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Food Cuts And An Earthquake Bring Double The Devastation For Children In Thai Refugee Camps
Friday, 4 April 2025, 10:00 am | Save The Children
Due to budget shortfalls, The Border Consortium (TBC), a government and non-government organisation funded provider of food assistance for refugees living on the border, has said it will have to reduce food support this month, affecting more than 80% ... More >>
MYANMAR: Children Living In The Open Face Additional Risk Of Heat Related Illnesses After Deadly Earthquake
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 5:59 pm | Save The Children
In Shan state, more than 13,000 people have been displaced, and in Central and Northwestern Myanmar, at least 10,000 buildings have collapsed or been severely damaged [1]. At least 2,700 people have died and thousands more injured. More >>
About 130 Children Born Daily In Gaza Amid Total Siege On Aid And Goods
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1:54 pm | Save The Children
The number of miscarriages has reportedly surged with a 300% increase in Gaza during the war and pregnancy complications that would normally be treatable are now becoming life-threatening. More >>
‘It Was Terrifying’ - Children Prepare To Spend Myanmar New Year Festival In Shelters Following Earthquake
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 9:37 am | Save The Children
The earthquake on 28 March - the most powerful one in a century to hit Myanmar - caused extensive damage to infrastructure, as well as disrupting electricity and telecommunications services across the country. More >>
After Strongest Earthquake In A Century, Children In Myanmar & On Thai-Myanmar Border Need Urgent Humanitarian Support
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 3:30 pm | Save The Children
The earthquake has upended lives across Myanmar and in parts of Thailand and there are children and families who will need our urgent support as they come to terms with what has happened. More >>
Young Ocean Champions Off To France For Global Summit
Friday, 21 March 2025, 9:31 am | Save The Children
The global forum, hosted at Nausicaá, Centre National de la Mer in Boulogne sur Mer, France, brings together more than 60 youth representatives from around the world to share the insights and solutions from their regions. More >>
Children Among Highest Casualties Of Israeli Airstrikes In Return To Widespread Death And Destruction
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 2:52 pm | Save The Children
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Khan Younis, Deir Al-Balah and Rafah governorates this morning wiped out entire families, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. More >>
New CEO Heather Campbell To Lead Save The Children New Zealand
Friday, 14 March 2025, 3:19 pm | Save The Children
Ms Campbell, who will take up the role from Monday 17 March, brings more than two decades of experience in international development to the role, previously leading both development and humanitarian portfolios. More >>
Tamariki Encouraged To Share Their Online Experiences In Efforts To Improve Internet Safety
Friday, 28 February 2025, 8:53 am | Save The Children
The anonymous online survey is open to all children and young people aged 5-18 and the results will be shared with parents, teachers and decision makers to better understand how to support young people online. More >>
Save The Children Calls For Immediate Action To Meet Minimum Standards For Children In Care, Following New Report
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 1:52 pm | Save The Children
The report shows 23 % of tamariki and rangatahi were found to have been abused in secure residences, with 18 % of the harm caused by residence staff and 79 % by other rangatahi. Save the Children is calling for immediate action based on the findings ... More >>
Save The Children: Urgent Investment Needed In Low-income Families, Particularly Sole Parent Households
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 7:13 pm | Save The Children
"Child poverty is complex and needs political commitment and investment across all governments if we are to achieve real change and enable all children in Aotearoa to thrive," says Save the Children New Zealand’s Advocacy and Research Director ... More >>
New Campaign Calls For An End To Criminalising Aotearoa’s Vulnerable Children
Friday, 31 January 2025, 11:02 am | Save The Children
Save the Children’s Advocacy and Research Director Jacqui Southey says evidence shows that punitive approaches like these fail to address the root causes of youth offending, such as trauma, abuse and systemic inequality, and risk causing further ... More >>
GAZA: Food, Water And Medicine Priorities For Children Once Hostilities Paused In Gaza
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 7:06 pm | Save The Children
Nearly all 1.1 million children in Gaza - about half of the population - are in urgent need of food, with many surviving on just one meal a day after 15 months of war. More >>
VANUATU: 12,610 Children Face Disrupted Start To School Year One Month On From Devastating Earthquakes
Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:29 am | Save The Children
At least 80,000 people have been impacted by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck on December 17, 2024, according to the latest figures from the Vanuatu Government. More than 200 people were injured, with 14 confirmed deaths, including two children. More >>
Any Pause Must Become A Definitive Ceasefire To Protect Children & Allow Life-Saving Services For Malnutrition & Disease
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 10:16 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is relieved that the Government of Israel and Hamas have finally reached agreement on a pause in hostilities after 15 months of siege and bombardment by Israeli forces that followed attacks by Palestinian armed groups in Israel on ... More >>
Children Make Up Nearly Half Of Rohingya Refugees Taking Perilous Boat Journeys In 2024 As Numbers Continue To Rise
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 1:56 pm | Save The Children
On 5 January, 254 Rohingya people landed in Aceh in Indonesia with 10 people reported missing or dead [1]. Save the Children’s partner organisation, the Geutanyoe Foundation, said 118 children were among the new arrivals. More >>
GAZA: New Year Begins With More Children Killed By Israeli Airstrikes
Saturday, 4 January 2025, 2:44 pm | Save The Children
As we enter 2025, we are seeing history not only repeat itself but reach new depths, with children who have been bombed, starved and continuously forced from their homes over 15 months - increasingly vulnerable to the ongoing impacts of this relentless ... More >>
2024 In Review: 35 Children Born Into Hunger Every Minute In 2024 - Save The Children
Monday, 30 December 2024, 1:19 pm | Save The Children
Analysis of U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data showed the number of children born into hunger rose by around 5% in 2024 compared to a year earlier and 19% more than the 15.3 million recorded in 2019 when progress on tackling childhood ... More >>
One Week On From Devastating Earthquake, Families In Vanuatu Still Terrified
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 9:17 am | Save The Children
One week on from Vanuatu’s deadly 7.3 magnitude earthquake, families hit by the disaster are still reeling from the nightmarish moment the quake hit, highlighting the need for mental health assistance alongside urgent humanitarian priorities. More >>
Why Three Child Killer Diseases Rose Globally This Year
Monday, 23 December 2024, 2:27 pm | Save The Children
More than 13,600 people, including children, are suspected or confirmed to have died from these three diseases this year, with cases of dengue and mpox reaching record highs. More >>
