Tag: Save The Children

CEOs of major aid groups in Gaza warn aid system is collapsing

Stuart Mitchell

After 18 months of war, a staggering toll on civilians and aid workers, and now a six-week total siege, the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is facing total collapse with the CEOs of 12 major aid organisations making an urgent plea: let us do our jobs.  A new humanitarian access survey of 43 international and Palestinian aid organisations working in Gaza found nearly all of them – 95% – have had to suspend or dramatically cut services since the ceasefire ended one month ago on 18 March, with widespread and…

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AXA XL contributes $1.2 million to major African community climate-resilience partnership

Stuart Mitchell

AXA XL is providing a grant of $1.2 million to Save the Children for a five-year initiative to mitigate the impact of climate change across coastal ecosystems in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Coastal Resilience Project – one of the largest ever to tackle climate resilience in the country – will empower coastal communities to plan for climate change and improve their livelihoods. It aims to reach 260,000 people directly, with a further one million people expected to benefit. Sierra Leone has one of the lowest CO2 emissions per capita in…

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Vodafone Foundation and Save the Children Forge Partnership to Empower Children

Stuart Mitchell

Vodafone Foundation and Save the Children have announced a groundbreaking partnership to launch a new Europe-wide digital skills and resilience training programme for children aged 9 to 16. This new collaboration will focus on upskilling children beyond digital skills, with bespoke content addressing online safety, digital rights, and ethical online behaviour. Both partners will seek to integrate these important elements into educational systems worldwide, helping to shape a healthier, safer digital landscape for young people today, while positively impacting their future lives tomorrow. Bespoke educational content will be developed that…

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Innovations breaking barriers to children’s immunisation in Nigeria and Ethiopia win major funding from Save the Children

Stuart Mitchell

The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, funded by GSK, has awarded two innovation projects for finding unique solutions to help more children receive vaccinations. With an estimated 2.1 million children in Nigeria and almost one million in Ethiopia1 classed as ‘zero dose’, having never received a routine vaccination, the Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator was launched in April 2024, to empower local organisations and fast-track cutting-edge solutions. A call for submissions then invited Ethiopian and Nigerian innovators to submit proposals.  Selected from 120 submissions by a panel, including global health…

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Penguin Random House Celebrates 10 Years of Partnership with Save the Children Through Unprecedented Global Book Donation Effort

Stuart Mitchell

Penguin Random House is celebrating 10 years of partnership with Save the Children through a multiyear book donation of one million books to spread the joy of reading to kids everywhere. Since 2014, Penguin Random House has donated over two million books to children and families participating in Save the Children’s programs and has also supported many of the global humanitarian organization’s emergency response efforts around the world. The publisher is renewing its commitment by giving an additional one million books to children over the next three years. This investment…

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