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Children among thousands killed in renewed fighting in Syria
Children are feared to be among over 1,000 people killed in weekend hostilities in Syria, which has also displaced thousands of people.
'We are stunned by the government's decision to cut aid budget'
Cutting the aid budget to increase defence is a betrayal of the world’s most vulnerable children and the UK’s national interest.
Nearly 200 jobs at risk at Save the Children UK
Save the Children UK is to put 197 jobs at risk in a reorganisation aimed at increasing impact in the UK and around the world and strengthening its financial position.
Where are Ukraine's missing billions?
Save the Children is asking the question – where is the missing Ukraine money? Have you seen it? Because we haven’t – and neither have the children of Ukraine.
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR MEETS REFUGEE CHILDREN IN POLAND TO MARK THREE YEARS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Musician and Save the Children ambassador Sophie Ellis-Bextor has visited Warsaw in Poland to meet with refugee children.
AT LEAST 28 CHILDREN KILLED IN LATEST BRUTAL ATTACK IN EASTERN DRC
KINSHASA, 12 February 2025 – At least 28 children were among 52 people killed in a violent attack in Djugu territory, Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a wave of extreme violence fuels an escalating humanitarian crisis across the country, said Save the Children.
AXA XL contributes $1.2 million to major African community climate-resilience partnership
AXA XL is providing a grant of $1.2 million to Save the Children for a five-year initiative to mitigate the impact of climate change across coastal ecosystems in Sierra
End of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than any time since conflict began – Save the Children
PORT SUDAN, 10 February 2025 – The last quarter of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than at any time since the conflict began nearly two years ago, Save the Children said, with significant violent attacks against children and other civilians continuing into 2025.
WEST BANK: NEARLY HALF OF ALL CHILD KILLINGS SINCE RECORDS BEGAN HAPPENED IN LAST TWO YEARS
Alarming trend continues into 2025, with at least 10 Palestinian children among 70 people killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
Statement: '£100m investement is one positive step, but essential funding is addtional to aid budget'
It is essential that this funding is additional to supplement a constrained aid budget and prioritises children on the frontline of these crises.
Innovations breaking barriers to children’s immunisation in Nigeria and Ethiopia win major funding from Save the Children
19th January 2025 - The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, funded by GSK, has awarded two innovation projects for finding unique solutions to help more children receive vaccinations.
GAZA: FOOD, WATER AND MEDICINE PRIORITIES FOR CHILDREN ONCE HOSTILITIES PAUSED IN GAZA
GAZA, 18 January 2025 – Getting food, water, and medical supplies to children in Gaza will be priorities for Save the Children once the pause in hostilities comes into effect on Sunday, with preparations underway in coordination with other aid organisations to deliver supplies as quickly as possible once entry points are reopened and security guaranteed.
“GAZA IS REDEFINING WAR INJURIES”: EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS LEFT 15 CHILDREN A DAY WITH POTENTIALLY LIFELONG DISABILITIES IN 2024
GAZA, 14 January 2025 – The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day [1]- to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.
GAZA: NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH MORE CHILDREN KILLED BY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES
GAZA, FRIDAY 3 JANUARY 2025 – Israeli airstrikes have killed about 80 people in Gaza in the first few days of the new year [1], Save the Children said. Meanwhile, the UN reports that children are dying due to lack of protection from the cold winter temperatures while Israeli authorities block aid including tents, clothing and bedding from entering the Strip.
After deadly Vanuatu earthquake children and their families face a very different Christmas
Children are scared to return home seven days after devastating earthquakes hit the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, making for a very different Christmas this year.
NEW FAMINE REPORT IS THE FINAL WARNING FOR CHILDREN IN SUDAN: SAVE THE CHILDREN
PORT SUDAN, 24 December 2024 – The lives of hundreds of thousands of children are hanging in the balance with new data showing famine has spread to additional areas of Sudan after 20 months of conflict and is likely to expand to five more in North Darfur by May 2025, Save the Children said.
Dolphin Entertainment to Adapt Clare Mulley’s Award-Winning Biography on Save the Children Founder into a Feature Film
Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ: DLPN) proudly announces its latest scripted content project with the acquisition of rights to The Woman Who Saved the Children, an acclaimed biography by award-winning author Clare Mulley. The book, which chronicles the extraordinary life of humanitarian trailblazer and Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb, will be brought to life as a feature film under Dolphin’s production banner.
Save the Children warns up to 650,000 children at risk from impacts of Cyclone Chido in Mozambique, as aid effort prepares to mobilise
Up to 650,000 children [1] and their families are in danger after Cyclone Chido tore through northern Mozambique, Save the Children has warned.
STELLAR LINE-UP OF CELEBRITIES DON SECOND-HAND SWEATERS FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
Save the Children is urging the nation to make the world better with a sweater tomorrow for the charity’s annual Christmas Jumper Day which returns for its 13th year.
