Highlighted stories
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.
Latest Blogs
Transforming Education Summit: Warm words and good intentions, but the education crisis requires bolder action
More than two years after schools around the world shut their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Transforming Education Summit (TES) in September couldn’t have been more timely. Global education was in dire crisis before the pandemic, with millions of children around the world out of school and not learning from a quality, safe and inclusive education. With the extended school closures, disparities in access to online and distance learning, inadequate resources to support students to return to school, and the impacts of conflict and climate change, the learning outcomes of the poorest and most marginalised children are now even more at threat.
Getting granular with data: New estimates of the dual impacts of poverty and climate risk
To better understand how many children across the world are affected by this dual poverty and climate risk, we conducted new data analysis, published in our new report Generation Hope. Our analysis found that 774 million children globally – one out of every three children – both live in poverty and are profoundly impacted by the climate crisis.
2.4 billion reasons to end the global climate & inequality crisis
2.4 billion reasons to end the global climate & inequality crisis
A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved - Improving the Care of the Global Social Welfare Workforce
In honour of World Mental Health Day on the 10th of October, I attended a Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in Rome where senior leaders from around the world were placing a spotlight on issues related to mental health
Hope in the Face of Crisis: Children want Action from World Leaders
Leaders and policy makers from across the world will be gathering at a series of important global meetings in the coming weeks - at the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, the COP27 Summit in Egypt, and the G20 Summit in Indonesia. As they pack their bags for these meetings, there is one critical thing they must not leave behind.
Let’s set the mind free – Accessible and Affordable Mental Health Support for All
Mental Health Blog - written by Rasha a MHPSS youth ambassador
Europe must put children first in its response to the conflict in Ukraine
This is the lived reality for millions of children inside Ukraine and millions more who have fled the violence in the country.
How to talk to children about climate change
Here are our 5 top tips for how to talk to children about the climate crisis.