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Injured and orphaned children must be evacuated from East Aleppo today
December 15, 2016…As the delayed evacuation from the remaining opposition-held part of Aleppo appears to have begun, Save the Children is urging the immediate transfer of injured and orphaned/separated children to safe areas.
David Oyelowo heads cast including Bono and Aliko Dangote in plea to save 400,000 children from looming Nigeria famine
December 2, 2016…As humanitarian donors prepare to gather in Geneva, award-winning British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo has joined Nigerian luminaries and international charities in writing an open letter warning global leaders of the tens of thousands of children who could starve in North East Nigeria unless the world acts immediately.
UN General Assembly must urgently “Unite for Peace” in Syria as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Aleppo - Global coalition
December 1, 2016...As the fall of Aleppo looms amid untold humanitarian catastrophe, over 220 civil society organizations from 45 countries, including over 25 from the UK, have issued a declaration saying that the UN Security Council has “failed to uphold its responsibility to protect the Syrian people”. Signatories to the declaration, including Amnesty International, Asia Forum for Human Rights and Development, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, Pan-African Lawyers Union and Save the Children, have…
Medics across north-west Syria look to fortify hospitals as last children’s facility in East Aleppo is devastated
November 23, 2016…Hospitals across north-west Syria are looking at plans to further fortify their facilities amid a constant wave of attacks. The defensive measures have been prompted after sustained aerial bombardment on medical facilities in East Aleppo, which have left hospitals struggling to provide emergency care to gravely injured children. According to The Aleppo Health Directorate, these repeated attacks mean hospital workers are facing the prospect of having no safe space to carry out…
One month on, Mosul offensive takes heavy toll on city’s children
Children are paying a heavy price one month into the Mosul offensive, with many seriously injured in the fighting or showing signs of intense psychological distress even if they make it to safety, Save the Children is warning.
IKEA Canada Announces Let’s Play for Change Campaign to Support Children’s Rights
As part of a global initiative, IKEA and IKEA Foundation are teaming up with six leading children’s rights organizations and putting play at the heart of a new good cause campaign
Two hundred children could die every day in north-east Nigeria hunger crisis
New data from Save the Children reveals that up to half of all under-fives in some areas are suffering from acute malnutrition
November 14, 2016…A new survey from Save the Children has found that up to half of all under-fives are acutely malnourished in some parts of north-east Nigeria where it is feared 200 children could die every day in a hidden hunger crisis.
