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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for 2024-10-13 ( 4 items )  
Disruption of Education in Lebanon Enters Sixth Year, with Half of Public Schools Used as Shelters (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 11 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: BEIRUT (Oct. 11, 2024)--Half of Lebanon's public schools have been turned into shelters for forcibly displaced people in the past two weeks, disrupting children's education for what will now be the sixth consecutive year and increasing the threat to their long-term physical and mental wellbeing, Save the Children s more PR

Hispanic Federation Launched Financial Education Initiative With Support From Congressman Larson to Improve Wealth Accumulation in Connecticut (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * Through culturally relevant programming, this initiative works with leading Connecticut community organizations to address disparities in Latino wealth accumulation * * * Hartford, CT - Today, Hispanic Federation launched the Community-Based Financial Education Initiative to p more PR

Save the Children Working to Help Florida Kids, Families 'Heal and Return to Normal' in Wake of Destructive Hurricane Milton (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 10 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: Global Humanitarian Organization Helping Ensure Families Receive Critical, Child-Focused Supplies, Supporting Child Care Recovery and Mental Health Needs FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Oct. 10, 2024) After deadly Hurricane Milton ripped across Florida overnight, Save the Children is working to meet the urgent and long-term nee more PR

STAFF ACCOUNTS: Siege and Bombardment of Sudan's El Fasher Pushes Children, Adults to the limits of survival (10)
WESTPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 9 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: EL FASHER, Sudan, (October 9, 2024) Aid workers caught up in a five-month siege of El Fasher in southwestern Sudan said the lack of services and escalating violence was making life harder by the day, calling for immediate action to protect those at risk.About 2.8 million people in and around El Fasher in North Darfu more PR