In November and early December 2011, government, civil society, private sector and UN delegates descended on Busan, South Korea to discuss aid effectiveness, and specifically how overseas development assistance can have a greater impact on development outcomes.
If you know me, or have read any of my posts, you’ll know that I never think that aid – including that which Save the Children is able to use – is simple. In fact, I am usually discussing its limitations. However, in March next year, I will be debating at the Royal Society of Medicine conference on the motion “This House believes that aid is not working”. I will be opposing the motion.
There are hundreds of thousands of children who face hunger and death across Somalia and agencies such as Save the Childre are here working hard to prevent the crisis from worsening. And still it is not enough.
Our goal is to reach over 300,000 people across Somalia with lifesaving food, water, medical care, as well as education and safe spaces for recovering children.
A seasoned campaigner writes about the importance of our Tea time for Change lobby of Parliament on 9 June.
Just a month before the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI) conference in London, Save the Children took part in a joint event at Parliament to brief MPs and Peers on why this meeting is so important.
Yesterday’s announcement by Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, signifies an exciting shift for his department. DFID’s aid reviews have been an opportunity for it to take a step back to comprehensively consider where, when and how effectively its money is spent. In particular, Save the Children welcomes the strong focus on results, impact and only funding high-performing multilateral agencies.
‘No child is born to die’ is the message Save the Children sends across the country today. This is a call to action. While there has been extraordinary progress in reducing child mortality worldwide, about 8.1 million children below five years still died in 2009. A disproportionate number of these children died of preventable and treatable diseases. Many live in ‘healthcare desert’…
We at Save the Children, take accountability seriously.
Today, we are in Mumbai – by the way, Indians still call it Bombay, its only the English and officials who use its new name. Had a short flight from Jaipur to here early in the morning, and after a quick catnap and lunch, we were off once more.
It’s monsoon and, during these rainy days, my mind wanders to thoughts of ten-year-old Tariq. I remember his family cowering under their small shack in Koyra of southwestern Bangladesh.
Most of all I remember his tranquil big brown eyes cloud over with fear when he spoke about Cyclone Aila.
