Tag: Save The Children

Powerful new film exposes truths behind orphanage ‘industry’ and urges young people not to volunteer in orphanages

Stuart Mitchell

A powerful new documentary, which through a coalition called ReThink Orphanages is supported by organisations such as Save the Children, J.K Rowling’s charity Lumos and Hope and Homes for Children, challenges the concept of ‘caring’ and urges young people not to volunteer in orphanages. ‘The Love You Give’, lifts the lid on the orphanage ‘industry’ to expose how global efforts to move towards new models of care for children are being weakened by a constant supply of Western volunteers, who are unwittingly helping to fund a system that is harmful…

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Avaya Partners With Save The Children Announcing a New Device Campaign in Support of Girls’ Educational Programming

Stuart Mitchell

Avaya Holdings Corp. have announced a partnership with Save The Children, the global humanitarian organization, to support its Center for Girls and Gender Equality through Avaya’s Devices Diversity Campaign. In the spirit of the US National Diversity Day, Avaya will kick off our Devices Diversity Campaign where for every one of Avaya’s diverse portfolio of multimedia devices sold for the remainder of the year, a contribution will be made to Save the Children’s Center for Girls and Gender Equality. “At Avaya, we fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive global…

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Per Mertesacker launches new coaching programme with Save the Children in Jordan

Stuart Mitchell

The Arsenal Foundation and Save the Children combine expertise to empower and protect children in the world’s toughest places Former Arsenal Captain and new Arsenal Academy Manager, Per Mertesacker, has recently returned from Jordan where he visited Za’atari Refugee Camp to launch a new coaching programme, which has been co-developed by Arsenal and Save the Children, and funded by The Arsenal Foundation, to build vulnerable children’s courage and inner strength through football. Working as one team, Arsenal and Save the Children have combined their expertise to create a unique programme…

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Save The Children Welcomes Report By International Development Committee On The Aid Sector

Stuart Mitchell

Save the Children have made a statement on the report by the International Development Committee On The Aid Sector. Save the Children UK warmly welcomes this rigorous and constructive report. We have to accept that, as a sector, we have failed to meet the standards that the public, parliament and the UK Government demand, and that our beneficiaries have a right to expect. When it comes to protecting vulnerable women and children there is no room for compromise or complacency – and this report sets out practical proposals for change.…

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Innovative virtual reality film provides stark insight into life in drought-affected Somalia

Stuart Mitchell

‘Famine’ is one of a series of four immersive films highlighting the tangible consequences of climate change.  Save the Children is launching this virtual reality (VR) film which transports the viewer to the parched land of northern Somalia. The charity partnered with Participant Media and Condition One, who filmed and produced This is Climate Change, a critically-acclaimed VR film series that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The film is now available for media outlets from today to host on their websites (see embed code in notes to…

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