanitarian situation in Gaza, and announced that they are prevented from scaling up their emergency response because of restrictions on humanitarian access and movement of international non-governmental organizations into Gaza. The two global agencies are calling for immediate and unfettered access for humanitarian aid and staff into Gaza to meet the critical and growing needs of the population, more than half of whom are children.

  

 
18 January 2009:  Save the Children Begins Large-scale Relief Effort for Children in Gaza Following Ceasefire
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 packages of diapers prepared by Save the Children was transported this morning into Gaza, where staff and local partners began delivering the items to families at UNRWA shelters in Beit Lahiya and Jabalia.

   

 
15 January 2009: Save the Children Staff Member Loses Family Members in Shelling of 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 neighborhood in Gaza City. They had run into the street after the house next door was hit and were attempting to reach shelter.      


 
15 January 2009: Save the Children Renews Call for Immediate Cease Fire in Gaza
As violence escalates dramatically in Gaza, Save the Children is calling for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access to all of Gaza to ensure the protection of the civilian population, especially its children.


 
8 January 2009: Brief Cease Fire Brings Little Relief to Families in Gaza
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.

The agency delivered food parcels containing two-week supplies for households of up to ten people in Khan Younis, Middle Camp and Rafah in the south. In the north, 100 families in the Bedouin camp of Um Al Nasser received 100 food parcels.


 
5 January 2009: Save the Children Delivers Food to Families in Gaza Despite Violence
Save the Children staff members began delivering much-needed food to children and families in Gaza despite continued violence. On Sunday staff members delivered food parcels to 641 families — or nearly  6,000 people, including over 3,000 children — in Gaza City, east Jabaliyah, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun and Um Al Nasser. However, air assaults and ground fighting are making movement dangerous for needy families and Save the Children staff trying to assist them. 

Media release: Save the Children delivers Food to Families in Gaza Despite Violence