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Staff Account from Haiti: “I’ve never felt more powerless in my own country”
Staff account by a humanitarian worker in Haiti who has been directly affected by the rising violence
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
UKRAINE: CHILD CASUALTIES SEE ALARMING SPIKE IN 2024 AS WAR MARKS 900 DAYS
Child casualties in Ukraine surge by nearly 40% in the first half of this year, in nearly 900 days of war. Save the Children press release
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
Staff account: “The level of human suffering was absolutely mind blowing”: A Paediatric Nurse's account on the Devastating Impact of War on Children in Gaza
Harrowing testimony by a paediatric nurse on her deployment to Gaza to support our medical and humanitarian efforts.
Sudan crisis: Severe acute malnutrition skyrocketing in Save the Children clinics as country now in worst phase of food insecurity
Save the Children press release on hunger and severe acute malnutrition in Sudan
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.
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
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.
South Sudan on the brink of famine as it braces for worst floods in 60 years
South Sudan on the brink of famine as it braces for worst floods in 60 years
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
Why are children in Gaza and Sudan at risk of famine?
Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza and Sudan are at risk of famine. But what does that mean exactly?
Guide: How to help children in a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon
This guide provides tips on how to keep children safe during a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon.
Child hunger in Sudan almost doubles in six months with three in every four children affected
Conflict in Sudan is driving hunger to record levels
Devastating new figures reveal Gaza’s child hunger catastrophe
Devastating new figures reveal Gaza’s child hunger catastrophe
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
Number of children lacking routine immunisations three times higher in conflict zones than the rest of the world
Save the Children press release immunisations Gavi conference
Yemen: Principals of affected United Nations Entities and International Non-Governmental Organizations demand the immediate release of detained personnel
Yemen: Principals of affected United Nations Entities and International Non-Governmental Organizations demand the immediate release of detained perso
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.
PHILIPPINES: Mount Kanlaon eruption forces 385,000 children out of school
A volcanic eruption in the Philippines has forced at least 684 schools to close.
‘There is a wall between us’: As new school year begins in Thailand, funding shortages hinder education for refugee children on Myanmar border
As Thai children head back to school following a long summer break, a lack of funding has hindered many displaced children from Myanmar.
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
At least 66 people including children killed in four days of attacks on “safe zones” in Rafah
Attacks on ‘humanitarian areas’ highlight fallacy of the claim that civilians are safe anywhere in Gaza
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
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
I am safe and they are not - The anguished reality of a Palestinian in Egypt
An anguished account by a young Palestinian that is stranded in Cairo whilst his family is enduring the war in Gaza.
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.
Afghanistan floods: ‘There is no life left for us here. You want to put your head in your hands and shout and cry.’
Afghanistan floods: ‘There is no life left for us here. You want to put your head in your hands and shout and cry.’
Burkina Faso: Number of children facing emergency hunger levels set to surge fivefold as rainy season approaches
Save the Children press release hunger food insecurity Burkina Faso
At the forefront of the hunger crisis in the DRC - A paediatric nurse's account
Testimony by Jean-Claude a pediatric nurse in DRC who is at the forefront of the hunger crisis and is treating malnourished children daily.
Amid war, and on camelback: how Sudan’s vaccinators are delivering a dose of hope
A year of conflict has left Sudan’s immunisation safety net frayed. Gavi and Save the Children are helping vaccinators patch it back up.
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
STAFF ACCOUNT: I’ve seen Gaza’s horrors – now is not the time for the world to look away
Testimony by Sacha Myers on her visit to the Gaza Strip where she saw the real horrors of this war and its impact on children.
All Eyes on Rafah: What’s next for children in Gaza?
On 6 May, Israeli forces ordered thousands of people to flee parts of Rafah. Over a million - 600,000 children - are at risk of forced displacement.
Maternal health: Nearly one in five children born in 2024 will enter the world without medical care, putting them and mothers at risk
Nearly one in five children (17.9%) born this year will enter the world without a doctor, midwife or nurse present, putting them and their mothers in danger
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
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.
REACHING THE UNREACHABLE WITH IMMUNIZATION THROUGH POSYANDU
Despite immunisation being one of the most effective public health interventions, millions of children still remain unvaccinated.
