91 days ago From The Star   View Archived Article

NAIROBI, KENYA - Kenya is on track to meeting targets on breastfeeding, a report by the organization Save The Children has shown. The country aims to increase breastfeeding from the current 32 per cent to 80 per cent by the year 2017. According to the report 'Sup ...

92 days ago From Marie Claire.co.uk   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - 'Despite the benefits of breastfeeding being widely known in the developed world, and it being a free, natural way to protect a newborn baby, too little attention is being paid to help mums breastfeed in poorer countries,' said Justin Forsyth ...

93 days ago From Fort Mills Times   View Archived Article

FORT MILLS, SOUTH CAROLINA - If all women around the world breastfed their babies immediately after birth, the lives of 830,000 babies a year could be saved, Save the Children estimates in a new report released today. In =93Superfood for Babies,=94 the international humanitarian ...

111 days ago From NorthJersey.com   View Archived Article

WOODLAND PARK, NEW JERSEY - Ramsey Suburban News. Print | E-mail. Ramsey =97 Christopher Azouri, a fifth grader at John Y. Dater Elementary School, along with his family, has been sponsoring a child through the Save the Children organization for many years. John Y. Dater fifth ...

120 days ago From Reuters AlertNet   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - New Delhi. 21 January 2013. 48 % of children under the age of 5 are malnourished in India, about 7 million of whom suffer from severe acute malnutrition. The Prime Minister called this a =93national shame'', which needs to be tackled on an ur ...

124 days ago From Virtual-Strategy Magazine   View Archived Article

BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - PCI (Project Concern International) is partnering with Save the Children to implement a new USAID-funded multi-year assistance program (under the Office of ...

125 days ago From MarketWatch   View Archived Article

WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY - Save the Children applauds President Obama for introducing a package of proposals and executive action today aimed at keeping America's children safe. Proactive policy initiatives that ensure the safety and well-being of our nation's children ...

127 days ago From The Herald | HeraldOnline.com   View Archived Article

ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - WESTPORT, Conn. =97 Recognizing that nearly 2 million newborns could be saved each year by making basic care more accessible to mothers in developing countries, Save the Children is pleased to announce the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's ne ...

134 days ago From Market Watch   View Archived Article

WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY - Save the Children's report Ending Poverty in Our Generation outlines a new development system, which, it says, can end extreme poverty in the next 20 years. It also includes one of the first proposals for new targets to replace the Millennium ...

138 days ago From Sports Mole   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo will help charitable organisation Save the Children with their campaign after becoming their new Global Artist Ambassador. The Portugal international has agreed to work alongside the organisation to help prevent chi ...

140 days ago From New York Times   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - The campaign is BBDO's second for Save the Children, based in Westport, Conn., and the Ad Council; its first was introduced in 2010. Both campaigns were created to support the newborn and child survival efforts, primarily overseas, of Save the Ch ...

140 days ago From Ct Post   View Archived Article

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT - Sean Cahill, left, and Jill Rutsky, right, run into the Long Island Sound Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, 2013, at Compo Beach in Westport, Conn., during Temple Israel's 6th annual Polar Plunge. The plunge raised money for United Cerebral Palsy of New Y ...

154 days ago From Marketwire (press release)   View Archived Article

TORONTO, CANADA - 18, 2012) - 13,000 children who have fled from conflict in Somalia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will benefit from EU Nobel prize money, granted to Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), it was announced today. ...

160 days ago From AME Info   View Archived Article

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Dettol's Mission for Health, a community initiative promoting health and hygiene, is partnering with Save the Children to donate 15% of sales proceeds of all Dettol products sold on 13 and 14 December. 76 Dettol employees will be volunteering the ...

172 days ago From Us Magazine   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Bulgari has contributed more than $20 million to Save the Children since 2009, thanks largely to sales of a special ceramic and silver ring the jeweler created to commemorate the partnership. Proceeds from the bauble have helped fund educational ...

184 days ago From ITV News   View Archived Article

YORK, U K - Hundreds of thousands of children are trapped in houses in Gaza facing prolonged power cuts and depleting supplies of food and water, according to Save the Children. The charity has called for an immediate end to the conflict between Israel and Gaza ...

199 days ago From Fox News   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Many families displaced by superstorm Sandy have taken refuge in shelters along the East Coast and may remain there for weeks to come. Save the Children has deployed emergency relief teams to New Jersey and New York, setting up safe play areas in ...

202 days ago From Times of India   View Archived Article

NEW DELHI, INDIA - Save the Children, an international NGO working with the support from Dalai Lama Foundation, has planed to carry out same with community based management technique to meet malnutrition. "It's old version called Leadership Agenda for Action w ...

203 days ago From The Herald   View Archived Article

ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - When Hurricane Isaac struck the Gulf Coast in August 2012, Save the Children was on the ground ready to assist families and children, like these two girls displaced from their home in Louisiana. In Isaac's aftermath, Save the Children provided fa ...

212 days ago From Aljazeera.com   View Archived Article

DOHA, QATAR - Then things changed last March when Save the Children set up a community health centre, the first in four centuries of history in this area. Tamba - who runs this centre - told me how they can now help more malnourished children, providing simple lif ...