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VIETNAM: Back-to-school challenges ahead as flood-hit areas struggle to recover
As children in Vietnam prepare to head back to school, many face safety risks due to damaged infrastructure after floods. Save the Children.
STAFF ACCOUNT: The Aid Worker Dilemma - Provide Care and Stay Alive in Gaza
Save the Children staff account from a physician who has dedicated his medical skills to helping children in Gaza.
MPOX: FIVE WAYS CHILDREN ARE MORE AT RISK
Save the Children press release mpox children five ways more vulnerable
Children among more than 100 killed in Gaza in worst school attack in 10 months
Save the Children press release Gaza school airstrike 100 killed children
INDIA: More than 1,580 children displaced in one of India’s deadliest landslides
Massive landslides in India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people. More than 1,580 children displaced. Save the Children.
AFGHANISTAN: Extreme weather forces more people from their homes in first six months of 2024 than all 2023
Extreme weather events forced at least 38,000 people from their homes in Afghanistan in the first six month of this year
Combatting Child Trafficking in Sri Lanka
The scale of human trafficking in Sri Lanka has risen alarmingly. Find out what Save the Children is doing to counteract this growing crisis.
Ethiopia: More than 1,320 children remain at risk following week of deadly landslides
Hundreds of children living in the remote Gofa zone of Southern Ethiopia remain at risk of death and injury from rain-induced disasters
How does extreme heat impact children?
After a year of record-breaking temperatures, it is important to understand how extreme heat affects children
PHILIPPINES: School suspended after powerful storm wreaks havoc with warnings over disease
Classes across the Philippines were suspended following a powerful typhoon that swept across the country.
Banning FGM in Gambia: A great victory for girls
A ban on female genital mutilation was nearly reversed in Th Gambia but through civil rights campaigning it was prevented.
One in three children in Spain are unable to keep cool at home as extreme heat rips through Europe
Extreme heat puts children’s health at risk, locking them out of education and making them increasingly anxious about the future
PAKISTAN: Children face risk of deadly diseases such as cholera and malaria as floods expected this month
Thousands of children in Pakistan at risk of deadly disease as monsoon rains start
Child rights groups vow to further drive campaign on female genital mutilation after the Gambia upholds a ban
"Harmful practices like FGM must never be allowed"
AFGHANISTAN: At least 1,500 children lose their homes as country battered by latest deadly floods
Floods from heavy rains have killed about 40 people in eastern Afghanistan and about 1,500 children have lost their homes Save the Children said.
Women self-inducing labour and facing life-threatening complications in pregnancy after nine months of Gaza conflict
An estimated 50,000 babies have been born in Gaza over nine months of conflict, with many women giving birth in traumatic, unhygienic and undignified conditions
Mozambique: Rising violence driving up child marriage in Cabo Delgado province
The violence has also led to the widespread destruction of property and displacement
SUDAN: Over 1,500 children subjected to extreme violence as conflict breaks records for crimes against children
The number of children killed, injured or facing other grave violations in Sudan soared six-fold in 2023 to a record high
Gaza's missing children: Over 20,000 children estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves
Gaza's missing children: Over 20,000 children estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves
Sierra Leone bans child marriage following campaign joined by girls across the country and Save the Children
Sierra Leone has one of the highest child marriage, early pregnancy and maternal mortality rates in the world
Formal mechanism to monitor and report on crimes against children in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel must be established, after perpetrators listed in flagship UN Report – Save the Children
Formal mechanism to monitor and report on crimes against children in the occupied Palestinian territory must be established, after perpetrators listed
India heatwave: Warning issued for four states as heat curbs outdoor play for children
India’s heatwave shows no sign of abating as the country’s meteorological department warned of extreme heat.
The Power of Play
Explainer outlining the power of play and it's importance for the development of children globally.
Sudan Staff Account: "The girl’s horrendous experience reminded me of my own experience when an explosive device fell into our compound"
A staff account from a health manager working in Sudan. In this blog he speaks about how the conflict is impacting people in North Darfur.
Floods in Sri Lanka kill 15 people and force four million children out of classrooms
While monsoon rains are normal in Sri Lanka, impacts such as flooding are now more frequent and severe due to climate change
Bonn conference: Number of children in crisis levels of hunger due to extreme weather events doubles in past five years – new analysis
Save the Children’s analysis showed that more than 33 million children and 39 million adults live in both the “crisis” phase 3 of hunger as determined by the IPC
Save the Children to respond to Enga landslide as Papua New Guinea grapples with devastation
Save the Children press release on response to landslide in Papua New Guinea
SUDAN: Violent attacks on schools and education surge fourfold in one year of conflict
Aid agencies including Save the Children, who work on education in Sudan, warn that the country is on the brink of the worst education crisis in the world
Bangladesh: Torrential rains turn villages into islands after Cyclone Remal batters coastal areas
Save the Children has sent four emergency response teams to support in the recovery
Afghanistan: Nearly three in ten children forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024
Save the Children press release three in ten children in Afghanistan in crisis or emergency levels of hunger
More than half of Pakistan’s school age children will be out of school due to extreme heat
More than half of Pakistan’s school age children – about 26 million - will be locked out of classrooms for a week due to an ongoing heat wave.
Drought hits 900,000 families across the Philippines, with some children forced from school to help on farms
A protracted drought across large swathes of the Philippines is impacting over 900,000 families
Children in Pacific Island countries face increasing levels of violence
Children in Pacific Island countries face increasing levels of violence, a Save the Children study has found.
Save the Children warns of deadly consequences for children following new relocation orders for families in Rafah
The orders follow a night of intense bombardment in Rafah, killing at least 22 people including eight children
MALI: 80,000 children trapped and running out of food in second blockaded town
Save the Children press release 80,000 children trapped in Mali blockade no food
Guide: What to do when parenting under pressure
Guide on "What to do when you are parenting under pressure"
Heat-stricken Bangladesh extends school closures
Bangladesh has ordered the closure of all primary and secondary schools for another week following country-wide closures brought about by a heatwave.
Corporal Punishment: At current rate, 60 years needed to meet 2030 target for global ban to protect children
It will take another 60 years to meet a global target to eliminate of all forms of corporal punishment unless the current rate of progress is sped up.
Bangladesh: Extreme heat closes all schools and forces 33 million children out of classrooms
Extreme heat has forced the closure of all schools in Bangladesh this week, impacting 33 million children
PEDAL POWER: Community health workers in Cote d’Ivoire get on their bikes to tackle malaria in remote villages
Thousands of community health workers in Cote d’Ivoire are tackling malaria by cycling between remote villages to treat children and educate families.