A statement from our CEO, and summary findings and recommendations

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is launching a Middle East Humanitarian Appeal to raise urgent funds for people whose lives are being devastated by conflict.

At least 3,100 children aged under five have been killed in Gaza with other under-fives at risk from severe malnutrition.

Death rates from major cholera outbreaks in Sudan and Nigeria have surged to up to three times the global average putting thousands of children at risk.

What we want to say is simple: we never imagined the world would allow this horror to continue for so long, or for Israel to act with such impunity.

Families fleeing violence in Lebanon are struggling to find safety in shelters across the country with at least one million people now displaced.

Children in the south of Lebanon are in grave danger of loss of life, physical harm, and severe emotional distress following a ground incursion of the south of Lebanon.

The number of children killed or injured by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank has more than doubled since last October.

15 aid organisations demand international pressure for an immediate ceasefire, arms embargo, and end to Israel’s systematic aid obstruction.

Children in wartorn Sudan are likely to go for days or weeks without food or medicine as key bridge washed away in heavy rains.

31 organisations call on all UN Member States to take urgent steps to protect people deprived of their liberty across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.

Recent heavy rains and floods across West Africa have forced nearly 950,000 people [1], many of them children, from their homes across Mali, Nigeria and Niger.

Leading children's rights organisations tell the Covid Inquiry how UK inequality levels on eve of pandemic meant children in struggling families were hit the hardest.

Thousands of children in eastern Sudan are at risk of cholera following a major outbreak caused by widespread flooding, contaminated water and a decimated health system

Save the Children reacts to drone and missile attacks that killed seven people, including three children, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

Save the Children UK, said reports that children had died in the Channel earlier today were deeply upsetting.

Hundreds of drones and missiles have struck Ukraine in recent hours, with at least four children have injured in the strikes according to local reports.

New displacement orders issued by Israeli authorities have forced another mass movement of families and humanitarian workers from areas in Deir al-Balah.

Nearly 500 unaccompanied and separated children have arrived in Blue Nile and Gedaref states over six weeks as heavy fighting forces more people to flee for safety.

Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to children.

Palestinian children in Israeli-run prisons have told Save the Children of facing increasing hunger and abuse, including sexual violence, with conditions deteriorating

Following the announcement made by the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, that UNRWA funding will be restored, Save the Children says it is a step in the right direction.

Results in mass-scale election for children: Labour win 32% of the vote, followed by Green Party on 29%

The number of children in Sudan facing severe food shortages has almost doubled in six months with about 75% of children now going hungry.

The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action and Save the Children have launched a new research initiative to help make anticipatory action more effective.

Nearly the entire population of the Gaza strip, or 96% of the population, are facing acute food shortages according to figures released today by the IPC.

Up to 21,000 children are estimated to be missing in the chaos of the war in Gaza, many trapped beneath rubble, detained or buried in unmarked graves.

Save the Children UK’s income increased slightly last year but remained under £300m, according to its annual report.

Save the Children responds to reports on the findings of the UN report on Children and Armed Conflict.

The UN Security Council’s decision today on a peace plan has the potential to be a welcome and long overdue lifeline for children in Gaza, said Save the Children.

Torrential rains and tidal surges have turned villages into islands after a severe cyclone tore through coastal areas of Bangladesh.

About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan - or nearly three out of ten - will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger this year.

Duke and Duchess of Sussex meet Save the Children staff and two of the charity’s Youth Ambassadors in Nigeria last week with Global Ambassador, Misan Harriman.

Flash floods in Baghlan in Northern Afghanistan have killed at least 200 people - including children - with many more injured, according to the de facto authorities.

Thousands of children and their families are desperately trying to flee Rafah but the zones to which they are heading have very limited space, water or sanitation.

The takeover by Israeli forces of the Rafah crossing and the closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing are blocking the last remaining entry points for aid and lifelines for

The UK Government has repeatedly asked Israel not to unleash a slaughter in Rafah, Gaza.

