Pakistan's success in three areas of child survival
SUN-CSA, Pak calls to increase funding for implementation of nutrition strategiesThe Executive Council (EC) of Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN-CSA) Pakistan held its first meeting and...
View Article'Nothing about us, without us': India calls for Citizens engagement
(Written by Pragya Vats, Campaign Manager, Save the Children India)Empower citizens and see the differenceMeera Devi is a ward member from Muzaffar district in Bihar. She admits that when she was first...
View ArticleEast Africa Community launches regional reproductive maternal newborn and...
In the past two years, the East Africa Regional Office (EARO) has been engaging with the East African Community (EAC) to ensure that children’s issues feature prominently in the regional integration...
View ArticleWhat is it like to give birth without proper access to healthcare?
(Written by Myleene Klass, Save the Children UK Ambassador)It’s easy to forget how lucky we all are here in the UK. When I became a mum, I was in a hospital surrounded by doctors, nurses and access to...
View ArticleRace for Survival kicks off with 25,000 signatures delivered to White House
Save the Children US and our new affiliated advocacy organization Save the Children Action Network held our 13th annual Advocacy Summit on April 21-22 in Washington, D.C. to call on elected leaders to...
View ArticleTajikistan inaugurates two much-needed primary health centres
In partnership with local government and health authorities, Save the Children has inaugurated two new Health Houses in South Tajikistan, in Vose district.The ceremonies were conducted on April 5th in...
View ArticleThe frontline in the battle to end preventable child deaths
(Written by Patrick Watt, Global Campaign and Advocacy Director, Save the Children)Nimule is a dusty, unplanned town, set on the Nile at South Sudan’s border with Uganda, and at the end of the...
View ArticleSave the Children Italy launches the Village at EXPO Milano 2015
Save the Children Italy launched its EVERY ONE village at the Expo Milano on 5 May. Having achieved success in previous years with the village, the interactive set-up is all set to engage visitors on...
View ArticleChildren race through G7 embassies in Berlin
Written by Julia Schilling, Advoacy Manager, Save the Children GermanyOn Friday, 8 May - sandwiched between the launch of "State of the World's Mothers" and Mother's day in Germany, and one month...
View ArticleBorn in the urban shades
Written by Tove R. Wang, CEO, Redd Barna (Save the Children Norway) and Kirsten Jørgensen, CEO, Norwegian Midwifery AssociationOp-ed originally published pn 5 May 2015 in Dagsavisen, a Norwegian daily...
View ArticlePakistan roundtable on implementation of the Post-2015 development agenda
Written by Maheen Shaiq, Senior Advocacy and Documentation Officer, Save the Children in PakistanSave the Children in Pakistan developed a national reality check roundtable in collaboration with...
View ArticlePakistan briefs media and provincial leaders on child survival
Written by Maheen Shaiq, Senior Advocacy and Documentation Officer, Save the Children in PakistanUnder its Diarrhoea Prevention and Control initiative, Save the Children in Pakistan organised a session...
View ArticleNewborns at risk in Nepal as monsoon season approaches
Thousands of newborn babies are at serious risk of illness and neonatal death in Nepal, Save the Children warns, one month on from the earthquake that claimed at least 8,500 lives.An estimated 92,900...
View ArticleCan a 17-year-old change the world?
(Written by Khalidi Mohamedi Mngulu, Tanzania Youth Ambassador)Geneva, SwitzerlandFriday 22 May 2015This is a week I will not forget soon. I was very happy when I heard I was going to be in Geneva to...
View ArticleAfghanistan's national call-to-action to end preventable child deaths
(Written by Dr. Jamil Rahmankhel, Health & Community Mobilization Advisor for Save the Children in Afghanistan)As a final year for the unfinished business of MDGs, May 10-12, 2015 witnessed “New...
View ArticleAfghanistan's First Lady's message for children running Race for Survival
Save the Children in Afghanistan hosted its Race for Survival today in Kabul. Most of the 300 children who participated, came from our programs supporting street children and brought the attention to...
View ArticleEarly Childhood: Success in Bolivia for Advocacy team
Beginning in 2013, after a petition of the Cochabamba Secretary for Human Development, Save the Children partnered with Aldeas SOS and UNICEF to advocate for a municipal Law on Early Childhood and to...
View ArticleGirl’s dreams, rescued
By Getachew Dibaba, Save the Children in EthiopiaAyelech* 13, lives in a remote village in the Amhara region, north of Addis Ababa. She likes local celebrations which involve traditional songs and...
View ArticleEthiopia celebrates Day of the African Child with a focus on child marriages
Written by Getachew Dibaba, Campaign and Media Manager, Save the Children in EthiopiaEthiopian girls meet the Deputy President of Amhara regionSave the Children, in collaboration with its partner,...
View ArticleCambodian Children Demand for Lower Stunting Rates at Race for Survival
Written by Caitlin Macquarrie, Save the Children in Cambodia20 June, Prey Veng, Cambodia - It was an early start to beat the monsoon rains in this small Cambodian town, but it no amount of rain could...
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