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Major disasters disrupted education for at least 13 million children in six countries in three months as Venezuela reopens schools
When disasters or climate emergencies disrupt children’s education, as they have for children in Nepal, Venezuela, Colombia and elsewhere this summer, children must be able to continue their education through crisis. Governments also need stronger, more inclusive, and resilient education systems that can last.
From the World Cup to World Crises: How Football Transforms Children's Lives
In some of the world’s toughest environments, from Sudan to Ukraine to Lebanon, football is providing far more than entertainment - it is helping children to stay safe, process trauma and reclaim a sense of childhood.
NEWS QUOTE: Floods in Indonesia leave children with health challenges
"Our health partners on the ground have seen and helped children diagnosed with coughs, colds, and skin diseases. There are also concerns about the health of infants who are still staying in inadequate temporary shelters."
Children make up nearly half of Rohingya refugees taking perilous boat journeys in 2024 as numbers continue to rise
Children made up just under half - 44% - of predominantly Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat in 2024 as the number of people taking to sea continues to rise.
The boy on the beach – Tsunami survivor Martunis remembers 20 years on
Martunis was seven years old when one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history struck Indonesia, and other parts of Asia on the 26 December 2004, ripping apart life as he knew it. Save the Children worked to reunite Martunis and his father.
INDONESIA: Children forced to learn in tents after volcanic eruption closes schools and displaces 15,000 people
A deadly volcanic eruption in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province has displaced more than 15,000 people and disrupted the education of around 5,300 students[1], Save the Children said.
Rohingya refugees arriving in Indonesia by boat surge 700% as sea crossings predicted to reach a new high this year
At least 395 Rohingya refugees, including 173 children, arrived in Indonesia by boat in October, compared with 49 recorded in the same month in 2023, according to figures from the UNHCR.
‘ROHINGYA REFUGEES MUST BE GIVEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION’ – SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT
Save the Children is calling for Indonesia and other countries in Asia to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees after a boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya, including women and children, was sighted off the coast of Indonesia.
REACHING THE UNREACHABLE WITH IMMUNIZATION THROUGH POSYANDU
Despite immunisation being one of the most effective public health interventions, millions of children still remain unvaccinated.
Spike in arrivals of unaccompanied Rohingya children in Indonesia highlights increasing desperation – Save the Children
About 250 unaccompanied Rohingya children arrived in Indonesia in the last three months of 2023.