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Aleppo vigil mourns the hundreds of children killed and injured since ceasefire breakdown
October 18, 2016…One month since the breakdown of the Aleppo ceasefire, over five hundred children have been reported to have been killed or seriously injured. Hospitals have documented 136 deaths resulting from the recent bombardment in the east of the besieged city and 397 serious injuries. Many more deaths are believed to have gone unreported. The intensified bombardment of the city has isolated an estimated 100,000 children who are in need of food, clean water and urgent medical care.
Save the Children’s response to launch of offensive in Mosul
October 17, 2016…As Iraqi and coalition forces close in on Mosul, the lives of more than half a million children now hang in the balance.
Children dying of thirst, killed by landmines in flight from Mosul offensive
October 13, 2016…Children are dying of thirst or being killed by stepping on makeshift landmines as families desperately try to escape fresh fighting on the road to Mosul, according to Save the Children field staff.
One Girl Under 15 Married Every Seven Seconds
October 11, 2016…One girl under 15 is married every seven seconds, according to new analysis by Save the Children that reveals the scale of the threat posed by child marriage to education, health and children’s safety.
Potential cholera catastrophe in Haiti threatens thousands of children, warns Save the Children
October 10, 2016 – As the death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Mathew continues to mount by the hour, Save the Children has joined the ministry of health, other major humanitarian aid organizations and UN agencies in calling for an expedited response to the disaster, including providing immediate relief supplies to head off a catastrophic outbreak of cholera.
Thousands of children out of school in wake of Hurricane Matthew
Save the Children deploying its Emergency Health Unit amid growing health concerns
October 6, 2016…Up to 130,000 vulnerable children nationwide are estimated to be out of school following the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Matthew, Save the Children is warning. A number of schools supported by the charity have been damaged, and many others are being used as temporary shelters.
CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE MAKES LANDFALL IN HAITI
Save the Children prepared to help children and families in Haiti bracing for the effects of Hurricane Matthew
October 4, 2016…Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm and the strongest in almost a decade, pounded the southern coast of Haiti on Tuesday morning with winds of over 230 km/h causing flooding, extensive damage, and reportedly claiming several lives.
