Are you going to Strawberry Fair? Come to Cambridge's free summer festival and help save lives

Festival season is here and Save the Children will be kicking off a summer-long presence at festivals around the UK by joining everyone at Strawberry Fair on Saturday 7 June in Cambridge.

Tuesday 3 June 2008

Save the Children hopes to inspire people having fun in the sun (or rain!) to get involved with the charity's biggest-ever global campaign which aims to stop 10 million children dying before their fifth birthday each year.

Save the Children - working in partnership with the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department - will have a stall at Strawberry Fair to raise awareness of child hunger and the vital role of food aid in keeping vulnerable children alive in the world's poorest countries. Not getting enough food to eat is one the leading causes of children's deaths around the world. Of the 10 million children who die each year before their fifth birthday, malnutrition kills more than a third. This interactive stall will bring to life Save the Children's work and allows families to get involved.

There will be a feeding station just like one of the hundreds of stations the charity has set up in countries like Niger in West Africa, to reach thousands of malnourished children. Here festival-goers can find out about how children are classed as malnourished, see what Save the Children does to help them, and maybe even sample a life-saving paste given to really hungry children and babies. There will also be bags of fun and wacky freebies including arm bands that we will be asking people to wear in support of our campaign.

Everyone is invited to spend time at the 'fifth birthday party' themed tent, where they can show their support for Save the Children's ambition to enable every child to reach the age of five by writing fifth birthday cards that will be sent to Gordon Brown. There will also be party games and competitions. For when you're done partying there will be chill-out area to kick back and relax or chat to representatives from Save the Children.

Adrian Lovett, Director of Communications at Save the Children said: "Strawberry Fair is a great family day out. At Save the Children, we want families to know more about the many ways they can help save children's lives. We hope that people will join Save the Children at Strawberry Fair to take part in simple actions which can help stop millions of children dying before the age of five each year."

Save the Children will also be at the Peace Festival, Leamington on 14-15 June, Camp Bestival, Dorset, 18-20 July, Big Chill, Worcestershire, 1-3 August, V Festival, Stafford, 16-17 August and will be attending two of London's festivals: Carnival de Cuba, Southwark Park on 28-29 June and the Thames Festival, South Bank, 13-14 September.

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Notes to Editors

For more information about Save the Children at UK Festivals this year please contact Susannah Parker in the Save the Children Press Office on 0207 012 6848 or email s.parker@savethechildren.org.uk
To find out more about our work on hunger please visit our web page on hunger
Save the Children's activity at UK festivals is being supported by the European Commission. Its Humanitarian Aid department is working to help those affected by humanitarian crises around the world, beyond its border. For more information, please contact Janice George from the Commission on Janice.George@ec.europa.eu Janice will also be attending the festival.
To find our more about the work of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department, please visit: ec.europa.eu
Save the Children is the world's leading independent children's charity. We're outraged that millions of children are still denied proper healthcare, food, education and protection. We're working flat out to get every child their rights and we're determined to make further, faster changes. How many? How fast? It's up to you. For further information about our work please visit What we do.