Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

More than 5,500 children are among the 11,000 people newly displaced in the wake of escalating violence in and around the city of El Obeid in North Kordofan, Sudan, with thousands more at risk.

Eight-year-old Ali* and his family were forced to flee their home due to a prolonged drought and conflict. In his new environment, he lost his daily rhythm when he could no longer go to school. The child-friendly space brought security, friends and joy into his life that had long since disappeared.

Escalating violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state has forced the withdrawal of aid agencies from key areas, triggering mass displacement and leaving families stranded and without essential and life-saving service.

A year on since 32,000 people, including 12,000 children in the West Bank were displaced by Israeli forces, children are showing signs of mental deterioration including bedwetting, refusing to eat and declining academic performance.

There remains significant uncertainty around future donor support for even basic services in the camps which are home to more than 100,000 people. They live in densely packed areas consisting mostly of wooden homes set on hills and dotted along narrow and muddy roads cutting through jungle-clad countryside a stone’s throw from Thailand’s border with Myanmar.

The war's resumption is a death sentence for Gaza's children. This March saw some of the deadliest days for children in Gaza. In this op-ed, Rachael Cummings, Humanitarian Director for Save the Children in Gaza highlights the severity of the situation for children and calls for a definitive ceasefire.

As Syria faces a critical turning point with cautious optimism for the future, the needs of children have never been higher with an urgent increase in funding required to meet immediate needs, Save the Children said.