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Patricia Erb, Save the Children President and CEO, Receives CCIC’s Karen Takacs Award for Women’s Leadership in International Development
Toronto, May 10, 2017…Save the Children is pleased to announce that its President and CEO, Patricia Erb, is this year’s recipient of the Karen Takacs Award for Women’s Leadership in International Development. The award is given annually to a woman who identifies as a feminist, is peer-nominated, and is making a meaningful contribution to global cooperation.
Save The Children Maternity Hospital Attacked In Latest Of 12 Incidents Targeting Health Facilities In Syria This Month
April 28, 2017…A maternity hospital supported by Save the Children in Idlib province in Syria was damaged after at least two airstrikes landed near the facility late last night.
Children Face Increased Violence And Exploitation As Famine Looms In Drought-Stricken Somalia
Hargeisa, Somaliland – More than a million children in Somalia are at risk of increased violence, child labour and of being separated from their families due to the devastating drought ravaging the country, new research from Save the Children has revealed.
Drought-Hit Somalia One Step Closer To Famine
New Study Shows Alarming Increase In Severe Malnutrition Among Children
April 20, 2017…Life-threatening child malnutrition rates continue to rise to alarming levels in drought affected Somalia, a new study from Save the Children reveals.
The survey results found “very critical” levels of severe malnutrition in two of six districts assessed in some of the worst affected parts of Somalia, which could spell disaster for a country where livelihoods have already been decimated and the economy…
UN Must List Saudi Arabia-Led Coalition For Violating Child Rights In Yemen - Report
A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen must be named in the UN’s annual list of perpetrators of child rights violations for carrying out repeated attacks on medical facilities and personnel, a new report says today.
Conditions In South Sudan’s Unity State Expected To Deteriorate With Coming Rainy Season
Save the Children vaccinates thousands and delivers critical healthcare to famine-hit state
April 19, 2017…As it delivers lifesaving services and vaccinations to thousands of the most hard-to-reach people in famine-hit South Sudan’s Unity state, Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit has warned conditions will deteriorate further with the coming rainy season.
The EHU was deployed to the remote town of Mayendit as part of a UN coordinated rapid response, with Save the Children medical workers…
Penguin Random House Launches #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes Campaign April 17-23
New Online Platform Featuring Timed Reading Excerpts Triggers Book Donations to Save the Children
Campaign Culminates on UNESCO’s World Book & Copyright Day
Toronto, … April 17, 2017 – Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade book publisher, today announced the launch of its #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes campaign, giving readers the chance to help young readers in local communities throughout North America. From April 17 – 23, the week leading up to UNESCO’s World Book and…
Born On The Run: Young Iraqi mothers fleeing ISIS give birth anywhere they can
April 12, 2017…With the battle for West Mosul still raging, and ISIS increasingly using civilians as human shields as coalition airstrikes continue, many expectant mothers are fleeing for their lives – in some cases even giving birth on the run.