Vietnam’s El Niño-induced drought leaves about 73,900 households in Mekong River Delta with limited access to fresh water
About 73,900 households in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta have limited access to fresh water following a weeks-long heatwave. Save the Children.
Sudan: Humanitarian appeal for 2024 critically underfunded, raising just one fifth of amount raised to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral
Save the Children press release on Sudan raising one fifth of funds raised for Notre Dame cathedral
As Thailand gears up to celebrate world’s ‘biggest water fight’, extreme weather risks dampening children’s joy
As Thailand gears up to celebrate world’s biggest water fight, extreme weather risks dampening children’s joy.
Sudan's year of war: one in two children in the line of fire
During one year of war in Sudan more than 10 million children have been in an active warzone
Women in Health: From being displaced to running a health centre in Sudan
Save the Children is providing healthcare support to children and families in Sudan thanks to the work of brave local healthcare workers.
Bisan: 6 months of war in Gaza
A month-by-month account of Bisan's experiences of 6 months of war in Gaza.
Is Global Health on the Ballot in 2024?
This year, with 70 elections, it's evident that health is intricately tied to political choices. How can leaders realise the right to health for all?
Staff Account: Life under siege in Haiti
Words by Pierre Joseph*, 34, a Save the Children advisor in Haiti on the situation he and his family are living whilst under siege.
PHILIPPINES: Heatwave forces hundreds of schools to shut with classes moved online to beat the heat
Extreme heat in the Philippines has forced hundreds of schools to shut as its government warns temperatures could soar further this week.
Nine children killed by a single landmine in Afghanistan
Nine children killed by a single landmine in Afghanistan The children - five boys and four girls, all aged between 5 and 10 - found the decades old mi
Mongolia's extreme winter: 5.2 million livestock dead as children miss out on school
Mongolia’s extreme winter conditions, or Dzud, shows no sign of abating and Mongolia has lost 5.2 million livestock.
HAITI: ONE IN FIVE FAMILIES ON VERGE OF FAMINE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE AS GANG VIOLENCE GRIPS CAPITAL
About five million people in Haiti, including one in two children, are now facing acute levels of food insecurity, with 20% of families in the capita
Ending Child Poverty is a Policy Choice
Over half of the world’s people living in poverty are children. Expanding child-centered social protection programs is proven to reduce child poverty
Cholera kills 54 people in Somalia with cases rising – Save the Children
Cholera kills 54 people in Somalia with cases rising – Save the Children
Intense rains and floods close schools, destroy crops in the Peruvian Amazon
More than 8,700 people including 3,700 children from indigenous and rural communities affected Classrooms and health centers submerged under water, crop losses are exacerbating hunger, and lack of water has led to disease outbreaks.
Spike in arrivals of unaccompanied Rohingya children in Indonesia highlights increasing desperation – Save the Children
About 250 unaccompanied Rohingya children arrived in Indonesia in the last three months of 2023.
"No person should have to make a dangerous journey in search of a better life" says Save the Children after boat carrying Rohingya capsizes off coast of Indonesia
A boat carrying Rohingya refugees reportedly capsized off the coast of Kuala Bubon in Indonesia.
“I am seeing my son dying and I can’t do anything”: Children and families in Northern Gaza just weeks away from famine
Save the Children press release on hunger in Gaza showing children and families facing imminent famine
This Ramadan in Gaza, there will be no dates to break the fast.
Five months into this war, conditions to provide food to children in Gaza are getting worse. This Ramadan in Gaza, things are the wrong way round.
I'm a Syrian and a Humanitarian: What 13 years of conflict really looks like
Thirteen years of conflict in Syria have led to fear, loss and mass displacement for children. What does the future look like for Syria?
MORE THAN ONE MILLION CHILDREN TRAPPED AS GANG VIOLENCE RAGES IN HAITI
More than one million children in Haiti – a quarter of the nation’s children – are living in areas controlled or under the influence of armed groups.
INDONESIA: Floods force more than 15,000 children from their homes in Sumatra as Indonesia battles second climate crisis in a month
Flooding and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have affected about 15,500 children and 40,000 families