Charity provides more than twice as many emergency grants to families in hardship during colder months
Between 2021 and 2023, the children’s charity provided a total of 5753 grants to UK families in colder months (October to March) compared to 2427 in warmer months.
SYRIA: 'We must make this the turning point for children in Syria, with needs never higher' - Save the Children
As Syria faces a critical turning point with cautious optimism for the future, the needs of children have never been higher with an urgent increase in funding required.
Two thirds of poorest families miss out on childcare, as government urged to ‘think differently’
LONDON, Monday December 9 - New analysis on the quality and quantity of childcare provision in England has revealed that the massive expansion of free childcare currently underway is at risk of not delivering for poorer families, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Save the Children.
UKRAINE: Mental health toll of war leaves children with speech defects, twitching and sleep disorders
KYIV, 9 December 2024 – The war in Ukraine is taking an increasingly heavy toll on children’s mental health with some developing speech defects and uncontrollable twitching, while others have terrible nightmares and scream in their sleep, according to Save the Children.
Sudan: Families resorting to desperate measures
Families living in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp are resorting to desperate measures with some going as far as eating animal feed to survive after four months of famine.
Save the Children condemns killing of staff member in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
GAZA, 30 November 2024 - It is with profound sadness that we confirm that a staff member of Save the Children was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis today, the second Save the Children colleague killed in Gaza since the war began.
Gaza: Heavy rains flood camps raising risk of disease for 235,000 children
GAZA, 29 November 2024 – About 235,000 children forced from their homes by bombs, bullets and displacement orders in Gaza are facing increasing risk of disease as days of heavy rains flood tents and turn camps into swamps, Save the Children said.
IDA21 pledge a significant step to support children around the world
Boosting the financial pledge and constructive engagement on IDA21 are a down payment on the UK's support for multilateralism and international collaboration.
LEBANON: Save the Children welcomes ceasefire announcement but concerned by continued violence in Lebanon
Save the Children welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah but said that the violence must stop immediately to protect children in Lebanon.
50 days of siege in northern Gaza: 130,000 young children deprived of food and medicine
About 130,000 children aged under 10 have been trapped for 50 days in areas in northern Gaza that are almost entirely inaccessible to aid workers and not receiving food.
Healthcare afloat– the lifeline for mothers on the frontline of the climate crisis
Experiencing its worst floods in decades, Bangladesh is ranked as the seventh most extreme disaster risk-prone country in the world.
Statement: 'We are angered by the new climate goal agreed at COP29'
The new target figure of $300 billion a year by 2035 flies in the face of what is needed to tackle this emergency.
The Knit Before Christmas
New festive Shaun the Sheep animation celebrates Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day
Actress Ashley Jensen hosts exclusive premiere for schoolchildren to launch new Shaun the Sheep animation for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day
Actress Ashley Jensen has joined a group of schoolchildren on a knitted red carpet in the East Midlands to host an exclusive premiere for Christmas Jumper Day.
"We are outraged by the extremely low target of $250 billion per year by 2035 in the latest draft of the COP29 finance agreement"
We are outraged by the extremely low target of $250 billion per year by 2035 in the latest draft of the COP29 finance agreement.
OVER HALF A MILLION BABIES BORN INTO FEAR AND VIOLENCE AS UKRAINE’S WAR REACHES 1,000 DAYS WITH LIFESAVING FUNDS STILL FROZEN IN UK BANK ACCOUNT
More than half a million babies have been born in Ukraine since full-scale war broke out 1,000 days ago.
Statement following Prime Minister's COP29 Emissions Commitment
We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to an 81% emissions reduction by 2035.
Almost a third of children worldwide have endured extreme heatwaves this year, new report reveals
711 million children were exposed to extreme heatwaves in the first nine months of this year - the highest number recorded since 1992.
TikTok comedian and broadcaster Shabaz Ali announced as Save the Children’s newest ambassador
Content creator Shabaz Ali is the latest ambassador to be joining Save the Children UK and will be supporting the charity by running the 2025 London Marathon.
KNIT’S CHRISTMAS: STELLAR LINE-UP OF CELEBRITIES DON SECOND-HAND SWEATERS FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY
Celebrities urge the nation to swap, buy second-hand or re-wear a pre-loved jumper for Save the Children's annual festive fundraiser, Christmas Jumper Day.
Save the Children UK announces new CEO
Moazzam Malik, a former senior civil servant and diplomat, has been appointed Chief Executive of Save the Children UK.
GAZA: MASSACRE REPORTEDLY KILLS 50 CHILDREN UNDERSCORING URGENT NEED FOR GLOBAL INTERVENTION - SAVE THE CHILDREN
Attacks overnight that reportedly killed 50 children in besieged northern Gaza demands international intervention.
