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Critical Aid Supplies To Keep Children Alive Blocked As Israel Takes Over Final Land Crossing - Save The Children
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 9:16 am | Save The Children
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 children in Gaza, says Save the Children. More >>
Save The Children Warns Of Deadly Consequences For Children Following New Relocation Orders For Families In Rafah
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 10:53 am | Save The Children
A night of intense bombardment in Rafah, killing at least 22 people including eight children. There has been no coordination between Israeli authorities and aid agencies via formal humanitarian coordination structures. More >>
Children In The Pacific Face Increasing Levels Of Violence
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 5:44 am | Save The Children
Released today, Save the Children’s ' Pacific Regional Child Protection Situational Analysis’ shows child protection risks have increased in the Pacific over the past five years due to COVID-19, increased migration, climate change, and digital connectivity. More >>
GAZA: Injured Children Struggling To Recover Amid Decimated Health System After Witnessing Horrific Scenes
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 9:39 am | Save The Children
Over six months of war in Gaza, the rate of attacks on healthcare in Gaza has been higher than in any other recent conflict globally, according to Save the Children analysis. More >>
Kiwi Kids Say YES To Keep Ka Ora, Ka Ako, Healthy School Lunches
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 5:47 pm | Save The Children
Results from Save the Children’s poll show 95% of the approximately 3500 children aged between 5-17-years surveyed are in support of "keeping" or "expanding" the programme, while just 3% of children surveyed (94 children) are in favour of removing the programme ... More >>
Heat-stricken Bangladesh Extends School Closures - Save The Children
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 10:40 am | Save The Children
Bangladesh has ordered the closure of all primary and secondary schools for another week following country-wide closures last week brought about by a heat wave which kept about 33 million children out of school as temperatures soared past 42C (108F). More >>
GAZA: Aid Workers Find Ghost Town And Children Living Amid Rubble In Khan Younis
Friday, 26 April 2024, 2:25 pm | Save The Children
Now Khan Younis is a ghost town, with people returning in small numbers to protect what remains of their properties or retrieve belongings while lone children roam the streets seeking water and other supplies. More >>
Pedal Power: Community Health Workers In Cote d’Ivoire Get On Their Bikes To Tackle Malaria In Remote Villages.
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 12:50 pm | Save The Children
Malaria is endemic in Cote d’Ivoire which is listed among the top 10 countries with the most cases of the disease. In 2022 the West African nation which has a population of about 28 million accounted for 3% of all malaria cases globally, according to ... More >>
‘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 >>
