By Save the Children | Save the Children
Fifty-four counties in Texas were declared a state of disaster. Rainfall was measured in feet. When it was over Hurricane Harvey, the first of three major hurricanes to strike the U.S. in 2017, left children and families reeling. Save the Children, the national leader for children in emergencies, deployed quickly to meet their needs.
Thanks to your generous support we’re still in Texas, helping children, families and communities in Houston and in the Golden Triangle and Coastal Bend areas recover. To date, 300,165 children and adults have benefited from our work. We are the only organization supporting the restoration of child-care services, and we’ve reached children in places where needs were initially overlooked as attention focused on Houston.
In 2019 our priorities include increasing access to education and preparing children, schools and communities for the next disaster. We are also establishing a permanent presence in the state with new afterschool and summer programs in the Golden Triangle.
We are grateful to you for supporting our response to Hurricane Harvey and for ensuring that we can continue to work hard for Texas children and families in the year ahead.
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