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Pneumonia, world’s deadliest disease, kills two children every minute—Save the Children
Nearly one million children a year are dying from pneumonia even though it can be treated with antibiotics costing as little as $0.50 Save the Children reveals today.
Save the Children Names Bill Chambers New President & CEO
TORONTO, ON (Oct 30, 2017) — Save the Children Canada’s Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Bill Chambers as its new president and CEO.
All Sixties Scoop Survivors Should Be Compensated Fairly
All Indigenous adults who were robbed of their culture between the 1960s and 1980s, should be compensated fairly for the harm they suffered as children, Save the Children Canada has said.
High-level meeting aims to urgently accelerate action to end child marriage in West and Central Africa
Dakar 23rd October 2017 Ministers, First Ladies, United Nations agencies, civil society, religious and traditional leaders, youth groups and other key actors from across West and Central Africa gather in Dakar, Senegal from 23 to 25 October 2017, to strengthen their commitments to ending child marriage and agree on tangible and measurable steps towards eliminating the practice in the region.
YEMEN: Cholera outbreak now largest and fastest on record, 600,000 children infected by Christmas
Yemen’s cholera outbreak will reach more than a million cases by Christmas at current rates, including at least 600,000 children, Save the Children is warning.
More than 20,000 girls married illegally every day
More than 20,000 girls are married every day below the minimum age permitted by national law, according to new research from Save the Children and the World Bank marking the International Day of the Girl.
700,000 children among millions of people in Puerto Rico facing aftereffects of Hurricane Maria
More than two weeks after the hurricane hit the island, electricity, fuel, and clean water are still scarce.
Save the Children welcomes UN request for international investigation in human rights abuses in Yemen
The UN’s Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling for an international investigation into human rights abuses in Yemen. The move follows months of pressure from human rights organizations and NGOs to investigate abuses that continue to occur in the war-torn country.
