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‘Nowhere Is Safe’ For Children In Occupied Palestinian Territory With At Least 24 Children Killed In Gaza And West Bank
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 11:03 am | Save The Children
At least 24 children have reportedly been killed in three days of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory including 21 children killed by airstrikes in Rafah, and at least three children killed in Israeli force raids in a refugee camp in Tulkarm ... More >>
Gaza: Rate Of Attacks On Healthcare Higher Than In Any Other Conflict Globally Since 2018
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 9:10 am | Save The Children
The rate of attacks per month on healthcare in Gaza since the beginning of the war has been higher than in any other recent conflict globally, standing at an average of 73 attacks each month, according to new analysis by Save the Children. More >>
Humanitarian Appeal For 2024 Critically Underfunded, Raising Just 1/5 Of Amount Raised To Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 2:44 pm | Save The Children
In the first 105 days of 2024, the amount of money raised for the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is less than a fifth of what was pledged in just two days to rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Save the Children said. More >>
Over 250 Humanitarian And Human Rights Organisations Join Call To End Arms Transfers To Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 5:42 am | Save The Children
A statement demanding this action, which was initially issued in January with a signee list that included sixteen major humanitarian and human rights organisations, has in recent months grown substantially to over 200 organisations as the war in Gaza ... More >>
Ukraine: March The Most Dangerous Month For Children Since Last Summer
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:16 am | Save The Children
With 11 children killed and 46 more injured, March 2024 has become the most dangerous month for children in Ukraine since July last year, Save the Children said today. According to latest UN figures, at least 57 children were killed or injured in Ukraine ... More >>
New Campaign Confronts Culture Of Silence On Abuse, Empowering Children To Speak Out
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 3:33 pm | Save The Children
A new campaign designed to empower the "brave voices" of children by encouraging them to speak out and find help if they experience abuse will launch today. Supported by Life Education Trust , Save the Children , and Women’s Refuge , the campaign ... More >>
New Campaign Confronts Culture Of Silence On Abuse, Empowering Children To Speak Out
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 8:39 am | Save The Children
The campaign aims to break the culture of silence that traditionally surrounds sexual and other forms of abuse in Aotearoa NZ and deliver children a vital message, ‘To seek out a trusted adult until they find one who believes them and will act on their ... More >>
GAZA: Over 2% Of Gaza’s Child Population Killed Or Injured In Six Months Of War
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 5:28 am | Save The Children
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 system and severed access to education, Save the Children said. In the six ... More >>
"It’s Not Fair To Die Of Hunger" - The Lives Of Malnourished Children In Gaza
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 9:27 am | Save The Children
Malnourished children in Gaza are not getting the food and medical care they need to survive with food being blocked at every turn and the health system obliterated, Save the Children has warned, as families report children are suffering from massive ... More >>
Concern For Child Safety Prompts Fresh Calls For Children’s Act Overhaul
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 9:29 am | Save The Children
There are concerns the legislation designed to keep New Zealand children safe is failing them. Safeguarding Children New Zealand is calling for urgent changes to be made to the Children’s Act 2014, after obtaining legal advice from law firm ... More >>
UN Security Council Passes Temporary Ceasefire Resolution: Now Words Must Become Action To Protect Gaza's Children
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 11:36 am | Save The Children
The more than one million children trapped in Gaza have been granted the hope of a brief respite today following the UN Security Council’s vote to pass a temporary ceasefire resolution, said Save the Children. However, while today’s ceasefire ... More >>
Yemen: Nine Years Into Conflict And Two Years Into Truce, School Dropouts Soar
Monday, 25 March 2024, 11:29 am | Save The Children
After nine years of conflict in Yemen, two in five children, or 4.5 million , are out of school, with displaced children twice as likely to drop out than their peers, according to a new report by Save the Children. The report, titled ‘ Hanging in ... More >>
Tamariki Get Opportunity To Speak Out On Ka Ora, Ka Ako, Healthy School Lunches Programme
Friday, 22 March 2024, 5:19 pm | Save The Children
Child rights organisation Save the Children is on a mission to ensure children’s voices are heard on any proposed changes to Ka Ora, Ka Ako, Healthy School Lunches programme. As part of its ‘Children’s Voices’ project, the child rights organisation ... More >>
NGOs Call For Emergency Visas For Palestinians With NZ Family Links Trapped In Gaza
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 9:25 am | Save The Children
Save the Children has joined more than 30 other NGOs, community organisations, and church groups calling on the New Zealand Government to grant emergency humanitarian visas to Palestinians in Gaza who have family members in Aotearoa New Zealand. The ... More >>
"I Am Seeing My Son Dying And I Can’t Do Anything": Children And Families In Northern Gaza Just Weeks Away From Famine
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 10:34 am | Save The Children
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, with some of the thresholds needed to declare a famine already exceeded. New data from ... More >>
A Tale of Two El Niños: Malawi underwater while neighbour Zambia dries out
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 2:38 pm | Save The Children
Two neighbouring southern Africa nations are battling completely opposite weather disasters this month, with Zambia experiencing its worst drought in two decades while Malawi battles floods that have displaced thousands, Save the Children said. Rains ... More >>
Save The Children To Present Oral Submissions On Victims Of Sexual Violence And Ram Raids Offending Bills
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 9:36 am | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand Advocacy Director Jacqui Southey and Chief Executive Heidi Coetzee will today present two oral submissions to the Select Committee. 11am - Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Bill 11.10am ... More >>
Alternative Aid Delivery In Gaza: Children Do Not Have Time To Wait - Save The Children
Sunday, 10 March 2024, 1:47 pm | Save The Children
Children in Gaza dying from starvation and disease cannot wait for the time it may take to build a temporary port off the Strip, or for the hope that aid dropped out of planes will reach them, Save the Children said. While welcoming efforts to provide ... More >>
International Women’s Day: New Initiative To Empower Girls To Become Unstoppable Women
Friday, 8 March 2024, 3:41 pm | Save The Children
A new ‘Girls Unstoppable’ programme has its sights on freeing up girls in China, Indonesia, Mexico and Vietnam from chores and care work and getting them into girls clubs to meet, play, and gain confidence to campaign about issues important to them. ... More >>
Nepal: Girl Cricketers Who Successfully Campaigned To End Child Marriage Play In First Provincial Tournament
Friday, 8 March 2024, 10:48 am | Save The Children
Teams of girl cricketers who joined forces on and off the pitch to campaign against child marriage are taking part in their first provincial ‘all-girls’ tournament after their successful campaign to end child marriage in two municipalities. The ... More >>
