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Of the 2 million people affected by the earthquake of 27 February, an estimated 1,200,000 are children. Save the Children has provided emergency assistance to more than 11,800 children.

Cauquenes, Chile, August 26, 2010.
Just a month after the earthquake which hit Haiti last January, another 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Chile caused a tsunami that kills over 500 personas y afectaba a casi dos millones, de los cuales 1.200.000 son niños y niñas. Nuestros equipos movilizaron inmediatamente a expertos en emergencias y durante los últimos seis meses han proporcionado ayuda de forma directa a más de 22.000 personas, de las que 11.842 son niños y niñas. Alberto Soteres, Director de Save the Children, se encontraba en Chile en el momento del terremoto. “Estaba durmiendo cuando me despertó un fuerte temblor, el techo se nos vino encima pero nos dio tiempo a salir de la casa. Estaba tan sólo a 50 kilómetros del epicentro del terremoto por lo que pude sentirlo con toda su fuerza. Yo I was lucky, but many other families. "

The earthquake and the changes in the life of Francisca

Francisca's family, aged 10, also was lucky it could save your life, but lost their homes in the earthquake. As thousands of families, the earthquake surprised them while they slept. "My mother was screaming and I woke up. Mama was waiting but fell a wall. Then he stood on the edge of the door when another wall fell and my mom I covered and you drop it "(...)" Then we went to the bottom because a door fell, we went back and stayed there until we went to look, "says Francisca.

The earthquake has brought many changes in the life of Francisca. He feels he has lost something as valuable as the places where I used to play and now they are gone. In the days following the disaster, managed to recover two photographs. "I see every day these pictures because I forgot what it was before and the things he did, how was my house. Every time I do something, spend a little while and I forget. The pictures help me to remember. I would not, but I forget things and I happened since the quake happened and my house fell down. When my dad goes to work I give lots of hugs because I do not I forget that too. "