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Save the Children Selected to Join Rural People, Rural Policy Network
Washington, DC (May 2, 2007) — Save the Children's U.S. Programs, which have helped nearly 35,000 children in America's rural communities, has been selected to join the Rural People, Rural Policy network.
Founded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Rural People, Rural Policy network is a nationwide coalition of advocates working to develop and implement a national policy agenda to improve the lives of rural Americans and the vitality of rural communities. Save the Children was one of 30 groups selected from a field of 187 organizations to participate in the network.
Save the Children recognizes the unique challenges facing children in rural areas, where one in five children live in poverty and local schools struggle with a shortage of resources. Save the Children's U.S. Programs have been making a difference in these rural communities by providing early childhood education, literacy and obesity prevention programming.
"The Rural People, Rural Policy network will give Save the Children an opportunity to share our successes and learn from other organizations working to meet the needs of rural Americans," said Mark Shriver, Vice President and Managing Director for U.S. Programs at Save the Children. "Save the Children is proud to have the opportunity to lend its voice to this network and its effort to advance the dreams of America's rural citizens."
