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Severe water shortages in Somalia leave 70% of families without safe drinking water
Toronto, 22 March 2021 - Water sources in Somalia are drying up at a rapid rate as a looming drought intensifies, leaving 70 percent of families across the country without access to safe drinking water. Thousands of children are now reliant on emergency water trucking and unprotected wells or are forced to leave their homes in search of water, according to a new assessment by Save the Children.[i]
Children as young as 11 brutally murdered in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique – Save the Children
16 March, Maputo - Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in the Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, Save the Children said, as conflict continues to displace thousands. The agency recently spoke to displaced families who reported horrifying scenes of murder and grief and the loss of loved ones.
‘Anywhere but Syria’: After 10 years of war, the vast majority of children can’t imagine a future in the country
‘Anywhere but Syria’: After 10 years of war, the vast majority of children can’t imagine a future in the country
Children have lost more than a third of their school year to the pandemic - Save the Children
TORONTO, 2 March - A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, children across the world have lost an average of 74 days of education due to school closures and a lack of access to remote learning, Save the Children said today – more than a third of the standard global 190-day school year.
Yemenis let down once again
Toronto, 1 March – For the second year, international donors let down children and their families in Yemen after yet another failure to reach the funding goal of 3.85 billion USD during today’s Virtual Yemen Pledging Conference. The conference only raised about $1.7 billion USD for a country that is going through the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world and where funding is the difference between life and death for many children. Despite the overall failure to hit the pledging target Save…
NIGERIA – ‘Attacks unacceptable, schools should never be a place of fear’
Save the Children asks for the immediate release of up to 450 kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Zamfara State
