Tea plus MPs equals influence
Friday 27 May 2011 by Guest blogger
A seasoned campaigner writes about the importance of our Tea time for Change lobby of Parliament on 9 June.
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Gaza: An impenetrable border
Monday 29 November 2010 by Kate Redman
Michael’s recent book, ‘The Kites are Flying’ about Israel and Palestine has a front page illustrated with a large brick wall. Reading past a few pages you hear a journalist in the story say, “It’s the wall more than anything that has haunted me. It’s the wall that has brought me here.”
I can’t help but feel that those words speak the truth for Michael too. This, I believe, is why he agreed to come and visit Save the Children’s work in the region.
Health: Translating fab analysis into meaningful results
Wednesday 17 November 2010 by Nouria Brikci
Very often, researchers write and discuss their papers between themselves, and their fabulous analysis fails to translate into practice and is not taken up by policy makers.
If we want to help children and their families, it’s important that we don’t fall into this trap and produce work/ papers/ tools that are useful rather than gathering dust in some basement cupboard.
India: Living a hand to mouth existence
Monday 1 November 2010 by Sue James
Really difficult day today. We visited one of the slums of Mumbai, Shivaji Nagar. It is built on a rubbish tip. And as the rubbish settles, so people build homes on it, very higgledy piggly with no planning, and so it grows, and the waste of Mumbai is dumped further out.
India: Inclusion in education is the focus
Monday 1 November 2010 by Sue James
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.
Sudan: The challenge of logistics in a fragile state
Monday 1 November 2010 by Alec Clouth
In a nutshell, logistics is about getting the right ‘stuff’ to the right place at the right time, for the right price. This means that the daunting job of supplying everything that is required to carry out all of Save the Children’s work in South Sudan is the job of our logistics staff. And what a job that is.
India: Education, education, education
Friday 29 October 2010 by Sue James
Quick tonight, I’m absolutely knackered. Been another intense day, but a real eye opener! Visited a school in a Muslim dominated area, and that’s when I made my first bobo.
Sri Lanka: Pleasure of helping people help themselves
Monday 16 August 2010 by Menaca Calyaneratne
Save the Children in involved in helping people resettle in the Northern Sri Lanka after the war. This story is about a man who has taken his own initiative to do better in life, with only a little help from a friend named Save the Children.
Niger: Failed promises and inspirational individuals
Monday 28 June 2010 by Rachel Palmer
During the last eight weeks, while I’ve been in Niger, I’ve often been overwhelmed by the scale of the problems people face here. It’s not just the current food crisis and the number of people who are going hungry now but also the future and what this has in store.
30,000-strong petition calls for action on child poverty
Monday 21 June 2010 by Ebony Riddell Bamber
30,000 Save the Children supporters want the new government to take urgent action on severe child poverty in the UK, and to stop children and mothers dying from entirely preventable causes in the world’s poorest countries.
