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Please donate to support our vital work for children across South East Asia.</p> </div> <h2>Why is this happening?</h2> <ul sizcache="5" sizset="36"><li>A combination of typhoons and higher than average rainfall has led to widespread flooding which has affected more than at least 3 million children across South East Asia.聽</li> </ul><p><img alt="" src="/web/20130128144938im_/http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/Thaifloods470_0.jpg" style="width: 470px; height: 313px;"/><br/></p><h2>How are children affected?</h2> <ul sizcache="5" sizset="37"><li>Lack of clean water is a major issue as normal water sources such as rivers and wells are polluted with sewerage and run-off debris increasing the threat of disease.</li> <li>Families have lost their homes, possessions and urgently require shelter; their crops have been destroyed and their animals have died so they need help regaining their livelihoods; and schools have been destroyed so children鈥檚 education will be interrupted.</li> <li>There is an increased risk for communicable diseases including diarrhoea, malaria, pneumonia, thyphoid and skin infections,聽due to lack of access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and access to health care services.</li> <li>Limited access to health services for pregnant women, recent and聽breastfeeding mothers is also of grave concern as pregnancy and childbirth are critical periods for the survival of women and babies.</li> </ul><h2>How we鈥檙e responding</h2> <ul sizcache="5" sizset="41"><li>We鈥檙e already distributing food and essentials such as soap, mattresses and cooking utensils, as well as temporary shelter materials so that those affected can rebuild their homes.</li> <li>We鈥檙e also helping keep children safe, preventing them from becoming separated from their parents, harmed or exploited. 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