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Floods in Mozambique force families to flee
Save the Children has announced that it is sending NZ$35,000 to support the thousands of children who have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the devastating floods in Mozambique. It is also accepting donations towards its international appeal.
Around 65,000 people, more than half of them children, have already been made homeless by the rising floodwaters and are living in emergency resettlement camps. It is likely that these will be the biggest floods to hit Mozambique in recent years and Save the Children fears that the number of people affected could rise much higher. Further heavy rains have been predicted and prolonged flooding could last for more than ten weeks.
Save the Children is working hard to help children affected by the flooding. Stocks had been pre-positioned before the floods and staff have now begun distributing emergency kits containing blankets, eating utensils, soap, water purifiers, rope and plastic sheeting to help build shelters. Save the Children is also working with local authorities to ensure that children displaced by the floods are kept safe, and is providing school tents where possible, in time for the start of the school term in one week.
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Thousands of Cyclone Survivors Still at Risk in Bangladesh
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To date, Save the Children has provided emergency relief to more 130,000 families affected by cyclone Sidr, which struck the southern coast of Bangladesh on November 15, 2007. We are working in eight districts of Barisal and Khulna divisions along the southern coast of Bangladesh. We have opened 42 child friendly spaces benefiting 4,500 children and is conducting health activities in partnership with local NGOs, community volunteers and the government health department.
To date, Save the Children has distributed:
- Family food packs to 9,050 families (rice, lentils, cooking oil, salt and potato)
- Household items to 9,600 families
- High energy biscuits to 190,520 families
- Blankets to 7,668 families
- Water to 13,950 families
- Halo tabs for water purification to 9,332 families
- 28,000 oral rehydration solution packets
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South Asia floods
Save the Children New Zealand is launching an urgent appeal for children in South Asia who are currently affected by floods. At least 10 million children across Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are at risk. Homes have been swept away, water supplies have been contaminated and they are exposed to the dangers of water-borne diseases.
Across the region more than 23 million people are currently affected - 6.9 million in Bangladesh, 13.7 million in India and 2.5 million in Pakistan.
Save the Children and its local partners are already on the ground in all three countries helping children and their families whose lives have been turned upside down by the flooding. We are appealing for donations in order to rapidly scale up our emergency response.
Darfur, Sudan
Approximately 2.5 million, a third of Darfur's population, have been driven from their homes. Displaced children and families have insufficient access to food, shelter, clean water and clothing. Save the Children’s programs in Sudan address hunger relief, emergency health care, water and sanitation programs, protection and shelter. Our programs assist displaced persons, returnees, and war-affected and other vulnerable groups – mainly children and women – through basic services that result in food security, self-sufficiency and independency from HIV/AIDS.
Save the Children is also actively engaged in advocacy efforts to bring about a sustainable solution to the crisis and to ensure that the rights of children are highlighted at all times.
Support our efforts to help those affected by the crisis in Sudan: Donations can be made by calling
0800 167 168 or through local Save the Children shops or online.
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Children caught in the crossfire - meet Mohamd, a 9-year-old boy in North Darfur.
Solomon Islands tsunami
Save the Children New Zealand is supporting the emergency situation in the Solomon Islands by accepting donations and is also sending $20,000 to help with relief efforts.
Save the Children supports a range of programmes in the Solomon Islands, and has been active in-country for over 20 years. Save the Children New Zealand supports the work of Save the Children Australia in delivering programmes including health, education and child protection. It has a staff of 45 in the Solomons Islands, and a Youth Outreach Project Office in Gizo.
Currently, we understand there are twenty-four confirmed dead, 5,400 displaced (lost homes), 900 houses damaged. People are still missing!
Save the Children Australia has sent urgent supplies to Gizo plus extra staff. Karen Hill, General Manager, Development with Save the Children Australia is now in the Solomons and is enroute to Gizo. She is working with the locally-based Save the Children staff to coordinate logistics and NGO response on behalf of the National Disaster Centre.
The priority will be to provide the immediate needs for children and to focus on child protection (providing a safe and protected environment in a crisis situation to address trauma and separation).