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27 Jun 2026
Staff Account: Venezuela earthquake: “Just last weekend I was celebrating Father’s Day with my dad. One week later, I am supporting him after he lost everything."
Valentina works with Save the Children in Venezuela. She was in Caracas on the night of Wednesday 24 June when the twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 struck.
2 Jul 2026
“Food is so difficult to come by”: the impossibility of getting a meal in Gaza as hunger persists after 1000 days of war
In this staff account, Shurouq shares the reality of Gaza’s worsening food crisis after 1,000 days of war. Families face soaring food prices, aid restrictions, destroyed farmland, extreme heat, and pests, making it increasingly difficult to access nutritious food and meet basic needs while struggling to survive daily.
15 Jun 2026
On the Frontline of Ebola: One Nurse’s Story from DRC
Jules*, 42, is the head nurse of a health centre in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), working at the heart of the Ebola outbreak, managing care while promoting prevention in the community. Chronic shortages of protective equipment and limited funding leave staff exposed and patients without access to treatment, allowing the virus to spread. Jules is deeply affected by the human toll, especially mothers separated from their babies, and fears rising malnutrition and deaths. Despite it all, Jules keeps going, but the fear and pressure are never far from his mind.
Here is Jules' diary, where he shares what a week in the life of an Ebola health nurse in DRC looks like.
28 Mar 2026
The Cost of War: Children Are Paying the Highest Price in the Middle East Conflict
As global headlines focus on soaring oil prices and financial turmoil, there is a risk of overlooking the real human cost of the Middle East conflict – the devastating toll it is taking on children.
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The world helped millions of children go to school. Now we are failing to keep them there.
For nearly a generation, the world was telling a remarkable story about education.
Millions more children entered classrooms for the first time as countries moved steadily towards the promise that every child, regardless of where they were born, would have the chance to learn. Between 2000 and 2015 the number of primary-age children out of school dropped from about 100 million to 57 million.
But that progress is now sliding into reverse at a time when education budgets are being squeezed.
Reforming the Humanitarian System Without Leaving Young People Behind
The humanitarian sector is going through one of the biggest shake-ups in a generation. Known as the Humanitarian Reset, the effort aims to make the system more nationally owned, better coordinated, and more efficient. But recent evidence points to the risk of the Reset overlooking accountability to children, adolescents and youth precisely as their needs are rising and funding is falling.
STAFF ACCOUNT: Back to School: Children’s Dream that Became a Nightmare in Gaza
Shurouq, 32, is a Save the Children staff member in Gaza. Shurouq lost her husband after he was killed in the first weeks of the war. Along with her 4-year-old daughter, Karmel*, Shurouq has been displaced many times during the war.
STAFF ACCOUNT: On Mother's Day, Israeli settlers attacked my car with my sleeping newborn
Ruba* 31, is a Save the Children staff member in the West Bank, in the occupied Palestinian territory. On Mothers’ Day 2026, she was travelling with her two-month-old daughter to visit her mother when her car was violently attacked by Israeli settlers.
STAFF ACCOUNT: One year after the Afghanistan earthquake- “Families fear they will be forgotten”
On 31st August 2025, a deadly earthquake struck Eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 2,000 people and leaving at least 220,000 in need of humanitarian assistance.
Hamidullah Momin leads Save the Children’s emergency response teams in Eastern Afghanistan, reaching more than 121,000 people since the earthquake.
Now a year on from the earthquake that stole everything from thousands of people, communities have not recovered.
EL NIÑO: WHAT IS IT AND HOW WILL IT IMPACT CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD?
A major El Niño is happening at the same time as record-breaking global heat.
Young children are more at risk from Ebola: what we need to do protect them
Children are particularly vulnerable to the Ebola Bundibugo Virus Disease (BVD), and they can easily catch it through touch, especially when a household member falls ill.
STAFF ACCOUNT: SIX MONTHS SINCE AL HOL CAMP CLOSURE IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA
When Leila* and her children arrived in Ar Raqqa, Syria, in February this year, they found themselves in surroundings that felt completely unfamiliar.
Her children had spent almost their entire lives in Al Hol camp in northeastern Syria, and adjusting to life outside its fences was overwhelming.