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Save the Children Australia

Phone: +61 3 9938 2000

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Email: media@savethechildren.org.au

 

 

12 May 2009: Parental leave and international aid increase a step in the right direction

Save the Children Australia’s applauds the Federal Government for announcing plans for paid parental leave in the 2009-10 federal budget. That it also reaffirmed its commitment to increase funding for developing countries despite the current economic challenges will help vulnerable communities affected by the financial meltdown, natural disasters and increasing conflict. 

 

  

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.

 

  

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.

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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.

  

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.

 


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.

 

 

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

 

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. 

 

8 December 2008: Suzanne Dvorak appointed CEO, Save the Children Australia

Save the Children Australia today announces the appointment of Suzanne Dvorak to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Suzanne takes over from Peter Falvey, who has been acting CEO since the departure of Margaret Douglas in October.

Suzanne has distinguished herself over the past decade as a driving force behind the development of Marie Stopes International (Australia, South East Asia, and Pacific Region), most recently as Group CEO.

 

1 December 2008: Anthrax infections bring new misery to cholera-hit Zimbabwe

A deadly outbreak of anthrax has killed two children and one adult and is threatening to wipe out at least 60,000 livestock in Zimbabwe's northern Zambezi Valley, Save the Children warned today.

Many families in the Zambezi Valley are so hungry that they are taking meat from the carcasses of their dead animals, even if they know it's diseased, and are feeding it to their children. If the animal has been poisoned by anthrax, those children could die.


5 November 2008: Save the Children launches Appeal to provide Relief and Protection for Children and Families Fleeing the Congo Conflict

One week after intense fighting between the Congolese army and rebel forces uprooted some 300,000 refugees and displaced people in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Save the Children is moving quickly to provide immediate, life-saving aid to children and their families affected by the conflict.

11 September 2008: Save the Children responds to needs of children in storm-ravaged Haiti

Save the Children is assisting children and families affected by extreme weather in Haiti, which has seen landfall of three tropical storms since the middle of August.

 

10 September 2008: Disease kills children in India flood camps

Children who fled their homes to escape floods in northern India are dying from disease because of dirty contaminated water and a lack of decent toilets and washing facilities in the camps where they are living. 

 

5 September 2008: Lack of international funding creates hole in aid effort for Ethiopia

Children’s lives in Ethiopia are at risk because of a chronic lack of international funding for food aid, warns Save the Children. 

 

1 August 2008: Burma three months on: Food shortages and earning a living biggest challenge for cyclone-affected families

Burmese children and their families are still in need of international assistance to help rebuild their lives, three months after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country.

Save the Children, the biggest international aid agency responding in Burma, has already reached over half a million people, including 225,000 children, but says that much more needs to be done.

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19 June 2008: Save the Children responds to the Ethiopia drought

Save the Children is appealing for US$20 million to help around 900,000 people, including 325,000 children, who are bearing the brunt of the food crisis in Ethiopia.

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10 June 2008: Myanmar one month on: Aid getting through but thousands of children need help to return to school and rebuild their lives

As families affected by Cyclone Nargis continue their struggle to recover from the disaster, Save the Children, one of the biggest aid agencies operating in Myanmar (Burma), is focusing its attention on getting children back to school.

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4 June 2008: FAO Food Summit: Children at greater risk because of global food crisis

Children's heal threatened while fewer resources will be available for education.

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8 May 2008: Around 40 per cent of dead or missing in Myanmar Cyclone are children

Save the Children’s team in Myanmar ( Burma ) reports that 40% of the dead and missing since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma last weekend are believed to be children.

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6 May 2008: Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar - More than 50,000 perish and millions homeless

Latest figures from Save the Children in Mynamar estimate that more than 50,000 people have perished and millions have been left homeless since Cyclone Nargis hit one of the poorest nations in the world.

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6 May 2008: Thousands homeless across Myanmar as Save the Children responds to Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis hit the south west corner of Myanmar with winds of 120 miles per hour battering coastal areas. Current media reports estimate more than 10,000 people have been killed with a further 3,000 missing. Save the Children estimates that many thousands could be homeless across Myanmar.


 

6 May 2008: State of the World's Mothers Report

To commemorate Mother’s Day, Save the Children is calling attention to the health care gap among young children. This year’s State of the World’s Mothers report presents a first-ever Basic Health Care Report Card, an analysis of 55 developing countries, revealing which countries are doing the best — and worst — at reaching children with basic health care.

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2 May 2008: Save the Children aid workers killed

Save the Children today suffered the sad loss of two staff members in violent circumstances overseas.

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13 February 2008: Save the Children congratulates the Parliament of Australia

Save the Children Australia congratulates the Parliament of Australia for taking the step of apologising to Indigenous Australia’s stolen generations.

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17 January 2008: Save the Children launches appeal for Mozambique Flood victims

Save the Children has launched an appeal to raise money for the thousands of children who have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the devastating floods in Mozambique.

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8 January 2008: Traumatised children flee Kenya violence

Save the Children is extremely concerned by the impact of the recent violence in Kenya on children. Thousands of children have been forced to leave the safety of their homes because of fighting and many are now sleeping rough and are extremely vulnerable. According to the latest report from the UN, around 250,000 people have been made homeless by the violence.

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21 December, 2007: Three years on from the Tsunami

It has been three years since the devastating South Asia tsunami of December 2004 changed millions of children’s lives forever. The tsunami was the most complex humanitarian disaster in the agency’s history and Save the Children continues to assist hundreds of thousands of children living in areas affected by this disaster. We have now moved on from relief operations to longer-term support and assistance, while strengthening local organisations and communities.

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Save the Children Australia welcomes WA’s first Commissioner for Children and Youth

Save the Children Australia welcomes the initiative shown by the WA Government in appointing the first independent Commissioner for Children and Young People, Ms Michelle Scott to the role.

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Joint Statement from Myanmar

We, the undersigned humanitarian organisations working in Myanmar, are saddened and deeply concerned by the recent events in Myanmar. As organisations working on humanitarian issues, we feel it is imperative to express our views on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country, which has contributed to the events. We urge all parties to increase their efforts to address the underlying causes of the current situation.

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UN International Day of Peace, 21 September 2007

Join students from metropolitan Adelaide as they celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace at Thebarton Senior College and share the excitement as the school becomes an official UN Global Peace School.

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HIV and AIDS Conference in Cambodia

Save the Children is hosting this workshop to share successes and experiences from across the Southeast Asia and Pacific region. More than fifty participants from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal; Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States will provide technical updates on issues impacting people and their surroundings and determine future objectives.

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