November 2007

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Thursday 22 November 2007 Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody on going to Uganda
Gary Lightbody, frontman of Snow Patrol, travelled to northern Uganda with Save the Children visting some of the poorest communities in the world.
Wednesday 21 November 2007 Kids celebrate eighteenth birthday of children's rights
Children from three schools in London joined Save the Children to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
Wednesday 21 November 2007 Children in Serbia are being held in institutions
1,400 children with disabilities have been placed in five residential institutions in Serbia. None of these is exclusively for children. Find out what we're doing about it.
Tuesday 20 November 2007 Testino's Diana print auctioned for Peru's children
Photographer Mario Testino's renowned print of the Princess of Wales has been auctioned at London auction house Phillips de Pury, raising £46,000 for our work in Peru.
Monday 19 November 2007 Bangladesh Cyclone Sidr emergency appeal
Children in Bangladesh need urgent help after surviving the worst cyclone to hit the country in the past decade, according to Save the Children's emergency team on the ground.
Friday 16 November 2007 Responding to the Bangladesh cyclone
Save the Children's emergency response teams are helping thousands of families who fled their homes in Bangladesh after a massive cyclone struck yesterday (Thursday).
Thursday 15 November 2007 Save the Children emergency team ready for Bangladesh 'super cyclone'
Save the Children is assisting in a large-scale evacuation of vulnerable children and families, ahead of a major cyclone which is bearing down on Bangladesh.
Tuesday 13 November 2007 Save the Children film to show at UN film festival
Save the Children film Running on Empty has been selected for screening at the UN Association film festival, We the Peoples, in London.
Monday 12 November 2007 Stand Up and Speak Out
Young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina speak out against poverty.
Monday 12 November 2007 UK government must not turn its back on China's poorest children
Jasmine Whitbread reports on her recent meeting with DFID in Beijing last week - a country with one of the highest child mortality rates in the world.
Friday 9 November 2007 Exclusive Testino Diana print on view ahead of charity auction
One of photographer Mario Testino's most renowned prints of Diana, Princess of Wales, has been put on show to the public before being auctioned on the 20 November.
Thursday 8 November 2007 Unaccompanied migrant children need protecting in South Africa
The plight of children who migrate to other countries in search of work and education has been documented in our new report, Children on the move: protecting unaccompanied migrant children in South Africa and the region.
Wednesday 7 November 2007 Children march to No.11 for £4bn for UK child poverty
Hundreds of people marched on the Treasury today to urge the government to keep its promises to end child poverty by 2020.
Tuesday 6 November 2007 MPs call for sterling stamp duty to reduce poverty
According to a new report, a sterling stamp duty could generate upwards of £2.4bn a year towards international development funding - enough to fund basic healthcare in Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania for an entire year.
Monday 5 November 2007 Response to floods in Mexico and island of Hispaniola
We're mobilising staff and resources to assist children and their families.
Saturday 3 November 2007 IKEA, Save the Children and UNICEF team up for children
This festive season, IKEA, Save the Children and UNICEF are teaming up to ask customers to join them in helping to improve education for thousands of children worldwide.
Friday 2 November 2007 Chad child trafficking controversy: Save the Children comments
Corina Czasky, child protection advisor at Save the Children, comments on the child trafficking allegations against European charity workers in Chad in interviews with Aljazeera and BBC World Today.
Thursday 1 November 2007 Save the Children's corporate tennis tournament begins
Save the Children's corporate tennis tournament, is an opportunity for tennis players to represent their company, meet new people and play against celebrity wildcards, while raising funds for children.