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Save the Children Australia responds to wildfires
09 Feb 2009 12:16:55 GMT
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Save the Children Australia is responding to the wildfires in Southern Australia, that have left thousands homeless, closed schools and left businesses devastated. These bushfires are the deadliest natural disaster in Australian history.

Save the Children is implementing a Child Friendly Spaces programme as our key programmatic intervention. Child friendly Spaces are designed to protect children during the acute response phases of this emergency.

This programme is designed for children aged 0-6 and provides early childhood care and development facilities, as well as support services for parents.

For more information about the current situation

Please contact Sharyn Hanly, Media Adviser, Tel:  + 61 3 9938 2011, Mobile:  + 61 (0) 437 355 096

[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

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