Thousands of pregnant women homeless and at risk as rainy season threatens Haiti

The lives of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and newborn babies are at risk in Haiti as the rainy season sets in, bringing with it the threat of floods, mudslides and deadly diseases.

Even before the earthquake hit in January, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving an estimated 1 million homeless, Haiti ranked among the most dangerous countries in the world to give birth, with one in every 44 women dying during labour or due to complications with a pregnancy. 

Thousands of pregnant women homeless and at risk as rainy season threatens Haiti

Save the Children rescues service for Kimberley kids

The Kimberley’s only licensed remote community childcare centre has been saved from closure by a partnership with leading Australian children’s rights organisation Save the Children.

The Djarindjin Childcare Centre will relaunch today (11 March) as the Djarindjin Quality Early Childhood Learning Centre, thanks to major funding and additional staff resourcing from Save the Children. 

Save the Children rescues service for Kimberley kids

Video: Save the Children Mobile Village Clinics

This footage follows a Save the Children delivery to a mobile village clinic in Haiti, and includes an interview in which Dr. Joachim Abdias talks about treating children and families for diseases.

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Save the Children Opens First Temporary School for Quake-affected Haitian Children 

Agency Plans to Set up Around 300 Temporary Classrooms Over Coming Weeks

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (March 5, 2010) — Classes have begun again for the children of Cejecodema School in Martissant, an area on the outskirts of Port-Au-Prince in Haiti, thanks to assistance from Save the Children. The humanitarian agency has provided classroom tents and supplies so that hundreds of children in this quake-affected area could reinitiate their studies and regain a sense of normalcy.

Media Release: Save the Children Opens First Temporary School for Quake-affected Haitian Children 

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