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Save the Children Working Hard To Stop The Spread Of Cholera In Yemen August 28, 2017

Yemen is in crisis with over 1 million children under the age of five who are acutely malnourished and living in parts of the country where the cholera infection rate is high. This is very dangerous because children who are malnourished are nearly thrice as likely to die if they contract cholera because they have […]

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Unicef Delivering Aid To Displaced Families In DRC August 21, 2017

According to Unicef, over one million people have been forced to flee their homes as a result of waves of violence in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This makes the DRC one of world’s largest displacement crises for children. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF Acting Representative in the DRC says the […]

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Concern Worldwide Estimates There Are 1.7 Million On The Brink Of Starvation In South Sudan August 14, 2017

Fiona McLysaght who is Concern Worldwide South Sudan country director where she heads up a team of 350 people has issued a stark warning about malnutrition in the country which is stricken by war. Ms McLysaght says that vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly and those with disabilities are at risk of worsening malnutrition. […]

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Oxfam Celebrates 15 Years Of Working With Coldplay August 7, 2017

Coldplay’s Head Full of Dreams tour which has spanned the globe in 2017 with gigs in the UK throughout last month, represented 15 years of Oxfam working with the super group. During this year’s tour, more than 60,000 Coldplay fans signed a pledge to support campaigns managed and run by Oxfam to highlight unfair trade […]

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Save The Children Says Thirty Thousand Teenage Children Die From Pregnancy Each Year July 28, 2017

According to research from Save the Children, approximately 30,000 teenage girls die of pregnancy or child birth each year which equates to one dying every twenty minutes. This makes childbirth one of the biggest killers of adolescent girls globally. Almost 95 per cent of those deaths take place in the world’s poorest countries and unsurprisingly, […]

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Unicef Says Its Education Programme is Drastically Underfunded July 21, 2017

Unicef the international aid agency says that a shortfall in funding is posing a threat to the education of millions of children who find themselves caught in the middle of conflicts or disasters. Of the US$932 million required by Unicef this year for the agency’s education programmes, it has only received less than $115 million […]

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Violence Creeping Into All Parts Of Syrian Society Says Concern Worldwide July 14, 2017

A recent report by Concern Worldwide, the international aid agency, has shown first-hand the contagious effect of the violence that has infected what little is left of Syrian society. It has resulted in ordinary civilians feeling unsafe in all environments, whether that be at home, in school, at work or on the streets. The report […]

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Oxfam International To Move Headquarters To Nairobi July 7, 2017

Oxfam International has come to an agreement with the government of Kenya which paves the way for the charitable organisation to shift its international headquarters to the Kenyan capital city, Nairobi. The decision was announced through a tweet made by executive director of Oxfam International Winnie Byanyima. Ms Byanyima said she could confirm that Oxfam’s […]

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Save The Children Develops Give App To Make Donating Easier June 28, 2017

Save the Children is aware that making a donation is not as exciting as online shopping. So, the UK based children’s charity has decided to take a leaf out of Amazon’s playbook and is making use of the online shopping behemoth’s Dash button concept which will make its quick and simple to make a donation […]

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Unicef Unable To Gain Access To Most Vulnerable Children In Central African Republic June 21, 2017

For weeks now the conflict in the Central African Republic has been intensifying and this has resulted in a virtual blockade of critical humanitarian assistance required by thousands of families displaced by the violence. Unicef has said a few planes have been permitted to land in the South-East town of Bangassou carrying 5.6 tonnes of […]

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