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To mark International Literacy Day and promote reading among children globally, Save the Children today shares 10 steps all parents can take to boost early reading skills among their children.

Four million children have died in the last decade because advances in reducing child mortality have failed to reach poorer children, Save the Children said today.

At least 7,820 schools have been destroyed by extreme flooding in Pakistan, forcing more than 1.6 million children out of the classroom.

Save the Children announced today that Bulgari is pledging a $7.4 million commitment to support the agency's quality education programs around the globe through 2011.

A month since the onset of the floods in Pakistan, 2.3 million children under the age of 5 have not been reached with critical and lifesaving assistance, Save the Children reports today.

Thanks to a $2.3 million grant from First 5 San Bernardino, children in San Bernardino will have an opportunity for lifelong success through Save the Children's "Early Steps to School Success" (ESSS) program. ESSS is an early childhood development home visiting program that helps children from low-income families develop early learning skills, essential for brain development and success later in life.

Encouraging kids to take charge of their generation's future, Save the Children and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) today announced the second annual Valentine's Day art contest for students across America.

Save the Children and the Ministry of Education in Kyrgyzstan today launched a major television campaign to help mend ethnic tensions and help children feel safe and protected when they return to school on September 1. The campaign is encouraging Kyrgyz and Uzbek parents and adults to line the streets in a corridor of peace and welcome children as they walk to and from school.

As the devastating floods in Pakistan continue to cause misery for millions of families, Save the Children reports that tens of thousands of newborn babies and their mothers could be in serious danger. At least half a million pregnant women have been affected by the floods, with more than 100,000 of them due to give birth in the next few months, according to the United Nations.

Thousands of children affected by historic flooding in Pakistan are receiving support to reinforce their ability to cope with disaster and protection from abuse and exploitation. Save the Children has established 10 child-friendly spaces in Muzafargarh and four in Swat. Three mobile child-friendly spaces are also providing activities for children in DG Khan, Muzafargarh and Rajanpur.

New reports from Save the Children and the National Commission on Children and Disasters reveal that the federal government and a vast majority of states are still not fully prepared to protect children in disasters, five years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast.

Save the Children is racing to provide critical aid to children and families caught up in the worst flooding in Pakistan's history. Left homeless and destitute, they face serious health risks and an uncertain future as raging waters engulf more homes and land.

Save the Children announced today that world-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell and his wife, violinist Helen Nightengale, have joined the charity's Artist Ambassador program in support of the agency's Healing and Education through Art (HEART) program.

Save the Children joined with the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan for the Prevention and control of Pneumonia (GAPP) and GlaxoSmithKline to call for further action on reducing death and suffering due to childhood pneumonia. Coinciding with the International Pediatric Association Congress last week, the three groups held a meeting to call attention to pneumonia's annual toll of 1.5 million child deaths.

Unprecedented monsoon rains in Pakistan have triggered a massive humanitarian crisis that threatens the lives and well-being of millions of people in the floodwaters' path, particularly young children. Save the Children, which over the last two weeks has provided assistance to more than 37,800 children and adults, is fighting difficult conditions to reach families in need and assist them through this latest crisis. Of particular concern is the health of the floods' youngest survivors.

Save the Children is assisting children and families in northern India's Ladakh region, where torrential rains have triggered flooding and landslides in and around the town of Leh. Raging waters have inundated homes, leaving thousands homeless and have washed away schools, roads and other structures.

Save the Children's emergency medical team last weekend brought the first delivery of emergency relief to stranded women and children in Batagam, Pakistan. A team comprising doctors, female health workers and paramedics battled continuous heavy rains, high altitudes and a raging Indus river to bring much-needed medical supplies and health care to this area cut off by the foods. The medical team treated children and adults for respiratory infections, diarrhea, scabies, and eye and skin infections.

It has been more than six months following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, which killed more than 250,000 people. Today, CharityCall, the provider of next generation mobile giving technology, and Save the Children, the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children, announced the HelpHaiti.mobi initiative. This timely campaign, long after the cameras have moved on, will re-engage donors in this continuing crisis and fund humanitarian aid and relief for the 1.5 million displaced Haitians struggling to regain normalcy in their lives.

Save the Children's emergency health teams have been carrying pregnant women, stranded by the raging flood waters in Pakistan, to the nearest health clinics, so they can deliver their babies safely. To date, seven women in Batagram have been carried on wooden beds by workers on a two-hour journey through waist-high water so they can reach Save the Children's health clinics in the Allai valley.

It has been more than six months following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, which killed more than 250,000 people. Today, CharityCall, the provider of next generation mobile giving technology, and Save the Children, the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children, announced the HelpHaiti.mobi initiative. This timely campaign, long after the cameras have moved on, will re-engage donors in this continuing crisis and fund humanitarian aid and relief for the 1.5 million displaced Haitians struggling to regain normalcy in their lives.