Katrina Response: Protecting the Children of the Storm

Save the Children, the leading independent organization creating lasting change for children in need in the United States and abroad, has been responding to the world’s major disasters for decades – most recently the South Asia tsunami, Pakistan earthquake and the ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan. On the Gulf Coast, the agency responded within days of the storm.

An emergency response team assisted thousands of displaced children, providing more secure environments for them under difficult conditions. Save the Children – with the close collaboration of corporations, local school systems, volunteer and nonprofit groups, universities and government agencies – continues to work across the Gulf region, helping to ensure that school programs, summer camps and child care are available, and that children can play, learn and work through emotional distress in safe places.