CYP Now - Interview: Renewed focus at home - Jasmine Whitbread, chiefexecutive, Save the Children

Jasmine Whitbread is about to attend a "red alert" meeting about the conflict in the Middle East. These internal meetings at Save the Children's London headquarters usually happen around once a month; when a crisis comes to a head. But over the last few weeks they have been happening on a daily basis as the charity seeks to help the thousands of children in the region that have been forced to flee their homes.

"This crisis has created conditions of extreme hardship for children onall sides," she says. "Thousands of children are sheltering in schoolsand office buildings and others are trapped at home. They have no foodor clean water. We are working with our partners in the region to ensurewe have the supplies and arrangements in place to move into thoseareas."

Save the Children is working tirelessly in the Middle East, but thisshould not mask the fact that it is also becoming increasingly activecloser to home. Whitbread, who took over as chief executive late lastyear, says she wants to increase the global reach of Save the Childrenbut also revitalise its operations in the UK.

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