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Kareem*, 16, walks to school with his schoolbag on his back

OPT: West Bank children hold tenth day of peaceful protest after school blocked by Israeli settlers

Students supported by Save the Children have been blocked from entering their school by an illegal barbed-wire fence, erected by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

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More than 2.7 million children aged under five in Pakistan face acute malnutrition – Save the Children

The new analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the world’s leading authority on hunger monitoring, further found that about 706,000 children out of the 2.7 million in 45 rural districts assessed in three provinces are predicted to suffer from severe acute malnutrition before September this year.

Library For All books are delivered by horseback to a school in a remote community in Sanma Province, Vanuatu.

Giddy-up and Read: Books arrive by horseback to children in Vanuatu

In one particularly difficult delivery, 59 books written by ni-Vanuatu authors inspired by the island’s children, were packed into waterproof boxes and then travelled on horseback over boulder-strewn mountain paths, dense jungle and across rivers to reach their eager readers.

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NEWS QUOTE: Children in Lebanon have faced a 45-day nightmare – a pause in hostilities must be definitive and permanent

Response to the temporary pause in hostilities in Lebanon -  almost 20 children a day have been killed and injured by Israeli forces airstrikes since 2 March, nearly 800 children injured or killed. 

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DRC: Number of attacks on schools triple in one year as violence escalates

The number of violent attacks against schools more than tripled in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the year to February 2026 amid escalating violence in the country.
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Every $5 Rise in Oil Price Risks Cutting Aid to 40,000 Children, Projection Finds

If the conflict is prolonged and drives oil prices to US$100 per barrel for the rest of 2026, Save the Children’s modelling projects a 10% increase in the cost of its humanitarian aid, driving the cost of delivering aid up by more than US$27 million this year.

Ali* 13 and his younger brother Nour* 10, were injured by a blast whilst out playing football in Khartoum

Two brothers injured in airstrike in Sudan feature in animated film on risks of explosive weapons

Two brothers severely injured in an airstrike as they were playing football are the focus of an animated film released by Save the Children on the third anniversary of the conflict in Sudan.

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NEWS QUOTE: About 250 people, including Rohingya refugees, feared missing after boat sinks in Andaman Sea

With no formal ways to earn a living, cuts to food rations, limited access to education and training, and growing insecurity, families are being pushed to send their children on life-threatening journeys at sea.