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Save the Children – ‘Situation for children in Helmand deeply concerning’
Responding to the escalation of violence in Helmand province that has led to an estimated 35,000 people fleeing their homes, Save the Children’s Country Director in Afghanistan Chris Nyamandi said:
"It is deeply concerning that tens of thousands of people, many of them children, have been forced from their homes because of fighting. A humanitarian crisis must be avoided.
A Canadian child rescued by government officials from Syria is coming home, the charity said today
October 5, 2020 – TORONTO: Following the Honourable Francois-Philippe Champagne’s announcement today, Canada is bringing home a Canadian child orphaned in North East Syria, Save the Children’s CEO Bill Chambers said:
COVID-19 places half a million more girls at risk of child marriage in 2020
TORONTO, ON – October 1, 2020: An estimated 500,000 more girls risk being forced into child marriage and as many as one million more are expected to become pregnant in 2020 as a result of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, new analysis from Save the Children reveals—a year-over-year increase of four and three per cent, respectively.
Hundreds of thousands more children in Syria face hunger
Amman, 29 September – Seven hundred thousand more children face hunger in Syria owing to the country’s badly-damaged economy, partly due to the impact of the COVID-19 restrictions.
Save the Children Welcomes Canada’s $400 M Investment to Official Development Assistance
Toronto, ON, September 29, 2020 – Save the Children applauds the Government of Canada’s new commitment of $400 million to ensure a generation of children is protected in the global fight against COVID-19.
Tens of thousands forced out of school by floods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Toronto, 25 September - Tens of thousands of children in Sub-Saharan Africa have been forced out of school or seen the start of their academic year delayed after heavy floods drove them from their homes and destroyed classrooms, Save the Children said today.
A British child rescued by government officials from Syria asked whether others in a Save the Children centre could come too, the charity said today
Following Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s announcement the UK is bringing home a British child from North East Syria, Save the Children’s Syria Response Director Sonia Khush said:
“Every child saved is a triumph of compassion and this is very welcome news. We’re proud to have cared for this child and supported the UK government to bring them home. When the child was rescued, they asked if other children at our centre could come too.
“Children in Syria who have fled ISIS-held areas are…
COVID-19: Children from poorest households across the globe have suffered greatest loss of family income, missed out most on education and faced the highest risk of violence at home
Save the Children conducts the largest global survey of its kind among some 25,000 children and adults on the impact of the pandemic
