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Save the Children statement on reports of an airstrike on a funeral in Yemen
February 16, 2017…Following reports of an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a funeral in Sana’a, Grant Pritchard, Save the Children’s Deputy Country Director for Yemen, said:
Tens of thousands of drought-stricken families in Somalia forced to flee their homes in search of food and water
February 10, 2017…Tens of thousands of families are abandoning their homes across drought-stricken Somalia in search of food, water and viable grazing land amid alarming indications of the breadth of the food crisis gripping the nation.
Save the Children’s Corporate Partner Spreading Positivity in Hollywood
February 8, 2017…In February 2017, the Canadian brand BANGARANG, whose objective is to spread positivity in all its forms, and to give back a part of its profits to various causes and organizations, will share its mission with Hollywood’s biggest stars.
Thousands of children out of school after classrooms hit by heavy shelling in eastern Ukraine
Kyiv/Geneva, 7 February 2017…Thousands of children have been forced out of school in eastern Ukraine due to last week’s surge in fighting. At least five schools and two kindergartens have been damaged by heavy shelling and 11 other schools have had to close, according to humanitarian organisations supporting the emergency education response in Ukraine.
The moment a 13-year-old boy was hit by an airstrike
“I saw people scattered on the floor. They were dead. I saw only half bodies…my clothes were burnt, my hands, my legs, and my face. I was completely burnt.”
Leave No One Behind: Save the Children Celebrates International Development Week
February 6, 2017…From February 5 to 11, 2017, Canada celebrates International Development Week (IDW) to recognize the country’s contributions to poverty reduction and sustainable development around the world. Since its inception in 1991, IDW has become an annual tradition that engages the public on how Canada is involved in international development, with an opportunity to shed light on current development issues and a call for active participation for Canadians to become involved.
Fears grow for millions of children in Somalia, as risk of famine looms
Millions of children in Somalia risk starvation, and even death, unless urgent aid is provided by June, Save the Children is warning.
350,000 children trapped and at risk in western Mosul as offensive enters more dangerous phase
January 30, 2017…An estimated 350,000 children are trapped in siege-like conditions under ISIS control in western Mosul, risking summary execution by militants if they try to flee, as Iraqi and coalition forces look set to cross the River Tigris and advance deeper into the city.
