Figure 1.--Laos was another victim of North Vietmanmese aggression, but with itssmaller population and isolate location received less attention. The press caption here read, "Princess Anne pouring out milk for Lao children during her visit to Ubon refugee camp in north-east Thailand. The Princess is president of the Save the Children Fund. The photograph is dated July 6, 1979.

The post-War European revovery helped STC provided increased chritable donations in Europe and America to aid children in conflict-affected regions. Many countries were involved. This included both couuntries offering asistance as well a countries needing assistnce. This inclused both Cold War conflicts as well as regional conflicts and natural disasters. STC chapters were founded in other countries, including countries that had received STC assistance during the two world wars. Most of the STC work is done by the varioius chapters. A whole new area of activities began with the decolonization process following World War II. The first step in this process was Britain granting independence to India (1947). India chose a democratic, albeit socialist furure. Many of the subsequent new nations appearing in the Third World not only chose socialist, statist economies, but rejectd a democratic furure. Most thought that throwing off European colonial bonds and socialism would guarantee a prosperous, utopian future. It did not. De-colonization proved to be a maasive ecomomic failure with the living standard in many of the newly independent nations actually declined. This created a massive need for charitable efforts throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Oceania. Save the Children continued crisis work in the 1960s with the advent of the Vietnam War and other tragedies like the Nigerian Biafra secession. Shocking images of child starvation appared in America and Europe. Disasters occurred in Ethiopia, Sudan, and other countries also resulted in Save the Children appeal. STC formed an alliance to coordinate campaigning work to improve outcomes for the world’s children. The result was Save the Children Internatiinal (STCI) (1977). Disasters in Ethiopia, Sudan, and many other world hotspots led to appeals which brought public donations on a huge scale. In addition to the crisis work, Save the Children continued its rights-based approach to helping children which Jebb first conceptualized after World War I. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). Nearly 200 countries have committed to this legally binding convention. In addition to the parent British organisation, there are now 29 other national Save the Children chapters who are members of the Save the Children Alliance, a global network of nonprofit organisations supporting local partners in some 120 countries around the world. Save the Children launched a major campaign against the use of child soldiers in Africa (1990s). Nearly 200 countries have committed to this legally binding convention. In addition to the parent British organisation, there are now 29 other national Save the Children chapters who are members of the Save the Children Alliance, a global network of nonprofit organisations supporting local partners in some 120 countries around the world. STCI was the largest humanitarian operation, in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004-09). The response effort was possible because of over $270 million in donatiomns. STCI launched a new effort, EVERY ONE, their largest ever global campaign, to prevent millions of mothers and young children from dying (2009). STCI reports touching the lives of over 125 million children worldwide and directly reached 45 million children (2012). One of Save the Children's major recent efforts is to confrontathe Ebola crisis (2014). Save the Children UK worked with the U.K. government's Department for International Development and Ministry of Defence to build and run a 100 bed treatment center in Sierra Leone. It is also supporting an Interim Care Center in Kailahun for children who have lost their families to Ebola. [Uenuma]

STC Chapters Providing Assistance

After World War I, America and Britain was the source of most efforts to help childre. This was also the situation after World War II. The great bulk of the food and other relief efforts came from America. The post-War European revovery helped STC provided increased chritable donations in Europe and America to aid children in conflict-affected regions. The successful capitalist ecomnomies of the Unmited States and Western Europe generated the money needed to assist mostly Third World Countries. Very little vaid came from Communist and the oil rich Muslim countries. Thre were no STC chpters in Communit countries. Here the Government wanted to control all doreign involvement. Individuals were not allowed to engaged in personal charitable activity in other countries. In fact travel and other ctivities outside the country were severly limited. In Muslim countries assisted was primarily given for religious purposes. Many countries are today involved in STC aid efforts. STC chapters were founded in other countries, including countries that had received STC assistance during the two world wars. most of the STC work is done by the varioius chapters. STC chapters were founded in other countries, including countries that had received STC assistance during the two world wars. In addition to the parent British organisation, there are now 29 other national Save the Children chapters who are members of the Save the Children Alliance, a global network of nonprofit organisations supporting local partners in some 120 countries around the world.

Countries Receiving Assistance

This included both Cold War conflicts as well as regional conflicts and natural disasters. Nost of the STC work is done by the varioius chapters. A whole new area of activities began with the decolonization process following World War II. The first step in this process was Britain granting independence to India (1947). India chose a democratic, albeit socialist furure. Many of the subsequent new nations appearing in the Third World not only chose socialist, statist economies, but rejectd a democratic furure. Most thought that throwing off European colonial bonds and socialism would guarantee a prosperous, utopian future. It did not. De-colonization proved to be a maasive ecomomic failure with the living standard in many of the newly independent nations actually declined. This created a massive need for charitable efforts throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Oceania. Save the Children continued crisis work in the 1960s with the advent of the Vietnam War and other tragedies like the Nigerian Biafra secession. Shocking images of child starvation appared in America and Europe. Disasters occurred in Ethiopia, Sudan, and other countries also resulted in Save the Children appeal. STC formed an alliance to coordinate campaigning work to improve outcomes for the world’s children. The result was Save the Children Internatiinal (STCI) (1977). Disasters in Ethiopia, Sudan, and many other world hotspots led to appeals which brought public donations on a huge scale. In addition to STCI was the largest humanitarian operation, in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004-09). The response effort was possible because of over $270 million in donatiomns. STCI launched a new effort, EVERY ONE, their largest ever global campaign, to prevent millions of mothers and young children from dying (2009). STCI reports touching the lives of over 125 million children worldwide and directly reached 45 million children (2012). One of Save the Children's major recent efforts is to confrontathe Ebola crisis (2014). Save the Children UK worked with the U.K. government's Department for International Development and Ministry of Defence to build and run a 100 bed treatment center in Sierra Leone. It is also supporting an Interim Care Center in Kailahun for children who have lost their families to Ebola. [Uenuma]

Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

In addition to the crisis work, Save the Children continued its rights-based approach to helping children which Jebb first conceptualized after World War I. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). Nearly 200 countries have committed to this legally binding conventionSave the Children launched a major campaign against the use of child soldiers in Africa (1990s). Nearly 200 countries have committed to this legally binding convention.

Sources

Uenuma, Francine. "Desperate Demand for Ebola Treatment in Sierra Leone; Five People Infected Every Hour".

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