Time has run out to protect children in Rafah with the looming ground assault forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and impeding aid efforts in Gaza’s ‘last refuge’, Sa

Alongside 28 other organisations Save the Children is urging Rishi Sunak to immediately restore and increase funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

The decision to dismiss a case against charities running search and rescue missions is a step towards affirming that our organisation operated legally to save lives.

With 11 children killed and 46 more injured, March 2024 was the most dangerous month for children in Ukraine since last summer.

Nearly 26,000 children – or just over two percent of Gaza’s child population - have been killed or injured in Gaza in six months of a war which has decimated the health

Zambia’s crippling drought, the worst its seen in at least 20 years, is leading to widespread food shortages with some children forced to survive on a single daily meal

Time is running out for international action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in Rafah, as UN Security Council resolution is ignored - joint statement.

About 1,000 people a day are fleeing into South Sudan from Sudan after nearly one year of war, arriving in scorching heat and with children in dire need of support.

The decision on 24 March by Israeli authorities to reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza will accelerate the risk of famine, Save the Children warns.

More than one million children trapped in Gaza have been granted hope of a brief respite today following the UN Security Council’s vote to pass a temporary ceasefire.

New research reveals only one in ten 8–17 year-olds believe that politicians focus on the needs of young people when making decisions.

Children and families in northern Gaza are just weeks away from famine, according to data released today by leading experts on food insecurity and malnutrition.

Nearly 230,000 children, pregnant women and new mothers could die in the coming months due to hunger unless urgent, life-saving funding is released.

Five months of violence, displacement, starvation and disease on top of nearly 17 years of a blockade have caused relentless mental harm to children in Gaza.

12,000 primary school pupils from across Wales have joined forces in a harmonious bilingual St David’s Day song in aid of Save the Children

Rising numbers of Palestinian children detained without charge in the Israel military system since 7 October have reported that they are facing violence and abuse.

Families in Gaza are forced to forage for scraps of food left by rats and eating leaves out of desperation to survive.

Last night's vote was a farce and crucially a distraction from what matters - the need for an immediate, definitive ceasefire.

The lives of at least one million children in Gaza remain at risk after the UN Security Council failed to pass yet another ceasefire resolution, Save the Children said.

Two children have been killed and three others seriously injured in southern Yemen following a landmine explosion on Monday.

We call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and a massive increase in humanitarian assistance to avoid famine in Gaza.

About 97,000 families have been forced to flee their homes due to landslides and flooding in the Philippines’ southern region of Mindanao.

Majority of Gaza’s children now trapped in land area less than a fifth of enclave’s total land mass as Israeli military expands into Rafah

Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced at least 78,000 children to flee their homes in the past week.

70% of children in the UK already tell us that they are worried about the world they will inherit. The time for half measures is long past.

Save the Children UK is pleased to have appointed four new trustees to its Board.

A warmer-than-average winter and lack of snow are ominous signs of worsening climatic conditions in Afghanistan which is already suffering its worst drought in 30 years

For 24 months families across Northern Ireland have been dealing with one of the deepest cost-of-living crises in living memory without a functioning local government.

We are deeply concerned and outraged that some of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

An Open Call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life.

Responding to the Welsh Government Child Poverty Strategy Save the Children say it will do little to lift children out of poverty without an action plan

More than 10,000 children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in Gaza in nearly 100 days of violence, according to the Ministry of Health.

Denying children in Gaza access to food and basic supplies will have lifelong consequences for Palestinian children with rising numbers at risk of malnutrition.

More than 10 children per day, on average, have lost one or both of their legs in Gaza since conflict erupted three months ago, said Save the Children.

Fourteen people, the majority of them children under 10 years old, were reportedly killed by Israeli airstrikes near a humanitarian zone, Al-Mawasi.

Bulgari Global Brand Ambassadors such as Anne Hathaway support the new jewellery launch

"Any proposal short of a definitive ceasefire will at best only serve to slow the continued descent of Gaza’s children into more unimaginable suffering"

About 893,000 children are likely to now be internally displaced in Gaza, meaning an average of nearly 12,000 children a day have been forced to flee.