Major new programme to support a fifth of southern Malawi's population to tackle climate-induced health risks
$37 million initiative by the Green Climate Fund, the Government of Malawi, and Save the Children and its partners to support a fifth of Southern Malawi's population.
Statement on Annaliese Dodds' speech on International Development: "Ensure priorities are translated into tangible change."
We welcome and support the government’s key international development priorities the Minister for Development, Anneliese Dodds set out today.
UP TO ONE MILLION PARENTS POTENTIALLY EXCLUDED FROM UK GOVERNMENT’S FREE CHILDCARE HOURS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Single parent carers, disabled single parents, those with no recourse to public funds and those in education and training are unable to access childcare free hours
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to launch Middle East Humanitarian Appeal
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.
West and Central Africa: About 10 million children forced out of schools by worst flooding in recent years
About 10 million children across four countries in West and Central Africa are currently out of school due to massive regional flooding.
GAZA: Nowhere safe in Gaza as attacks in the north and hospital ablaze in the south put the lives of children and families at risk
GAZA, 14 October 2024 – Up to 400,000 Palestinians were on Monday trapped across northern Gaza, with at least 300 people reportedly killed in nine days of bombardment.
GAZA: AT LEAST 3,100 CHILDREN AGED UNDER FIVE KILLED WITH OTHERS AT RISK AS FAMINE LOOMS
At least 3,100 children aged under five have been killed in Gaza with other under-fives at risk from severe malnutrition.
Ehangu: Working together to make a difference
How the Save the Children community based project Ehangu has helped bring communities together in Cardiff and beyond.
Virgin Atlantic partners with Save the Children and STEM Learning to support disaster relief and STEM education
Virgin Atlantic announces two new partners to support its STEM education programme and disaster relief effort
Death rates from cholera outbreaks surge in Sudan and Nigeria as flooding, conflict hinder treatment
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.
AIDA Statement: One year of devastation: marking the unprecedented atrocity crimes and suffering in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
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.
Shelters struggling to house families with an unprecedented one million people on the move and new relocation orders issued by Israeli military forces
Families fleeing violence in Lebanon are struggling to find safety in shelters across the country with at least one million people now displaced.
Ground incursion of Israeli forces in south of Lebanon will have deadly consequences for children, warns Save the Children
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.
ABOUT 60,000 CHILDREN CROSS INTO SYRIA FROM LEBANON IN LESS THAN A WEEK
About 60,000 children have fled into Syria from Lebanon in the past week since hostilities intensified.
New research highlights the role of Anticipatory Action in addressing climate crises in East Africa
Save the Children and the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action insights into protecting vulnerable communities from climate-related disasters.
“THE PRIME MINISTER’S PLEDGE MUST BE MATCHED WITH ACTION” – SAVE THE CHILDREN REACT TO PRIME MINISTER’S SPEECH AT UNGA
Save the Children welcome Keir Starmer's commitment to responsible global leadership at UNGA, but urge this pledge to be matched with action.
Children at risk and terrified as conflict escalates in Lebanon
At least 21 children are among an estimated 270 people killed, and more than 1,000 injured in Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon.
FIVE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN KILLED OR INJURED ON AVERAGE EVERY DAY IN THE WEST BANK SINCE OCTOBER
The number of children killed or injured by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank has more than doubled since last October.
ISRAEL’S SIEGE NOW BLOCKS 83% OF FOOD AID REACHING GAZA, NEW DATA REVEALS
15 aid organisations demand international pressure for an immediate ceasefire, arms embargo, and end to Israel’s systematic aid obstruction.
Children in wartorn Sudan likely to go for days or weeks without food or medicine as key bridge washed away in heavy rains
Children in wartorn Sudan are likely to go for days or weeks without food or medicine as key bridge washed away in heavy rains.
Children still trapped in their homes as worst floods in 30 years devastate Northeast Nigeria
Heavy rains in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria have led to the worst flooding in 30 years, affecting at least 239,000 people.
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
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.
West Africa floods: almost one million people forced from homes
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.
Covid Inquiry hears UK poverty levels on eve of pandemic meant children in struggling families hit hardest
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.
Sudan: Major cholera outbreak as heavy rains hit displacement camps and no end to fighting
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
BABY AMONG THOSE KILLED IN DEADLY ATTACKS IN UKRAINE - Statement
Save the Children reacts to drone and missile attacks that killed seven people, including three children, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
STATEMENT ON CHILD DEATHS FOLLOWING MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
Save the Children UK, said reports that children had died in the Channel earlier today were deeply upsetting.
THREE IN FOUR CHILDREN IN UKRAINE LIVE IN FEAR AS ATTACKS ONCE AGAIN ESCALATE
Three in four children in Ukraine are living in constant fear amid an escalating mental health crisis.