Tag: Save The Children

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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Actress Ashley Jensen hosts exclusive premiere for schoolchildren to launch new Shaun the Sheep animation for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day

Stuart Mitchell

Actress Ashley Jensen has joined a group of lucky schoolchildren on a knitted red carpet in the East Midlands whilst hosting an exclusive premiere to launch a brand-new Shaun the Sheep animation for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. Academy Award®-winning studio Aardman has colla-baa-rated with the international children’s charity on a ewe-nique Shaun the Sheep animation, The Knit Before Christmas, to celebrate the charity’s fundraising campaign and encourage everyone to sign up, take part and donate. Save the Children Ambassador Ashley Jensen hosted the film’s premiere at Launde Primary…

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Virgin Atlantic partners with STEM Learning and Save the Children to support STEM education and disaster relief

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Atlantic has announced that from October 2024, it will work with two new partners to support its core community pillars of STEM education, through its cornerstone program Passport to Change, and its disaster relief effort, using the power of its people and planes to deliver aid to communities in crisis. The new partnership with STEM Learning will continue to support the airline’s vision to empower everyone to take on the world, aiming to transform young people’s futures by inspiring their potential career paths, removing barriers to STEM and equipping…

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Stellar Line-Up Of Celebrities Don Second-Hand Sweaters For Save The Children’s Christmas Jumper Day

Stuart Mitchell

Dozens of famous faces across the worlds of TV, film, radio, comedy, music and sport are urging the nation to swap, buy second-hand or re-wear a pre-loved jumper as they launch Save the Children’s annual festive fundraiser, Christmas Jumper Day.  The mega celebrity line-up modelling an array of preposterous, pre-owned pullovers includes singers Olly Murs and Myleene Klass, presenters Alison Hammond, Laura Whitmore and Sophie Morgan, actor and presenter Joe Swash, Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha, Love Island’s Olivia Bowen and actress Ashley Jensen.   Also giving some second-hand sweaters a…

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