August
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- Friday 29 August 2008 Food price rises new threat for flood-affected children in India
- Escalating prices for basic foods are creating a new risk for hundreds of thousands of children in northern India after the Kosi river dramatically changed course and flooded areas that were previously considered safe.
- Friday 29 August 2008 Save the Children back to work in Zimbabwe after five month aid vacuum
- Today Save the Children was given the green light to get back to delivering life-saving aid to children in Zimbabwe, after being unable to operate fully for five months.
- Wednesday 27 August 2008 India flood 'catastrophe' for 500,000 children
- Save the Children launches £1 million appeal after worst floods in India's northern Bihar province in over 50 years.
- Tuesday 19 August 2008 GCSE chances of poorest are a postcode lottery, new league table reveals
- A new league table has revealed the best and worst places for the poorest students to go to school.
- Tuesday 12 August 2008 Concerns grow for children caught up in Russia/Georgia conflict
- Save the Children has issued an urgent appeal for $1 million (£530,000) to meet the critical needs of thousands of children and their families forced to flee their homes as a result of the conflict between Georgia and Russia.
- Monday 11 August 2008 Hundreds killed and injured in Russia/Georgia conflict
- Save the Children is helping thousands of children and their families caught in the cross fire of the conflict raging in the breakaway region of South Ossetia bordering on Russia and Georgia.
- Monday 4 August 2008 Calypso launch life-saving ‘ethical water’ with Save the Children
- Healthy drinks specialist Calypso have joined forces with Save the Children in the launch of a new water brand, Thirst Aid, which will raise funds to provide clean drinking water in Ethiopia.
- Friday 1 August 2008 Burma three months on: Food shortages and earning a living biggest challenge
- Burmese children and their families are still in need of international assistance to help rebuild their lives, three months after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country.