The Government of Israel’s military actions are pushing children and families in Gaza towards famine, Save the Children warns

Save the Children's response to the Welsh Government's Draft Budget

Almost 8 million children in Afghanistan – or one in three - will enter the new year facing crisis levels of hunger.

The number of grave violations committed against children in war rose 13% in 2022, to the highest level since reporting started in 2005, according to Save the Children.

An agreement to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels is a step in the right direction but falls short of the rapid fossil fuel phase-out desperately needed.

For Christmas Jumper Day Dom Joly donned a Transport for London Revenue Inspector’s uniform and took to the London Underground to check commuters festive knits.

New research reveals that the British public will celebrate Christmas more sustainably than ever this year – with two thirds opting for pre loved jumpers.

Hollywood actor Isla Fisher has returned to Scotland – just a few miles from where she grew up - to learn more about how Save the Children is supporting families.

Save the Children UK CEO Gwen Hines said today the temporary truce and release of hostages was welcomed but it was critical to have a lasting ceasefire.

Save the Children reacts to the commitments made by the UK government to tackle the global hunger crisis at the Global Food Security Summit.

At least 17.6 million children, or one child every two seconds will be born into hunger this year - a 22% jump from a decade ago, according to Save the Children.

Thousands of Afghan refugees who have crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan in recent weeks are experiencing alarming levels of serious illnesses.

A unique pre-loved knitwear pop-up store where every jumper tells the story of a child helped by Save the Children is opening on the 1st December in Covent Garden.

Gwen Hines, Chief Executive at Save the Children UK, said the Parliament's vote is heartbreaking for anyone who wants to see an end to this conflict.

About 15,000 babies are expected to be born in Gaza between 7 October and the end of 2023 with all of them at grave risk amid escalating violence.

In response to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Guildhall foreign policy speech, no length of humanitarian pause is long enough to mount an effective aid operation.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor takes inspiration from a tattoo dedicated to her children and husband to design her exclusive ‘Love’ jumper for Save the Children.

An array of stars from the small and big screen are joining forces to shine a light on second-hand shopping, swapping or upcycling for this year’s Christmas Jumper Day,

Inspired by his Cypriot heritage, award-winning chef Big Has ran a flatbread cooking workshop with primary school pupils facing food insecurity in Tottenham

Save the Children welcome the Welsh Parliament's call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel following the debate in the Senedd

Nearly a month of relentless bombardment of densely populated civilian areas has exacerbated the already-critical mental health crisis for Gaza’s children.

Save the Children resumed its operations in Yemen today after a 10-day suspension following the death of a staff member.

At least 41 children have been killed in the West Bank since escalation of violence on 7 October, with forced displacement soaring

Following Keir Starmer’s speech at Chatham House, Alastair Russell, Head of Public Affairs at Save the Children UK said a ceasefire is vital to save lives.

As telephone and internet communications are partially restored in Gaza, a Save the Children staff member shares his experience on being cut off from the outside world.

At least 870 children are missing in Gaza and feared trapped under the rubble as ongoing siege prevent rescue workers from reaching them.

At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza over the past 17 days, and a further 27 killed in the West Bank, as airstrikes continue.

Urgent medical evacuations of children from Gaza are needed. We're launching the Gaza Emergency appeal to support children and families affected.

Today, we call on all Heads of State, the UN Security Council, and actors on the ground, to prioritize the preservation of human life above all else.

Save the Children is appalled by an attack on a school and a hospital in Gaza today, which has reportedly killed several hundred civilians.

More than 1,000 children have reportedly been killed in 11 days of airstrikes on Gaza, with children making up a third of total fatalities.

Nine days into the escalation of violence in Gaza and Israel, at least 724 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza, and three in the West Bank.

A quote from a long-standing Save the Children staff member in Gaza who is on the move with three children all aged under 10.

We are alarmed by Israel’s call for over a million Palestinians to leave northern Gaza in less than 24 hours.

Save the Children CEO calls for the protection of children in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory