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The Beginning
Initial programs provide clothing, school supplies and hot lunches to school children in Harlan County, Kentucky.http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6229507/k.C571/History.htm -
War in Europe
Children in ravaged post war Europe, lacking shelter, food, health care and schooling, can now be sponsored for $150 per year.http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6229507/k.C571/History.htm -
Learning English
Indochinese refugees resettling in the US learn English, vocational skills and micro-enterprises in a program formed with World Learning and World Education. http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6229507/k.C571/History.htm -
Food Crisis Arises
Food crises in Ethiopia, Somalia, Southeast Asia and Sudan draw world attention and urgent responses from Save the Children donors.http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6229507/k.C571/History.htm -
Children Reunited with parents
Children in Rwanda are reunited with their parents in a Save the Children program to trace families separated during the genocide. -
Safer Environments
Web of Support for U.S. Children program opens to provide children with caring adults, safe place and constructive play before and after school. -
Education and hunger programs
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Helping Haiti
Save the Children provided 1.6 million Haitians including 700,000 children with shelter materials, food and water, health care, hygiene and sanitation, after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti. -
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Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy devastated the east coast in October 2012. Save the Children mobilized our staff and resources for children, providing protection through our Child Friendly Spaces in emergency shelters.
