Every morning, 12-year-old Ratana sets off from her home on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake by boat. She’s heading for a floating school supported by Save the Children – but she’s got a vital job to do before she gets there. As she rows she picks up friends along the way – and together they work to clear the rubbish that litters the lake. “When we row the boat to school we pick up the trash, and put it in our boat,” says Ratana. She and her friends care passionately about cleaning up the lake because of the eco lessons we’ve helped introduce to the school’s curriculum. “I have learned about pollution, deforestation, and garbage,” she explains. “I’ve learned how to clean the environment.” She is also spreading the word to her community about climate change and protecting the environment. “The elderly and adults should listen to children because we are now aware of the environment,” Ratana says. It is children like Ratana and her friends that are this fishing community’s best hope of saving their lake and livelihood. It is her generation that is leading the fightback against climate change across the world. Save the CHILDREN
Siege in Timbuktu: Nearly 74,000 children trapped in city and running out of food.
Siege in Timbuktu: Nearly 74,000 children trapped in city and running out of food.
SAVE THE CHILDREN CONDEMNS EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN FOR GEOPOLITICAL END AS FIRST GROUP OF CHILD HOSTAGES AND CHILD DETAINEES RELEASED
Save the Children has welcomed the release of some Israeli children and some Palestinian children.
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Press release and photo essay showing impact of drought on children in Basra, Iraq
More than 400 Rohingya children arrive by boat in Indonesia in past week as more refugees risk lives at sea
Save the Children press release on more than 400 Rohingya children in Indonesia
GAZA: Save the Children welcomes temporary truce and hostage release but warns children won’t be safe without a ceasefire
GAZA: Save the Children welcomes temporary truce and hostage release but warns children won’t be safe without a ceasefire
33 CHILDREN BORN INTO HUNGER EVERY MINUTE IN 2023 – Save the Children
At least 17.6 million children will be born into hunger this year, or about 33 children a minute, according to Save the Children.
Major outbreak of disease escalating in camps as 250,000 people, mostly children, return to Afghanistan from Pakistan
Major outbreak of disease escalating in camps as 250,000 people, mostly children, return to Afghanistan from Pakistan
Horn of Africa: Over 100 killed and 700,000 displaced by El Nino rains as region braces for more wild weather
Horn of Africa: Over 100 killed and 700,000 displaced by El Nino rains as region braces for more wild weather
