to startpage

News Archive

Save the Children in Partnership with the Government of Pakistan Launch the “EVERY ONE” Campaign to Stop Children Dying from Preventable Causes
  Save the Children in Partnership with the Government of Pakistan Launch the “EVERY ONE” Campaign to Stop Children Dying from Preventable Causes
Pakistan’s has a population of approximately 170 million. More than 430,000 under five and 298,000 neonatal deaths occur every year in Pakistan. 62 children under the age of 5 die every hour, which means one...
  IKEA, Save the Children, UNICEF and WWF are nominated as best collaboration during the Ethical Corporation Award in London, May 4th
The Ethical Corporation Awards is the inaugural celebration of excellent responsible business practices. The Ethical Corporation has a long history of searching independent commentary, a reputation for hard-hitting insight, and an unrivalled position...
  UNIFEM launched “Virtual knowledge center to end violence against women and girls”
UNIFEM has launched a virtual knowledge centre to end violence against women and girls. This has been developed as a one-stop centre and aims to support practitioners around the world in effective design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of...
The Governments of South Asia Take Vital Steps to End Violence Against Children
  The Governments of South Asia Take Vital Steps to End Violence Against Children
The Government’s of South Asia came together on January 21-22 2010 to discuss vital steps they could take together to end violence against children. This meeting was organized by Ratna Kaji Bajracharya, Joint Secretary and Coordinator of The...
1974 AD Raise Awareness for Save the Children Adopt-A-School Programme in Nepal
  1974 AD Raise Awareness for Save the Children Adopt-A-School Programme in Nepal
30/01/2010 On January 30th, 2010, Musicology, the management team for 1974AD, in association with Save the Children, hosted an event at Moksh in Kathmandu, where the band presented the experiences they have gathered thus far, talked about the issues...
Record sales of IKEA Soft Toys will improve access to quality education for children
  Record sales of IKEA Soft Toys will improve access to quality education for children
02/02/10 UNICEF and Save the Children thank IKEA customers and co-workers for 7 million euro donation UNICEF and Save the Childrentoday thanked IKEA customers and staff for their help in raising 7 million euros to provide children with a...
National Child Domestic Worker Convention
  National Child Domestic Worker Convention
10/01/2010 Around 1000 people including 400 child domestic workers, 100 employers, parents from 6 divisions and others gathered today in Dhaka Bangladesh order to stress the need for initiatives to realize the rights of child domestic workers in...
  Young men across South Asia come together to talk about gender
32 participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from various organisations participated in a four day workshop on “Engaging boys and young men for gender equality and sexual & reproductive health & rights”....
Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates 20 years - yet children globally are still denied justice
  Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates 20 years - yet children globally are still denied justice
20/11/2009. 20 years have passed since world leaders recognised the need for a special set of rights to protect children. Since then the Convention has become the most universally accepted and widely ratified human rights treaty, yet at...
Launch of the First Annual World Pneumonia Day
  Launch of the First Annual World Pneumonia Day
Leading Organizations Join Forces to Launch First Annual World Pneumonia Day,  Fight World’s Leading Child Killer WHO and UNICEF Release Global Action Plan to Combat Pneumonia as Part of Historic Effort “Resources and political will are standing...
Save the Children launches 1974 AD as youth ambassadors
  Save the Children launches 1974 AD as youth ambassadors
23/09/09, KATHMANDU Save the Children under its artist ambassador programme is proud to announce Nepali band 1974 AD as its youth ambassador. Under this programme, 1974 AD will team up with Save the Children to serve as Save the Children’s...
Six million more children under the age of five will survive
  Six million more children under the age of five will survive
05/10/09 Each year two million infants die on the very same day they are born. Nine million children die before their fifth birthday - all too often of illnesses that can easily be cured. This means that every day 25,000 infants and children...
Committee on the Rights of the Child 51st Session
  Committee on the Rights of the Child 51st Session
01/07/09 During its 51st session the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Geneva, 25 May-12 June) adopted its general comment on article 12 on the rights of the child to be heard. The Committee also discussed, in general terms, initiatives for...
Outstanding issues for children in Afghanistan
  Outstanding issues for children in Afghanistan
10/07/09 The Afghan government submits first report on the child rights situation in the country Kabul: Today the Afghanistan Government submitted its first report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva. This is a huge step forward...
Save the Children Sets up Safe Play Centres in Welfare Villages.
  Save the Children Sets up Safe Play Centres in Welfare Villages.
07/07/09 To date Save the Children in Sri Lanka has set up 47 safe play centres in the transitional welfare villages in Vavuniya for the benefit of over 16,000 displaced children. 26 of these spaces have been provided in cooperation with local NGOs....