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The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, would not rule out that the Coalition was looking at cutting foreign aid by $400m. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian. Aid organisations have condemned reports that the Turnbull government is considering yet another cut in the annual foreign aid budget – this ...

NEWPORT—In August 2017, Save the Children expanded services provided to Cocke County through its Community Collaborative initiative. The goal of the program is to bring together all entities that are interested in improving education in the district. This includes community representatives, business ...

According to UNHCR 5,615,147 have now fled Syria to surrounding countries in the region. Children now make up 47.7% of the refugee population, meaning there are an estimated 2,678,425 refugee children in the region. To date we have reached 3,127,153 people in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey ...

Save the Children spoke with dozens of aid workers, children, parents, doctors, teachers and youth workers in besieged Eastern Ghouta and northwest Syria as part of a new briefing, Voices from Syria's Danger Zones. Four de-escalation zones (DEZ) were announced across Syria in mid-2017, supposedly ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (March 17, 2018)— Save the Children is warning that conditions are ripe for a devastating new health crisis in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this coming monsoon season, which is expected to dump more than 9 feet of rain on the overcrowded and fragile settlements. The warning comes as ...

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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (March 26, 2018)— Monday, March 26, 2018 marks three years since the start of the escalation of conflict in Yemen. In observance of the day, Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children's Yemen Country Director, said: "For the last three years, Yemeni children have been bombed and starved with utter impunity.

She learned about Save the Children's Emergency Health Unit and quickly sought help for her son. Anna, the EHU nurse, diagnosed Joseph with pneumonia and treated him with an intravenous injection of antibiotics. The Emergency Health Unit treats children for some of the biggest child killers in the world: malaria, ...

In times of crisis, when children are at their most vulnerable, Save the Children is there. We are always at the ready — and always among the first agencies that help during natural disasters. Delivering lifesaving emergency relief. And staying as long as it takes to ensure children and families can recover from the losses, ...

... suffering from violence, exploitation and neglect, and are vulnerable in times of crisis. In every corner of the world, children need a strong voice to stand up for them, work on their behalf and make their lives better. Save the Children is the voice for vulnerable children. We're on the ground in 120 countries, working to reach ...

In September of 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, pummeling the U.S. territory with catastrophic levels of rain and winds up to 155 miles per hour. It was the largest disaster in Puerto Rico since 1928 – power was knocked out for the entire island. Save the Children was on the island within 96 hours.

Saeed*, three, inside an abandoned petrol station where he and his family now live in Raqqa. Photo: Save the Children. It's hard to believe the fighting in Syria has endured for so long – so much bloodshed and destruction, and still today as violent and ruthless as ever. All parties to the conflict have shown ...

Save the Children is warning up to 9,000 school-aged children risk having their education ruined or severely disrupted because of the devastating earthquake in PNG nearly two weeks ... Save the Children is concerned this means as many as 9,000 children will not be able to return to school any time soon.

Syria wasn't always in the headlines. It wasn't always synonymous with war. There was a time when it was better known for its historic beauty than its heartbreaking bloodshed. What's happened in the past seven years? Donate now: Syria Crisis. “Syria is a modern, efficient and very proud nation with an ...

The NGO Save the Children is publishing a chilling new report to mark the seventh anniversary of the war in Syria. It points to a 45 percent increase in the civilian death toll across Syria since the creation of so-called "de-escalation zones", with at least 37 civilians killed every day since mid-2017.

Save the Children failed to deal adequately with inappropriate behaviour complaints and there was evidence of "unsafe behaviour" towards staff at the charity, two reviews have said. Reviews in 2015 found "significant omissions and failures" in their response to harassment complaints. The charity said ...

Save the Children International on Saturday in three separate ceremonies handed over three newly rehabilitated water boreholes to the Ministry of Water Development located in three regions. Hon Saleban Yusuf Ali Koore, the Minister of Water Development inspected the rehabilitated borehole and other ...

Kate Hewitt, Save the Children's director of brand and creative content, said: "As a global charity working on a vast array of issues, Save the Children is always looking for authentic and compelling ways to engage the UK public with why we do what we do. "While motherhood is universal, sadly healthcare is ...

Rudolph von Bernuth, who held senior posts including that of international programmes director, was at Save the Children from 1992-96 and 1997-2014 before he was sacked for serious misconduct linked to past behaviour. He has since been a university guest lecturer in the US. Save the Children said ...

Save the Children says the proposal by the Russian President to implement a five-hour daily ceasefire in besieged Eastern Ghouta is not good enough and the ceasefire agreed by the UN Security Council must be immediately implemented. New video verified and released by Save the Children shows the ...

LONDON — The head of Save the Children, Kevin Watkins, compared the sexual abuse scandal currently rocking the aid sector to the 2008 financial crisis, describing aid agencies as “too big, too confident, too exuberant,” and having “too much belief in their own power.” Speaking at the Bond conference ...

Save the Children staff have demanded the removal of Sir Alan Parker as the charity's international chairman. They said yesterday that accountability for sexual misconduct by two former executives should not end with the pair's resignations this week. A petition calling for the departure of Sir Alan, the ...

A former chief executive of Save the Children has resigned from his role at Unicef following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Justin Forsyth said he was stepping down "with heavy heart", not because of his past mistakes, but "because of the danger of damaging both Unicef and Save the Children".

On both occasions, the investigation led to "unreserved" apology from the chief executive and "the matters were closed," the statement said. The Save the Children allegations follow outrage over revelations that staff from British-based charity Oxfam abused their position of trust to engage in sexual acts with ...

Save the Children has apologised to female employees who complained of inappropriate behaviour by the charity's former chief executive, admitting their claims were not properly dealt with at the time. In a statement, the charity said Justin Forsyth – who has since become deputy executive director of Unicef ...

Yannick,* age 16, is a former child soldier from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “The militants came to the village and told us that they would kill us if we didn't join them. They said they'd kill our families too and burn down our houses. When I heard them say that, I was worried about my family, so I decided to ...

Across the United States, one in five children grows up in poverty. Of the counties with the highest poverty rates, 90% are rural. Because of circumstances beyond their control, millions of kids never reach their full potential. Since 1932, Save the Children has been on the ground providing support to the most isolated and ...

The international humanitarian agency Save the Children has raised the alarm about hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children who have fled across the border from Venezuela into Colombia. In a press release on Tuesday, the agency said the spiral of political violence and economic insecurity in ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (February 25, 2018)— Bombs continue to strike the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta today, according to Save the Children partners on the ground. Last night, after days of negotiations, the UN Security Council unanimously voted for a cessation of hostilities and to allow humanitarian access ...