Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage has pledged her support to Save the Children today by becoming a Parliamentary Champion. Caroline joins a group of cross-party MPs who support the charity's work tackling the poverty, ill health and hunger that affect millions of children worldwide.
As a strong advocate for the effective distribution of development aid, Caroline has signed up to support the charity's 'No Child Born to Die' campaign, which aims to put an end to the senseless waste of eight million children's lives that are taken each year by treatable and preventable diseases.
On becoming a Parliamentary Champion, Caroline said "I'm delighted to show my support for Save the Children. Their 'No Child Born to Die' campaign is something as a mother I feel very passionate about and committed to. I look forward to helping put hunger at the top of the international agenda and tackle the hidden crisis of malnutrition."
Every hour of every day, 300 children die because of malnutrition. It's the underlying cause of more than a third of child deaths – 2.6 million ever year - but it has not received the same high-profile campaigning and investment as other causes of child mortality like HIV/AIDS or malaria. The charity warns that if no concerted action is taken, half a billion children will be physically and mentally stunted over the next 15 years.
Find out more about Save the Children's No Child Born to Die campaign athttp://www.savethechildren.org.uk/