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Calling on Kids of Investment Bankers, for Kids Who Aren't

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Wall Street Bonuses, Charity, Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Horace Mann, Dalton, Bill Gates, Save the Children, Vaccines, GAVI, Impact News
Dr. Orin Levine

If you're at a school where your parents and your parents' friends might be investment bankers, ask them this week if they have ever considered investing in the life of a child in the developing world.

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Parliamentarians for Pneumonia

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Carol Shea-Porter, Gordon Brown, Bill Frist, Des Turner, Pneumonia, Bangladesh, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Treatment, GAVI Alliance, Save the Children, Child Survival, Vaccines, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

More importantly than events in Washington and London, for the first time ever, parliaments in developing countries, where the bulk of pneumonia deaths occur, were active locally on World Pneumonia Day.

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An Opportunity for Kids to Fight Poverty Through Creativity

Mark Shriver | Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact

Read More: Valentine's Day Gifts, Valentine's Day, Education, American Federation of Teachers, Julianne Moore, Save the Children, Impact News
Mark Shriver

With a poverty crisis affecting one in six children in America, we need new ways to raise awareness and engage more Americans in this tragic yet reversible situation. Perhaps the best resource for advocacy is kids themselves.

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First-Ever World Pneumonia Day: How You Can Fight This Curable Killer

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: World Pneumonia Day, Save the Children, Global Problem, Pneumonia Quiz, Global Coalition Against Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Impact News

Today, Nov. 2, 2009 marks the first-ever World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia remains one of the largest killers in developing world-- claiming more victims...

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250,000 Children Killed Next Year Due To Climate Change

Telegraph | Louise Gray | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Starvation, Drought, Natural Disasters, Children, Flood, Malaria, Climate Change, Save the Children, Water Shortages, Global Warming, Green News

In a new report Save the Children claims that climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century[.]...

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Half The Sky: Fighting Gender Violence

The New York Review of Books | Sue M. Halpern | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Kristof Half the Sky, Women, Sexual Violence, Rape, Violence Against Women, Books, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Child Brides, Gender, Half the Sky, Child Rape, Gender Inequality, Kristof, Sheryl WuDonn, Nicholas Kristof, Child Prostitution, Save the Children, Books News

Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence Sue Halpern The New York Review of Books Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by N...

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New Disaster Commission Lays Out Kids' Path to Safety

Mark Shriver | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, Natural Disasters, Save the Children, Children, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Politics News
Mark Shriver

Stop and imagine what would happen if a dirty bomb struck your nearest downtown. What would a child care center do with your kids to keep them safe?

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'Idol Gives Back' Returns in 2010

Posted 10.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: United Nations Foundation, Feeding America, Idol Gives Back, Children's Health Fund, Charity, American Idol, Malaria No More, Save the Children, Impact News

After a hiatus in 2009, "Idol Gives Back," American Idol's annual special benefit show, is returning for a third year. The charity special features p...

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Are You Smarter than the World's Global Health Donors?

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates, Global Health, Pneumonia, World Pneumonia Day, Nicholas Kristof, GAVI Alliance, Best Shot Foundation, Save the Children, Orin Levine, Pneumoadip, World News
Dr. Orin Levine

Pneumonia is so poorly recognized that New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof called it "The killer no one suspects" and UNICEF dubbed it "the forgotten killer of children."

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First Moments for 9/11 Parents Still Haunt America

Mark Shriver | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: September 11, Parenting, Save the Children, Children, September 11th, Terrorism, Parents, World News
Mark Shriver

When disasters like the 9/11 attacks or Hurricane Katrina strike, it's crucial to protect the 67 million children who are in school and child care facilities on any given day.

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Save The Children

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sally Struthers, President Obama, Xbox 360, Democracy, All in the Family, Save the Children, PlayStation 3, Obama School Speech, Politics News
Rabbi Jennifer Krause

Whether you are for or against the President's fully transparent, pre-released address and accompanying, optional food-for-thought exercise, you should do something truly worthy of your time and energy: talk to your kids.

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Obama Fulfilling Commitment to Rural America

Mark Shriver | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rural Communities, Mark Shriver, Child Poverty, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Children, Rural America, Save the Children, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mark Shriver

Just like Obama is looking for new industries, like green technology, to drive the economic recovery, innovative 21st century solutions can be the force behind revitalized rural education.

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The Disaster Decade: Lessons Unlearned

Mark Kennedy Shriver and Julianne Moore | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Children Policy, Fema, The Disaster Decade, Save the Children, Politics News
Mark Kennedy Shriver and Julianne Moore

After ten years of unrelenting and unprecedented disasters -- what will be remembered as The Disaster Decade -- only seven states meet Save the Children's four minimum safety standards.

