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- Aussie family completes epic walk across India in support of ChildFund Australia
- ChildFund provides Filipino children with a place to play
- Typhoon Washi hits the Philippines
- ChildFund Alliance survey asks 4600 children in 44 countries about their views on the world
- Loopholes in cluster munition draft legislation to be finalised next week
- Children from Australia, Laos, Timor Leste and Vietnam join forces for Our Day film
- Australian government commits to saving lives of over 13 million at risk in Horn of Africa
- ChildFund responds to floods in India
- Field updates: Emergency assistance continues in the Horn of Africa
- Fix the Bill campaign makes headway on cluster bomb loopholes
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Aussie family completes epic walk across India in support of ChildFund Australia
Published on 30 January 2012
The Petrucco family is an ordinary family who has just undertaken a most extraordinary adventure – walking 800km from the west coast of India to the east coast in support of ChildFund Australia.
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ChildFund provides Filipino children with a place to play
With the support of our Project Humanity partners, ChildFund Australia is contributing to the relief effort in the Philippines, following the flash flooding and resulting devastation caused by Typhoon Washi.
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Typhoon Washi hits the Philippines
Published on 20 December 2011
A tropical storm hit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines over the weekend, causing flash floods that have left over 900 people dead and close to 90,000 residents displaced from their homes.
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ChildFund Alliance survey asks 4600 children in 44 countries about their views on the world
Published on 28 November 2011
The ChildFund Alliance has today launched the findings of its global children’s survey, Small Voices, Big Dreams. This is the second year ChildFund has conducted the survey, one of the most comprehensive polls of children’s views in the world.
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Loopholes in cluster munition draft legislation to be finalised next week
It is rumoured that next week, the Labor Caucus will decide whether changes need to be made to Australia’s proposed Cluster Munitions Legislation.
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Children from Australia, Laos, Timor Leste and Vietnam join forces for Our Day film
Published on 16 November 2011
Over 300 children across the Asia-Pacific have taken part in Our Day, a film project that documents a day in the life of children in different parts of the world...
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Australian government commits to saving lives of over 13 million at risk in Horn of Africa
Despite global relief efforts, the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa is continuing to worsen.
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ChildFund responds to floods in India
Extreme flooding in India’s coastal state of Orissa has affected more than two million people.
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Field updates: Emergency assistance continues in the Horn of Africa
Published on 22 September 2011
Australians have donated more than $600,000 to ChildFund Australia to aid operations in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa. This support has helped ensure malnourished children receive food, water and life-saving medical support through childcare centres that have been transformed into emergency food distribution facilities.
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Fix the Bill campaign makes headway on cluster bomb loopholes
Published on 23 August 2011
The Cluster Munition Coalition - Australia, of which ChildFund Australia is a member, has today welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to push back Senate debate on the Cluster Munition Prohibition Bill to allow time to seriously consider the issues raised by the Fix the Bill campaign.
