This week, we revisit Lauren’s conversation with physician and writer Laura Kolbe, author of ‘Little Pharma’ (University of Pittsburgh Press, Pitt Poetry Series), a book that uses poetry as the doctor’s tool into empathy, into the interior lives of patients and beyond the material relationships between bodies.
Our work for children in 2020
In the UK and around the world, we make sure children are safe and healthy. We support them to learn, grow and become whoever they want to be.
44.9 MILLION CHILDREN and 38.3 million adults were directly supported by the Save the Children movement, working across 117 countries in 2020.
29.5 MILLION CHILDREN AND ADULTS supported across 87 countries by our movement s COVID-19 response in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused untold damage to children’s health, wellbeing and education. The Save the Children movement’s Protect a Generation global fightback against the pandemic supports children across four key pillars:
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on child survival
The group of seven artists who differ in age, experience and artistic practice have produced a powerful and diverse body of work SEVEN artists spanning seven generations have created artworks inspired by life under lockdown as part of a new exhibition and film project. They include 16-year-old Jodie Campbell who painted her grandmother and neighbours, capturing through her portraits the lives of those she painted and how they dealt with lockdown. Life Under Lockdown will be touring across hospitals in Edinburgh and Lothian, starting at the Western General where patients and staff will be able to see the artworks from tomorrow. A film telling the story of each artwork is also available to view online.