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Ukraine: 21 Children Killed Or Injured In Horrific Week Of Violence
Saturday, 2 July 2022, 6:35 pm | Save The Children
At least 21 children have been killed or injured in just a week in an uptick of violence across Ukraine, Save the Children said today. Four children have been killed and a further 17 injured in just six days in a tragic escalation of attacks on civilian ... More >>
'This House Killed My Sister': Children Terrified Of Returning To Their Homes In Earthquake-hit Afghanistan
Saturday, 2 July 2022, 5:44 pm | Save The Children
Children in Paktika province, one of the areas hardest-hit by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan 10 days ago, are still terrified of returning to their homes where their loved ones were killed, Save the Children said. Tremors and aftershocks continue ... More >>
Malnourished Children Are Treated On Mattresses Outside Overflowing Hospitals As Somalia Accelerates Towards Famine
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 5:11 pm | Save The Children
Hospitals are being overwhelmed by a surge of severely malnourished children in a clear sign that Somalia is hurtling towards a famine that could kill hundreds of thousands, Save the Children said today. With beds full and wards at breaking point, ... More >>
"Reach For The Stars, You Are Important": Kiwis Send Messages Of Support To Girls In Afghanistan
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 1:26 pm | Save The Children
New Zealanders are being asked to stand alongside girls in Afghanistan, many of whom are still struggling to access education since the transition of power last August. More than two months on from the Taliban extending its ban on secondary school ... More >>
Child Malnutrition Rates Soar In Eastern Ethiopia As Once-in-a-lifetime Drought Strikes
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 7:42 pm | Save The Children
Malnutrition rates across east and south-eastern Ethiopia have soared in recent months as drought, displacement and conflict take their toll with about 185,000 children now estimated to be suffering from the most deadly form of malnutrition, Save the ... More >>
Select Committee Recommendation To Retain Role Of Children’s Commissioner A Win But Amendments Don’t Go Far Enough
Monday, 13 June 2022, 4:26 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children today welcomed the Select Committee’s recommendation to retain the important role of a named Children’s Commissioner with the power to report directly to the Prime Minister on important issues relating to the rights of children. ... More >>
Politicians Front Up To Nation's Youth In Political 'hotseat'
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 2:24 pm | Save The Children
Kiwi politicians will be up against their toughest audience yet when they enter ‘a virtual hotseat’ hosted by a panel of the nation’s rangatahi tomorrow evening. Inspired by this year’s Youth Week theme "Taringa Whakaarongo ki te reo o ... More >>
Families On The Move As Drought Takes Its Toll On Somalia
Monday, 6 June 2022, 4:24 pm | Save The Children
Somalia’s crippling drought, the worst in at least 40 years, has forced more than half a million people to abandon their homes in search of food and water in the last four months, with mothers terrified they will also lose their children, Save the ... More >>
Twice As Many Ukrainian Schools Attacked Over The Past 100 Days As During The First 7 Years Of Conflict
Friday, 3 June 2022, 12:06 pm | Save The Children
More schools in Ukraine were damaged and destroyed in the past 100 days than in the first seven years after fighting broke out in 2014, Save the Children said today. At least 1,888 schools have been damaged and destroyed by shelling and bombing since ... More >>
Save The Children Deeply Saddened By Deaths Of Rohingya Children And Adults Following Boat Capsize
Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 7:48 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children is deeply saddened by the deaths of at least 17 people , including children, when a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees capsized off the coast of Myanmar on Saturday. Several of the bodies found were children aged between 11 and 12, according ... More >>
Mothers Fleeing War: "We Didn’t Know Where We Would Live Or How."
Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 4:59 pm | Save The Children
The multimedia stories of four mothers fleeing Ukraine has highlighted the heartbreaking decisions that families have had to make during three months of war in Ukraine. A series of portraits by award-winning British photographer Lewis Khan from the Romanian ... More >>
Number Of Internally Displaced Children Reaches Record 25 Million In 2021 Due To Conflict And Climate Disasters
Monday, 23 May 2022, 4:46 pm | Save The Children
Conflict, violence, and climate-related disasters drove the number of internally displaced children up by nearly 10% to a record 25.2 million in 2021, Save the Children said, with fears this will rise further in 2022 with millions forced from their homes ... More >>
Major Community Climate Resilience Project Launches In Vanuatu
Friday, 20 May 2022, 9:18 am | Save The Children
Save the Children has signed an agreement with the Green Climate Fund to deliver, with the Government of Vanuatu, the largest ever investment in community-based climate change adaption in the Pacific region. The US$32.6 million (A$47 million) climate ... More >>
1 Person Likely Dying From Hunger Every 48 Seconds In Drought-ravaged East Africa As World Again Fails To Heed Warnings
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 8:03 pm | Save The Children
One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the Children in a report published today highlighting the world’s repeated failure to stave off preventable ... More >>
Save The Children Calls For More To Support Aotearoa's Families Ahead Of Budget 2022
Sunday, 15 May 2022, 5:25 pm | Save The Children
Less than a week out from Budget 2022, leading child rights organisation Save the Children is calling for the Government to prioritise spending on strengthening Kiwi families as rapidly rising living costs and record inflation send more families into ... More >>
Bunker Kits Provide Lifeline For Families Sheltering In Ukraine
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 6:11 pm | Save The Children
Children sheltering for their lives inside bomb shelters in Ukraine are running low on critical supplies and have little opportunity to play, with Save the Children delivering bunker kits to support vulnerable families. The war in Ukraine has killed ... More >>
Almost 10 Million Children Going Hungry In Afghanistan As Food Aid Alone Fails To The Meet Tidal Wave Of Need
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 5:29 pm | Save The Children
Almost 10 million (9.6 million) children in Afghanistan are going hungry every day due to a dire combination of economic collapse, the impacts of the war in Ukraine and the ongoing drought, new figures released today show. Immediate food assistance ... More >>
Save The Children Condemns School Attack In Ukraine
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 4:21 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children strongly condemns the reported bombing of a school in Luhansk, Ukraine, believed to be sheltering 90 civilians, including children in its bunker. While 30 people have been rescued, grave fears remain for the 60 people reported ... More >>
Insomnia, Nightmares, And Wanting To Die: The Toll Of Witnessing Violence On Al Hol’s Children
Monday, 25 April 2022, 5:08 pm | Save The Children
Children in Al Hol camp, North East Syria, are witnessing devastating levels of violence daily, leading to nightmares, psychological problems, and fear for their own lives, according to new research by Save the Children. The report comes just ... More >>
More Than 63,000 Babies Born Into War In Ukraine And Uncertain Future In Two Months Of Fighting
Sunday, 24 April 2022, 1:08 pm | Save The Children
More than 63,000 babies are estimated to have been born into war in Ukraine in the past two months and into conditions that could have a lifelong impact on their mental health, according to Save the Children [i] . These newborns join the millions of ... More >>