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The Disaster Decade

Mark Shriver | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Natural Disasters, Save the Children, Children, Terrorism, Living News
Mark Shriver

There's one defining quality that we'll remember the most about the last ten years: the relentless onslaught of disasters and the omnipresent threat that a new one could strike at any moment.

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We're Going To The Moon...Again

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Neil Armstrong, The Great Depression, Nasa, MoveOn.Org, Jerry Bruckheimer, MTV Cribs, Moon, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Save the Children, Bill Richardson, 1969 Moon Landing, Comedy News
Ben Fractenberg

From the people who brought you the 1969 moon landing comes a sequel. Let's call it, The Moon 2: This Time We Mean Business.

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Shared Responsibility to Help the Most Vulnerable Kids

Mark Shriver | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyra Sedgwick, Toys, Poverty, Julianne Moore, Charity, US Poverty, Children, Jennifer Garner, Toys R Us, Save the Children, Giving, Living News
Mark Shriver

Last week, Save the Children Ambassador Jennifer Garner and I lobbied DC decision-makers to support an additional funding for private and public early-childhood-education programs.

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Three Year Olds Don't Even Have Bootstraps to Pull On!

Jennifer Garner | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Save the Children Movement, Schools, Save the Children, Reading, Childhood Education, Early Child Education, Living News
Jennifer Garner

Today, one in six children lives in poverty in America. With a supportive new president and a strong yearning for renewal across America, now is the time to invest in the next generation.

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Child Soldiers on Film: "Kassim the Dream" (I)

Karin Badt | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Uganda, Mamdani, Museveni, Child Soldiers, Kassim the Dream, Trauma and Theater, Lords-Resistance-Army, Joseph Kony, Save the Children, Kampala, Gulu, World News
Karin Badt

The situation of child soldiers remains the same: and the finger points back -- many argue -- at Museveni himself.

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Causecast Gets You Tickets to the American Idol Finale!

Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Causecast Giveaway, Causecast, American Idol Tickets, Save the Children, American Idol Finale, American Idol, Entertainment News
Jonathan Daniel Harris

Working at Causecast has its perks: there's the champagne waterfall and conference calls with Diddy. However, it also means I'm ineligible to win the tickets we're giving away to the American Idol Finale.

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Madonna, Mercy and Malawi

Jim Luce | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Adopted Children, Dr. Jane Aronson, The Orphan Doctor, Adoption, Raising Malawi, Madonna, Unicef, Jim Luce, Malawi, Mphandula Childcare Center, Family Care, Save the Children, Orphans International Worldwide, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, World News
Jim Luce

Jane and I love our adopted children more than anything else in the world. We would both rather have them raised by Madonna than grow up where we found them.

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UK Charity Urges Madonna To Reconsider Adoption

AP | RAPHAEL TENTHANI | Posted 04.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Malawi, Save the Children, Madonna, Mercy James, Celebrity Kids, Entertainment News

LILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna is expected to arrive in Malawi Sunday, airport officials said, as the star's plans to adopt a girl as her second chi...

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Bloggers to Make History at G20 Summit in London

Louis Belanger | Posted 04.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Uk, Gcap, G20 Summit, Oxfam, Obama at g20, Save the Children, g20, Media News
Louis Belanger

A coalition of NGOs -- the G20Voice -- and the UK government are breaking with convention and, for the first time, allowing 50 bloggers to report live from the G20 summit.

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The Ugly Side of Progressive Politics

Justin Callaway | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Dnc, Minimum Wage, Bonus, Grassroots Campaigns, Employment, Dccc, Progressive Politics, Save the Children, Ugly, Fund-Raising, Save the Adults, Liberal, Democrats, Politics, Politics News
Justin Callaway

I used to joke helplessly that I'd be better off working for less in a menial retail job with good benefits once you weigh my hourly rate with the high out-of-pocket cost of my lack of benefits.

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Obama's Call for Responsibility Wasn't Just for 18 and Over

Mark Kennedy Shriver and Julianne Moore | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Early Childhood Education, Save the Children, Julianne Moore, Celebrities Talk Politics, Children, Obama Inauguration, Obama Inaugural, Politics News
Mark Kennedy Shriver and Julianne Moore

In his inaugural address, Obama spoke about a new era of responsibility, of one people united for a better future for the country. That simple notion shouldn't be directed just at adults.

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Aid Agencies: Lulls In Israel-Hamas Fighting Not Enough

Louis Belanger | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: Oxfam, World Vision, Save the Children, Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, World News
Louis Belanger

Since the UN Security Council called for a ceasefire on January 8th, there have been more than 200 people killed; more than 1,300 people injured; and three hospitals hit by the bombing.

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