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06/10/2008 - We, the undersigned NGOs, are extremely concerned about the devastating humanitarian crisis in Somalia. Click here to read the full press release
23/09/2008 - Save the Children welcomes the announcement that the child poverty target will go into legislation. Click here to read the full press release
23/09/2008 - Save the Children welcome the government’s recent announcements around extending free part-time childcare to all two-year-olds and free computer access to children from low-income families. Click here to read the full press release
22/09/2008 - Children who were forced to flee their villages to escape flooding in Bihar, northern India, are still homeless and living in terrible conditions. Click here to read the full press release
19/09/2008 - Children seeking asylum and those who have been trafficked into the UK are to receive the same rights to education, health and support services as British children, according to the BBC today. Click here to read the full press release
16/09/2008 - Save the Children launches £5m appeal following power-sharing deal. Click here to read the full press release
11/09/2008 - Claire Walker, Save the Children's UK Poverty spokesperson, said:
"Children living in poverty are going to be cold this winter and their families are having to make tough choices between having the heating on and having a hot meal. Click here to read the full press release
09/09/2008 - 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. Click here to read the full press release
03/09/2008 - Children who were forced to leave their homes to escape flooding are now facing severe health threats. Click here to read the full press release
01/09/2008 - Children sheltering near highways after they fled their homes to escape rising floodwaters are being killed by high-speed vehicles, according to Save the Children’s emergency response teams in northern India. Click here to read the full press release
01/09/2008 - Save the Children has dispatched an emergency response team to the Gulf Coast to expand its ability to assist children and families who could be displaced by Hurricane Gustav, which is bearing down on the Louisiana coast as a possible category-3 storm. Click here to read the full press release
29/08/2008 - Today Save the Children was given the green light to get back to delivering life-saving aid to children in Zimbabwe, after being unable to operate fully for five months. Click here to read the full press release
29/08/2008 - Escalating prices for basic foods are creating a new risk for hundreds of thousands of children in northern India after the Kosi river dramatically changed course and flooded areas that were previously considered safe. Click here to read the full press release
27/08/2008 - Children in India’s northern Bihar province have been forced to flee their homes as the Kosi River breached its banks causing massive floods. Click here to read the full press release
20/08/2008 - A new league table has revealed the best and worst places for the poorest students to go to school. Click here to read the full press release
30/07/2008 - Festival season is here and Save the Children and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department are continuing their summer-long presence at festivals around the UK by joining everyone at the Big Chill from Thursday 31st to Sunday 3rd August. Click here to read the full press release
22/07/2008 - The relief effort to help children affected by Cyclone Nargis urgently needs £150 million to prevent further suffering, Save the Children said today. Click here to read the full press release
21/07/2008 - The relief effort to help children affected by Cyclone Nargis urgently needs £150 million to prevent further suffering, Save the Children said today. Click here to read the full press release
16/07/2008 - More than one in four parents on low incomes have been unable to get or keep a job because they can’t afford to pay for childcare, a new poll for Save the Children has revealed. Click here to read the full press release
14/07/2008 - Save the Children and young supporters from across the UK have broken not just one, but two world records in less then a month. Click here to read the full press release
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