Oklahoma Tornado - Save the Children's Response
A tornado with winds estimated at over 200 miles an hour and a massive mile-wide
base devastated the community of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, May 20, leaving blocks of destruction
and claiming at least 51 lives. The toll is expected to rise significantly, and officials have reported that
least 20 of the known fatalities are children whose elementary schools were in the tornado's direct path.
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Helping a Child, Teenager, or Yourself
After a Traumatic Event
We have posted some documents on our Emergency Response Resource page. These documents deal with the topic of helping and dealing with feelings after a traumatic event...
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ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA
LEADS TO SURGE IN REFUGEES
The Emergency: The fighting in Syria has descended into civil war and has left millions of Syrian children at risk. More than 940,000 people have fled Syria as refugees (registered and awaiting registration), according to latest UN figures. Inside Syria, four million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, with over 2.5 million people internally displaced. Children are especially vulnerable and make up 52% of the affected population – this is a children’s emergency.
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THE ROCKAWAYS – 6 MONTHS AFTER “SANDY”
STILL VERY NEEDY
On April 29th a group of nine L.I. Council Board Members, joined by Jennifer O’Neill from Westport, drove down to the Rockaways to meet Jeanne-Aimee de Marais and Adam Keehn to witness first-hand the work Save is doing to restore the children in these communities to some degree of normalcy. The Rockaways contain some of NYC’s poorest neighborhoods, and families in the low income housing projects are struggling to recover from Sandy.
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The Save the Children Long Island Council was founded in 1984 by Susan Lassen and M.L. Galston in response to a devastating famine in Ethiopia. From the small luncheon party they hosted at the very beginning, the Council has gone on to raise approximately 5 million dollars in the following years, which were distributed to Save the Children programs worldwide. The Council is made up of a Working Board of about 25 volunteers and is aided by a group of Council Partners. We focus locally on fund raising, education and building awareness.
Save the Children organizations worldwide have offices in 120 countries on all seven continents, serving and providing support to 64 million children and millions of others, including caregivers, community members, local organizations and government agencies.
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Save the Children Long Island Council.
Please send checks to:
STC
PO Box 38
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
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