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Rimini Meeting: Save the Children and Ferrero to showcase significant progress in improving life and education for children in cocoa-growing communities through a holistic approach in Côte d’Ivoire. 

Cocoa-growing communities in Côte d'Ivoire demonstrate significant progress in the fight against child labour between 2020-2025

Nurse Mili helps Rakib* (3) to stand

Rohingya Camps: One in Three Refugees Face ‘Crisis’ Hunger as Conditions for Children Worsen

Nine years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled attacks and violence in Myanmar, an entire generation of Rohingya children has grown up in displacement, and many children know nothing but life inside the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh.

Marléne* (25) passing her daughter Deborah* (2 months) over to a health worker

Nearly two children a day orphaned in DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak – Save the Children

At least 180 children have lost both parents or primary caregivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ebola outbreak, equivalent to nearly two children every day, since the deadly virus was declared 100 days ago. 

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World Humanitarian Day: National staff bear brunt of record violence against humanitarian workers

New analysis found that between 1 August 2021 and the end of July 2026, about 3,496 national aid workers were victims of attacks, including deaths, detentions, kidnappings and attacks that result in serious injury, compared with 134 international staff which tend to bring more attention.

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INDONESIA: Over 8,000 children face disruptions to education following deadly earthquake – Save the Children

While the full extent of the destruction is still unfolding, more than 900 homes were damaged by the quake and hundreds of aftershocks. Essential public infrastructure has also been affected, including 87 education facilities and 18 healthcare centres, disrupting services critical to children's well-being.
Minahil* is being supported by Save the Children after fleeing the conflict in El Fasher with her children.

SUDAN: Nearly 39,000 displaced children arrive in El Obeid in six months, with city close to breaking point

The new arrivals are now part of more than 605,000 people living in El Obeid town and Sheikan locality, who have come seeking safety but are facing new challenges in accessing health, water, education and protection services within the city. 

A shoe is left amidst destruction following a night attack on Kyiv and region, Ukraine

July sees highest number of child casualties in over four years in Ukraine

July saw the highest number of child casualties in Ukraine in more than four years with the number of children killed or injured totalling 183, Save the Children said.

A Save the Children nutrition nurse measures Mustafa's* (9 months) mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)

Afghanistan: One in 10 children acutely malnourished as plummeting funding closes nearly 600 health facilities

In a mountainous, hard to reach part of northern Afghanistan, Save the Children is the only healthcare provider for 10,000 people. The clinic sees over 100 patients every day, some of whom travel for two to three hours on foot to see doctors, nutrition nurses and midwives.

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