Save the Children Receives $2 Million to Expand Rebuilding of Child Care Facilities Along Gulf Coast
From U.S. Newswire Releases:
Humanitarian agency Save the Children today received $2 million from the Chevron Corporation to continue assisting children and parents in hurricane-ravaged southern Mississippi by rebuilding child care facilities.
The donation was part of Chevron's new $18 million "Energy for Learning" initiative, which will assist hurricane-affected public schools and early childhood education centers in 23 school districts throughout Louisiana and Mississippi.
Save the Children, in partnership with Chevron and Mississippi State University, has set the standard in rebuilding child care facilities in our communities.
There is no question that child care and education are the primary needs in rebuilding our economy."
Recognizing the critical role of child care to individual and economic recovery from the disaster, Save the Children, the Chevron Corporation and Mississippi State University partnered just weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.
"Creating safe spaces for children is critically important after a crisis such as Hurricane Katrina.," said Jeanne-Aimee De Marrais, Team Leader for Save the Children's Katrina Response.
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