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SOUTH ASIA FLOODS: More than three million children affected by severe flooding across India, Bangladesh and Nepal
More than a week of heavy monsoon rains in South Asia has led to major flooding in three countries affecting 3.2 million children.
New study reveals massive funding gaps for child protection in crises
A new report launched on Friday by aid agency Save the Children reveals huge funding gaps for child protection in humanitarian crises – leaving children unprotected from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation, even as they face conflict, displacement and disaster.
AID AGENCIES CALL FOR URGENT ACTION AS FOOD CRISIS LOOMS IN MOZAMBIQUE
Four months after two deadly cyclones swept through northern Mozambique, the food security situation is increasingly worsening. At least 433,000 families have had their farming land destroyed, robbing them of their main source of food and an income. People have now been forced to rely on food handouts to survive.
South Sudan: Eight years after independence, highest number of people ever face critical food shortages
Nearly 7 million people, or 61 per cent of the population, face acute food insecurity in South Sudan, the highest number of people ever in the country, warns Save the Children[i]. This is an increase of nearly 1 million people facing acute food insecurity as per IPC classification since the signing of a revitalised peace deal in September 2018.
Save the Children: More cholera related cases in first half of 2019 than whole of last year
YEMEN – At least 193 cholera related deaths reported amongst children
STATEMENT AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK - Children are once again paying the price for decades of conflict
Onno van Manen, Save the Children’s Afghanistan Country Director, said:
Save the Children welcomes funding to support access to quality education for marginalized girls
Thanks to a contribution of over $100 million from the Government of Canada, girls caught in conflict and crisis from Africa to Latin America will have access to quality education, supporting their empowerment learning and protection.
Statement following the demolition of refugees homes in Arsal:
“At 4:30 am on July 1st, military units moved into several camps in Arsal and demolished at least 20 homes. The presence of soldiers in those camps at dawn, and the demolition of homes with heavy machinery is a traumatizing event witnessed by families who had already lost everything. We fear that this is the start and more demolitions will take place tomorrow.
