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Global Food Crisis Puts Already Vulnerable Children at Greater Risk
Soaring prices and shortages are combining to create the worst global food crisis in 30 years!
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| A young boy in Nepal. | Across the globe soaring food prices — the highest since the mid-1970s — are forcing more and more of the world's poor and disadvantaged children to go hungry. The rising cost of food will force many poor families around the world to make difficult decisions on how to spend their money. Parents may have to cut back on what and how much food they can provide to their families, remove their children from school, reduce spending on health or sell key productive assets in order to cope with dire economic circumstances.
 Read more about this growing world crisis
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Featured Country: Guatemala
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Juana holds the thread her
mother will weave | Seven-year-old Juana carries thread her mother purchased with a loan from Save the Children’s Group Guaranteed Lending and Savings (GGLS) program. In Guatemala, and other Latin American nations, GGLS provides access to credit for women living on or below the poverty line. Save the Children’s mission is built on giving a “hand up” out of poverty.
Read more about our work in Guatemala
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Idol Gives Back Brings Awareness and Support to Save the Children's U.S. Programs
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| Peyton and Eli Manning visited a school in New Orleans in support of Idol Gives Back | Save the Children was proud to be a part of this year's Idol Gives Back event on April 9th, when the needs of children in the U.S. and around the world were highlighted and people were asked to open up their hearts and wallets to help. Estimates indicate that $60 million was raised, and Save the Children’s portion will benefit U.S. Programs.
Prominent celebrities including American Idol judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul, Super Bowl winning quarterbacks (and brothers) Peyton and Eli Manning and teen sensation Miley Cyrus all visited Save the Children programs in different parts of the United States and urged viewers to support the agency's work.
Thanks to all of you who supported this historic philanthropic event!
Read more about the event
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World Malaria Day: Message from CEO Charles MacCormack
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| CEO Charlie MacCormack with mother and child at Health Center in Ethiopia | “It's hard to believe that such a little creature can cause such big problems. But, a mosquito bite in certain parts of the world can be fatal to a baby or toddler. Malaria kills nearly 3,000 children under age 5 every day.
That's 1 million children in sub-Saharan Africa alone every year...”
Read more of the message from Charles MacCormack
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Please Join Us for Advocacy Day 2008 and Lend a Voice for Children
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Lend a voice for children at this
year's Advocacy Day event | When: June 11th and 12th
Where: Washington, DC.
Let elected officials know there is a voice for children calling for change. Registration is now available and we would be honored to have you attend!
Join with others to ask Congress to save millions of children in developing countries who die of treatable causes by supporting the U.S. Commitment to Global Child Survival Act. Also ask Members of Congress to address the growing epidemic of childhood obesity and support the Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity (IMPACT) Act.
Register for Advocacy Day
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Current Emergencies: Ethnic Violence in Kenya Puts Many Children at Risk
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| The Nakuru IDP Camp, Kenya | Save the Children is providing support to Kenyan children and their families affected by violence. Working in the worst affected areas of Nairobi and Uganda where nearly 7,000 Kenyans seek refuge, we are providing educational materials, establishing child-friendly spaces and assisting in registering and tracing unaccompanied minors.
Learn more and see how you can help
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Our Development Work: Rewrite the Future – Peace Treaties Must Include Education!
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A group of girls read outside a
Save the Children supported
girls' primary school. | Nearly a third of all recent peace agreements make no mention of education at all! As part of the five-year Rewrite the Future campaign aimed to advocate for the 37 million children out-of-school because of conflict in their countries, Save the Children has released a new report, Where Peace Begins, with the premise that education can mitigate the effects of conflict on children and help build peace in countries affected by armed conflict.
Read more about the report
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Get Involved: Join Our Online Communities
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MySpace, YouTube, Facebook,
Eons, Flickr and Squidoo | Did you know that Save the Children has created communities on several social networking sites?
Join a community to get the latest news, meet people with similar interests, participate in challenges, watch videos and network together to help children. Join the conversation!
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Mother’s Day Luncheon to Benefit Save the Children — Will You Join Us?
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Benefit luncheon to support
Save the Children | Will you join us? The National Mother’s Day Council will honor four exceptional women at the 30th Annual Outstanding Mother Awards luncheon on Thursday, May 8, at The Pierre New York Hotel, NYC. The benefit luncheon and awards presentation will take place at 12:00 p.m. and will benefit Save the Children.
Purchase luncheon tickets by calling the Mother’s Day Council office at 212-594-6421.
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The Shop: Save the Children Logo Golf Umbrella
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A Save the Children golf
umbrella will keep you dry | April showers bring Save the Children golf umbrellas. This light-weight golf umbrella takes coverage to the next level. What rain delay? Play in gusty conditions without worry in this sturdy, spacious umbrella.
Order your golf umbrella
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