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Save The Children: Lack Of Visibility Of Children In Emergency Response "concerning"
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 9:32 am | Save The Children
As Cyclone Gabrielle continues to cause widespread damage and disruption, Save the Children is calling for greater visibility of children in the response to climate-related emergencies. "We are deeply concerned about the lack of visibility of children ... More >>
Trapped Without Food: How Syria Is Grappling With One Of World’s Worst Earthquakes This Century
Friday, 10 February 2023, 11:05 am | Save The Children
Millions of children across northwestern Syria remain urgently in need of food, shelter and warm clothes three days after a deadly earthquake struck areas of Syria and Türkiye. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2302/406904edcb450a9da5e4.jpeg" ... More >>
Second Humanitarian Disaster Looms As Children Without Shelter And Water Following Earthquakes
Friday, 10 February 2023, 10:35 am | Save The Children
As the death toll passes 19,000 in Türkiye and Syria, hopes of finding more survivors are fading, a second humanitarian disaster is looming with countless survivors in freezing conditions without basics such as shelter, food, water and sanitation, said ... More >>
Race Against Time To Save Children Buried Under Rubble In Türkiye And Syria Following Devastating Earthquakes
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 10:11 am | Save The Children
With heart-breaking images of children being pulled from the rubble in Türkiye and Syria after the devastating earthquakes, Save the Children said the window to get shelter, medical supplies, water and food to the worst affected areas in order ... More >>
Children Sleeping In Cars As Too Scared To Go Inside While Freezing Conditions Hinder Aid To Earthquake Zones
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 10:45 am | Save The Children
Freezing temperatures and damaged roads and airports are making it difficult for aid agencies to reach thousands of children and their families in desperate need of assistance following Monday’s devastating earthquakes, said Save the Children. ... More >>
Children Feared Trapped And Thousands Killed After Two Earthquakes Hit Türkiye And Syria
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 1:42 pm | Save The Children
Rescuers were battling freezing conditions to reach children feared trapped under rubble after two devastating earthquakes hit Syria and Türkiye on Monday with thousands of others forced from their homes and more than 2,000 people reported killed, said ... More >>
Heating Bricks And Melting Ice: Creative Ways Ukraine Families Are Surviving This Winter
Friday, 27 January 2023, 9:15 am | Save The Children
Families in Ukraine are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to survive the war this winter, Save the Children said, as daily blackouts last up to 12-hours a day amid freezing temperatures. Power cuts are forcing families in parts of the ... More >>
Warnings Over Child Malnutrition Rising In Niger This Year As Climate Crisis, Conflict Take A Toll
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 6:47 pm | Save The Children
More children in southern Niger are suffering from malnutrition with doctors and aid agencies warning that the situation could get worse this year due to the climate crisis, higher food prices and more women and children arriving to escape violence ... More >>
Ukraine: One School Destroyed Every Other Day Since September
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 11:45 am | Save The Children
One school has been destroyed every other day in Ukraine since the start of the academic year last September, Save the Children said today. Reports from Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science show that 48 schools were completely destroyed ... More >>
"Somali Children Should Not Be Forgotten’’: Children In Somalia Plead With World Leaders To Tackle Hunger Crisis
Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 12:55 pm | Save The Children
In a powerful open letter to world leaders, Somali children are calling for the international community to urgently find a solution to the climate crisis as Somalia edges closer to famine. The letter, written by six children aged between 12 and 15, ... More >>
One Child Dead, 16 Injured Among Over 100 Casualties In Dnipro Attack
Monday, 16 January 2023, 12:32 pm | Save The Children
At least 17 children are among more than 100 civilians injured or killed following the attacks in Dnipro last night, Ukraine officials have said, as rescue workers continue to find casualties under the rubble in sub-zero temperatures overnight. ... More >>
Save The Children Resumes Some Activities With Female Staff In Afghanistan
Monday, 16 January 2023, 10:44 am | Save The Children
Three weeks since the Taliban announced that Afghan women were banned from working for any non-government organisations (NGOs), Save the Children said it was restarting some of its activities where reliable assurances had been given for a full and safe ... More >>
Children Still Afraid One Year On From Volcanic Eruption In Tonga
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 7:29 am | Save The Children
Children are still displaced, afraid and have faced significant disruptions to their education, one year on from a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami that damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and schools across Tonga. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai ... More >>
Geneva Pledges "a First Step Towards Climate Justice" For Pakistan - Save The Children
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 9:10 am | Save The Children
Responding to the news that donors have pledged US$9 billion to support reconstruction efforts following last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan, Khuram Gondal, Pakistan Country Director for Save the Children, said: "Last year’s devastating floods ... More >>
Fact Sheet: 9 Facts About Save The Children's Work In Afghanistan
Thursday, 29 December 2022, 5:43 am | Save The Children
Save the Children has suspended its operations in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s announcement that women are banned from working for INGOs. We cannot and will not operate without the full participation of and guarantees of safety for our female ... More >>
Statement In Response To Further Restrictions On Girls' Education In Afghanistan
Saturday, 24 December 2022, 7:30 am | Save The Children
The Taliban tightened restrictions on girls' education above grade six in Afghanistan yesterday, suspending all remaining private schooling for girls and clamping down on schools in provinces which have, until now, remained open for girls above grade ... More >>
2022 REVIEW: 10 Positive Outcomes For Children This Year
Thursday, 22 December 2022, 7:56 pm | Save The Children
From progress on ending child marriage and corporal punishment to giving children the floor at the COP27 climate summit, here are 10 positive changes for children that happened in 2022: 1) Progress to end child marriage in Zimbabwe and Senegal ... More >>
More Than Half A Million Children In Somalia Expected To Face The Most Deadly Form Of Malnutrition By Next April
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 8:49 am | Save The Children
More than half a million children in Somalia are expected to face the most deadly form of malnutrition by April next year due to drought, higher food prices, conflict and disease outbreaks, according to new figures released on Tuesday. Save the Children ... More >>
Emergency Housing Inquiry Also Reveals Breach Of Children’s Rights: Save The Children
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 7:59 pm | Save The Children
Today’s release of the Human Rights Commission Inquiry into the emergency housing system reveals failures in not only upholding basic human rights - but also children’s rights, Save the Children says. Save the Children New Zealand Advocacy Director Jacqui ... More >>
Save The Children, UNICEF & France Launch Handbook To Strengthen Bid To End Recruitment And Use Of Children In Conflict
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 7:44 pm | Save The Children
Children as young as eight are still at risk around the world from the unlawful recruitment by armed forces or armed gangs despite a landmark agreement 15 years ago in Paris to combat the use of children in conflict, organisations including Save ... More >>
