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Save the Children responds urgently to child victims of Hurricane Harvey with Child-Friendly Spaces in shelters, essential items
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Central Bangladesh awaits “torrent of water” as death toll from South Asia floods nears 700
Central and southern Bangladesh are bracing for devastation as flood waters that wreaked havoc in the country’s north begin the long journey to the Bay of Bengal.
Child health crisis looms in Sierra Leone as death toll continues to rise
Save the Children has warned of a child health crisis in Sierra Leone due to contaminated water supplies and lack of safe shelter following this week’s deadly floods and mudslide. One hundred and twenty two children are now confirmed to have lost their lives in the tragedy, according Connaught Hospital, with 810 people still missing.
Canadians come together to help fight famine
Ottawa, August 17, 2017 –With 20 million women, children and men struggling to find food and safe drinking water in parts of Africa and Yemen, Canadians donated more than $8 million to the Humanitarian Coalition and its member agencies during the Stop Famine Together joint campaign.
YEMEN: One million malnourished children caught in cholera ‘hot zones’
More than a million children suffering from acute malnutrition are caught in areas of Yemen hardest hit by a deadly outbreak of cholera, Save the Children is warning.
At least 20,000 children at risk of dying in drought-stricken Somalia
June 29, 2017…More than 20,000 children across nine districts in Somalia risk starving to death in a few months unless the international community continues to provide life-saving aid to the drought-stricken country, Save the Children is warning.
Save the Children Statement on Reconciliation and Canada’s 150th Anniversary
June 29, 2017…As Canada marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation this July, there is much in our history and our role in the world to celebrate. Yet at the same time, Canadians and the Government of Canada must remember and acknowledge that much of the privilege and rights that we enjoy and celebrate today have been earned at the expense of Indigenous Peoples.
Canadian cities light up in red to Stop Famine Together
20 million people in parts of Africa and Yemen are on the brink of starvation. That represents more than the population of Canada’s 13 capital cities, and Ottawa, combined.
