ECD centre: with love from Save the Children
The new Hlengabantwana ECD centre was received with much appreciation by the ECD committee, local community, tribal authority and the Department of Social Development.
COVID-19: Distributing soaps to save lives
With new COVID-19 cases reported every day in South Africa, Save the Children & Colgate Palmolive, continue to distribute one million soaps to Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDs) and schools across South Africa.
CEO Column: It’s Better Speaking Face-to-Face
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, Save the Children South Africa (SCSA) has been working tirelessly to deliver emergency assistance to some of the most vulnerable children in our country.
Largest global survey on COVID-19 impact on children
Save the Children conducts largest global survey of its kind among some 25,000 children and adults on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: We are not slowing down
A common question at the start of any meeting these days is “where has the year gone?” It is quite normal, I find, to lament the fast-paced passing of time around mid-Winter, but 2020 has been extraordinarily different, for many obvious and not so obvious reasons.
ALMOST 10 MILLION CHILDREN MAY NEVER RETURN TO SCHOOL
Around 10 million children may never return to school – this is an unprecedented education emergency and governments must urgently invest in learning.
SAVE OUR EDUCATION
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced the world’s schools to shut their doors to over a billion children. For the first time in human history, an entire generation has had their education disrupted.
Listening to the voices of our children
When we set out at the beginning of March to discuss the implications of the impending COVID-19 crisis on our operations and how this will affect children, we had a very narrow view of the future. Like everyone else we were waiting for the storm to blow over. Little did we know how this would change the way that we work and most importantly the way that children experience the world.
SCSA horrified by the rape of a two-year-old at a hospital
Save the Children South Africa (SCSA) is horrified by the reports of the rape of a two-year-old child at the George Mukhari Hospital, in Pretoria. The mother of the child left her at the hospital after she was reportedly told that the child needed to be isolated as it was suspected she had COVID-19.