Leamington festival goers get the chance to save children's lives
Festival season is here and Save the Children is continuing its summer-long presence at festivals around the UK by joining everyone at Leamington Peace Festival on Saturday and Sunday 14 - 15 June.
Friday 13 June 2008
Continuing on from the success Save the Children had at Cambridge's Strawberry Fair last weekend, the charity hopes to inspire some of the 10,000 people having fun in the sun (or rain!) in Leamington to get involved with the charity's biggest-ever global campaign. The aim is to stop the 10 million children still dying before their fifth birthday each year.
Adrian Lovett, Director of Communications at Save the Children said: "Over 650 people wrote messages last weekend at Cambridge's Festival to Gordon Brown on fifth birthday cards to push for more to be done to save children's lives. If we can continue to have the same impressive levels of response throughout the summer as we tour the festivals, we hope we'll be giving children around the world a real reason to celebrate on their fifth birthdays."
Save the Children, working in partnership with the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department, will have a stall at Leamington Peace Festival to raise awareness of child hunger and the vital role of food aid in keeping vulnerable children alive in the world's poorest countries. Not getting enough food to eat is one the leading causes of children's deaths around the world. Of the 10 million children who die each year before their fifth birthday malnutrition kills more than a third. This interactive stall will bring to life Save the Children's work and allows families to get involved.
There will be a feeding station just like one of the hundreds of stations the charity has set up in countries like Niger in West Africa, to reach thousands of malnourished children. Here festival-goers can find out about how children are classed as malnourished, what Save the Children does to help them and maybe even sample a life-saving paste given to really hungry children and babies. There will also be bags of fun and wacky freebies including arm bands that we will be asking people to wear in support of our campaign.
Everyone is invited to spend time at the 'ifth birthday party' themed tent. Visitors can show their support by writing fifth birthday cards that will be sent to Gordon Brown. There will also be party games and competitions. For when you're done partying there will be chill-out area to kick back and relax or chat to representatives from Save the Children.
Adrian Lovett continued: "Leamington Peace festival is a great family day out. At Save the Children, we want families to know more about the many ways they can help save children's lives. We hope that people will join Save the Children at Leamington this weekend to take part in simple actions which can help stop millions of children dying before the age of five each year."
Save the Children will also be at:
- Camp Bestival, Dorset, 18-20 July
- Big Chill, Worcestershire, 1-3 August
- V Festival, Stafford, 16-17 August
- Carnival de Cuba, Southwark Park, 28-29 June
- Thames Festival, South Bank, 13-14 September
