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"Children Are Paying The Heaviest Price As Violence In Israel And The Occupied Palestinian Territory Escalates"
Monday, 9 October 2023, 1:08 pm | Save The Children
Children are facing unimaginable risks to their safety, with dire long-term consequences for their mental health including depression, nightmares, bed-wetting and self-harm, Save the Children warned today. As the escalation in Israel and Gaza intensifies, ... More >>
New Humanitarian Funding Urgently Needed After Devastating Earthquake In Western Afghanistan
Monday, 9 October 2023, 9:12 am | Save The Children
Thousands of children are without homes after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake devastated large parts of Herat province in western Afghanistan. More than 2,000 people have been killed or injured and over 9,000 families have been severely affected. Save ... More >>
Families Need Greater Support This Election
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 2:42 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children is concerned children and their families on the lowest incomes are at risk of being left behind this election year if politicians don’t commit to five priority asks for tamariki. Less than a week out from New Zealand’s official ... More >>
Save The Children Calls For Children To Be Back On The Agenda In Election 23
Friday, 29 September 2023, 10:26 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is asking politicians and voters to put children’s needs at the top of the agenda ahead of Election 23, with five vital asks for tamariki. The child rights organisation, that has been gathering children and youth voices in recent ... More >>
Somalia: Two In Five Children To Suffer From Acute Malnutrition Despite Rains - Save The Children
Friday, 22 September 2023, 11:27 am | Save The Children
About two in five children under the age of five in Somalia are likely to suffer from acute malnutrition by July 2024, despite initial hopes that rainfall would bring more relief, Save the Children said. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification ... More >>
Tick For Kids’ Scorecards Reveal Political Parties’ Commitments To Children This Election
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 6:10 am | Save The Children
Scorecards released today by Tick for Kids provide voters with important insights into how the country’s major political parties plan to prioritise children in their policy promises this election year. Five out of seven of the country’s political ... More >>
Schools Sign Up To Bring Children’s Voices To Election 2023
Friday, 8 September 2023, 9:50 am | Save The Children
Close to 2000 primary school students will have an opportunity to share their views in the lead up to this year’s general election as part of the children’s voting booths from Save the Children. Around 25 schools around the country have signed up ... More >>
Landmark Recognition Says Inaction On Climate Crisis Is A Child Rights’ Violation
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 11:34 am | Save The Children
Governments will need to recognise that inaction on the climate crisis is a child rights’ violation, factor environmental concerns into their efforts to protect and fulfil children’s rights, and empower and protect child activists, thanks to ... More >>
Statement Re: Lowered Voting Age For Local Elections
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 6:04 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand is welcoming the Government's Bill to reduce the voting age to 16 for local body elections, saying rangatahi have a right to have their voices heard and a right to non-discrimination. The Bill follows the Supreme Court’s ruling ... More >>
Kiwi Kids Offer Solutions & Call For Greater Action On Climate Crisis
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 11:10 am | Save The Children
Children as young as six have contributed messages to be presented at Parliament today calling on New Zealand politicians to take greater action to help address the climate crisis. More than 175 messages from New Zealand children and young people ... More >>
Over 11 Million Children Born During World’s Hottest Month On Record: Save The Children
Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 10:47 am | Save The Children
About 11.2 million children [i] were born in July 2023 which is expected to be the hottest month ever recorded on earth, said Save the Children, as the climate crisis threatens to undo decades of progress in children’s rights and wellbeing, including ... More >>
Tamariki Get Involved In Election 2023
Friday, 21 July 2023, 1:36 pm | Save The Children
They may be years off casting their first official vote, but leading child rights organisation Save the Children is ensuring Kiwi children’s voices are heard as part of this year’s general election. This weekend, the child rights organisation ... More >>
"You Choose Our Future. Choose Wisely": Kiwi Kids Send Strong Message To Decision Makers To Deliver On Climate Action
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 11:35 am | Save The Children
Aotearoa’s young citizens are sending a strong message to New Zealand politicians and global leaders charged with delivering climate action to: "make strong, wise decisions", "be brave" and "choose wisely". Kiwi children ... More >>
Save The Children Calls For The End Of Cluster Munitions In Ukraine And Around The World
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 11:51 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is reaffirming its call that all parties to conflict end the use of cluster munitions after Friday’s announcement of U.S. military aid to Ukraine brought new attention to these explosive weapons. Christy Gleason, VP of Policy, ... More >>
At Least Three Children Killed Or Injured On Average Daily In 500 Days Of War In Ukraine
Friday, 7 July 2023, 11:50 am | Save The Children
"An explosion happened; we heard a lot of people screaming…we could not leave through the exit where lots of dead people were lying." - Zoriana-, 12, a survivor from Kramatorsk railway station attack in April 2022 An average of three children ... More >>
Funds For World’s Climate Hotspots Woefully Neglect The Needs Of Children, New Report Finds
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 2:42 pm | Save The Children
Children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, according to a new report from members of the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition; Plan International, Save the Children, ... More >>
International Community Failing Afghanistan During Major Locust Outbreak As 8 Million People Cut Off From Food Aid
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 9:15 am | Save The Children
A large-scale plague of locusts is ravaging Afghanistan’s northern provinces, as eight million people have been cut off from food aid in the past two months due to funding shortfalls. The escalating situation threatens to plunge millions of people ... More >>
Top Refugee Hosting Countries Spend As Much On Debt Interest As Cost To Educate Refugee Children For Five Years - Report
Monday, 19 June 2023, 11:41 am | Save The Children
Ahead of World Refugee Day, Save the Children’s new report, The Price of Hope, found four out of 14 low- and middle-income countries hosting high levels of refugees spent more servicing external debt than on education in 2020. Fourteen nations, which ... More >>
Nearly Half Of Children In Sudan Set To Go Hungry As Conflict Stops Farming
Monday, 12 June 2023, 10:12 am | Save The Children
Over 9 million children in Sudan - just under half of all children in the country [i] - will face severe food shortages in coming months due to conflict disrupting crop production, said Save the Children. This is an increase of 1.7 million children ... More >>
Horn Of Africa: World Leaders Hold Fate Of 20 Million Children In The Balance
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 3:38 pm | Save The Children
The fate of about 20 million children who face a catastrophic hunger and protection crisis in the Horn of Africa due to accelerating extreme weather events rests in the hands of world leaders meeting in New York on Wednesday, Save the Children said. ... More >>
