Save The Children [to 19 December 2015]
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6150563/k.D0E9/Newsroom.htm

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Congressional Appropriations Bill A Victory for Kids
Washington, D.C. (December 18, 2015) — Save the Children and Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) today commended the passage of the Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 16) Omnibus Appropriations bill, which calls for increased investments for children around the world.
The spending bill, passed by the House and the Senate today and expected to be signed into law by President Obama, increases funding for maternal and child health and nutrition while prioritizing early childhood education programs, such as Preschool Development Grants, Head Start and other early learning programs.

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Ethiopia Drought: Schools Closing, Livestock Dying, and Wells Drying Up
December 18, 2015

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Save the Children and 100 Resilient Cities to Focus on Children in Resilience-Building Efforts
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Dec. 16, 2015)— 100 Resilient Cities— Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) today announced a partnership with Save the Children, which will offer critical resilience building support to 100RC’s member cities initially in Asia. Through the partnership, Save the Children will work on an individual basis with 100RC member cities to build custom approaches to develop early childhood education services, improve children’s health and nutrition, address child poverty and ensure children’s rights. The partnership will bring tactical support to cities, enabling them to create new programs or expand efforts in member cities through Asia.

Save the Children joins a prestigious group of other 100RC “Platform Partners” that have committed to helping cities around the world prepare for, withstand, and bounce back from the ‘shocks’ – catastrophic events like hurricanes, fires, and floods – and ‘stresses’ – slow-moving disasters like water shortages, homelessness, and unemployment – which are increasingly part of 21st Century life.The Platform Partners are a vital component of 100RC’s efforts, both providing cities with tools they need to build resilience and influencing the market as other resilience tools are developed…