Blog about SC UK on Senegal programme visit.

How Save the Children worked with the British Standards Institution on new, free child protection guidance for UK organisations.

This blog post discusses the devastating impact of explosive weapons on children in populated areas during wars, urging the international community to uphold IHL.

Daily lives of Ukrainians and Ukrainian children two years after the start of the conflict.

Advancing Children's Rights: A Blog on Accountability and Justice in Conflict Zones.

A policy workshop on “children and armed conflict” (CAAC) convened by the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and SIPA.

New analysis in our report The Price of Hope shows the growing funding gap for refugee education is exacerbated by worsening debt burdens.

This week I joined state representatives of the “Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe” (OSCE) for a cross-dimensional seminar.

How Wonderbooks can help your kids make sense of the world around them

We all have the power to affect change. Let's use that power to take action for the 1.7 million children suffering from extreme hunger in East Africa.

A decade ago, we said never again to famine. To the millions of people who are once again on the edge of starvation we have failed in that promise. We must act.

Choosing to bring new life into an uncertain future is never an easy decision to make - but the hope and possibility that all children bring can be galvanising.

When there are upsetting events in the news or in the local community, children may see, hear or read things that cause them anxiety or distress. Help them understand.

The carnage we’ve witnessed in Ukraine over the past two months has been a reminder, if needed, that all wars are waged against children.

We answer the big questions for our supporters.

5 practical actions that you could consider taking here in the UK to respond to the ongoing situation with refugees from Ukraine.

The impact of Russia's use of explosive weapons on children in Ukraine.

Children are more at risk in conflict now than at any point in the last 20 years. Here's what we're doing to help.

After 15,000 supporters urged the UK Government to stand up for what’s right for Afghanistan's children, we're here to hold the government to their commitments.

Save the Children welcomes high-level political engagement to ensure equitable access to all Covid-19 tools and help bring an end to the pandemic.

Ordinary Afghan people did not cause this crisis. Yet, while we’re unable to get aid to the most vulnerable, their lives hang in the balance.

The UK government has decisively and disproportionately cut funding for projects involving children and youth, including violence against children

Yesterday, MPs voted to cut the UK aid budget indefinitely, putting children around the world at risk. But this isn’t the end of the road.

Today, we publish our 2020 Annual Report and I’m incredibly proud of what my colleagues have achieved over the past year, through resilience, solidarity, and teamwork.

A look at UK involvement in a large UN peacekeeping mission as well, and how it relates to Save the Children UK's work around protecting children in conflict.

As the UK presidency of the UN Security Council begins today, Britain should work with partners to redouble efforts to tackle conflict-related crises around the world.

An examination of initial results from the UN's new COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker, with a focus on gender-based violence against adolescent girls.

The government’s updated approach to the protection of civilians in conflict is an important win for children living in conflict.

COVID-19 is exposing and exacerbating existing inequalities that put girls at risk of gender-based violence, threatening to set back decades of progress.

They’ve lost their homes and most of their money, so we’re providing destitute families with vital aid. The economic and political crisis in Venezuela has plunged 90% of the population into poverty, creating an acute humanitarian crisis. More than 4 million people have left the country since 2015, and this number is only expected to […]

Just in time for the London Pride march this Saturday, Save the Children has approved its new global policy on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGIE).

Global Hand washing day and World Toilet day raise awareness of the facts and the essential interventions to prevent death and disease from water borne disease. These days aren’t glamorous, but they are fun and effective ways to prevent diarrhoea. The stats speak for themselves Diarrhoea causes 8% of under-five deaths; diarrhoea and pneumonia combined […]

The idea of “giving back” while on holiday, gap year, or a career break is becoming increasingly common. One of the most popular types of volunteering is working in orphanages – spending time caring for or teaching young children who are living in residential care. But here at Save the Children, we’ve been getting increasingly concerned about this trend and what it means for vulnerable children.