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International Day of the Girl: If all girls completed secondary school, more than 50 million child marriages could be prevented
Fifty million child marriages could be prevented by 2030 if all girls around the world finished secondary school, new analysis by Save the Children reveals.[i] With girls more than 2.5 times more likely to be out of school than boys in humanitarian and displacement settings, the agency highlighted the importance of addressing child marriage as a key barrier to girls’ education in conflict and crisis.
INDONESIA: Contamination widespread, one week after Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, fears of looming health crisis
Save the Children is warning of an impending health crisis unless clean water supplies can be established and emergency latrines built, following the earthquake and tsunami that struck central Sulawesi exactly one week ago.
INDONESIA: Vital aid delivered to earthquake and tsunami-hit region of Indonesia by Save the Children
Save the Children, working through its local partner Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik (YSTC), has delivered vital aid on a military plane to Palu, the Indonesian city devastated by Friday’s earthquake and tsunami.
Sulawesi quake and tsunami: Urgent need to identify children who are lost shocked and alone, six days after tsunami warns Save the Children
Stories of survival bring hope to those hardest-hit- *Story and pictures of 9 year old Puri* who was rescued after being buried in rubble for 5 hours – photos here
YEMEN: Surge in suspected cholera cases in Hodeidah
Save the Children is reporting a nearly 3-fold increase of suspected cholera cases in Hodeidah in just three months. Between June and August this year Save the Children-supported health facilities recorded a 170 per cent increase in the number of suspected cholera cases, from 497 in June to 1,342 in August. This is in line with national data that also shows a steady increase of suspected cholera cases across Yemen. Thirty per cent of all suspected cases are children under 5-years-old, according…
Indonesian earthquake: Fears grow for separated and unaccompanied children in the wake of tsunami
Save the Children and its local partner are warning of the huge psychological toll on children, particularly those that were orphaned or separated from their parents following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Indonesia: Hundreds of thousands of children affected by catastrophic Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami as landslides, power outages hamper relief efforts
30 September, 2018 – As fears grow for hundreds still missing after Friday’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia’s Sulawesi, relief agencies are struggling to access some of the worst affected communities.
