Save The Children [to 16 January 2016]
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.9357111/k.C14B/Press_Releases_2016/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp

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January 15, 2016
Over 12 Million Children Have Better Educational Opportunities Through Ikea Foundation, Save the Children and Unicef Partnership

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January 14, 2016
Pioneering Study Finds Poor Youth Can Save for Their Future
Fairfield, Conn— Led by an international development consortium that includes Save the Children, YouthSave has shown helping youth build savings can significantly increase their financial capability and may also improve other youth development outcomes, such as cognitive functioning, education, and health behaviors.

Through the project – the largest research experiment of its kind in the developing world – more than 130,000 young people, aged primarily 12-18 and half living under the poverty line, collectively saved more than $1 million over three years. In addition, approximately 44,000 youth received direct financial education, 48,000 individuals were reached through community-level events, and an estimated 660,000 were reached through mass media….
:: Key Findings from the YouthSave Project in Brief

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January 12, 2016
Food Crisis Update from Save the Children in Ethiopia

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Former Danish prime minister to run Save the Children International
Thomson Reuters Foundation | 13 January 2016
Denmark’s first female prime minister is to become the new head of Save the Children International, one of the world’s leading charities that works in some 120 nations, it announced on Thursday. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, a Social Democrat who led a Danish coalition government from 2011 to 2015, succeeds Jasmine Whitbread as chief executive of the umbrella charity organization, the London-based group said.