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North West Syria: Severe floods kill one child and force at least 20,000 from their homes as country marks nearly 10 years of conflict
Toronto, 19 January, 2021 – A six-year-old boy has died and more than 20,000 children have been displaced by heavy flooding in North West Syria, Save the Children said today.
Children must be protected in Sudan amidst surge in violence
Toronto, Monday, 18 January - According to media reports, at least 83 people, including children, have been killed and more than 160 wounded in inter-communal violence in Darfur, Sudan, over the weekend.
Revealed: 10 million Afghan children need life-saving help ($1.3 billion more needed for humanitarian response and 2,000 children killed or injured in nine months )
Toronto, January 18 – New figures reveal that just over 18 million people[i] in Afghanistan, including 9.7 million children, desperately need life-saving support. Save the Children and its partners is calling for urgent increases in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan.
‘Focus on children in aftermath earthquake Sulawesi’
Toronto, 15 January - Responding to Friday's earthquake that struck the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, which has reportedly killed at least 34 people and levelled many buildings, Chief of Humanitarian and Resilience Program Save the Children in Indonesia, Dino Satria said:
U.S. Terrorism Designation in Yemen Threatens Children’s Lives
Toronto (January 11, 2021) – Save the Children is warning that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen will likely deepen in the coming weeks, placing thousands of children at further risk of starvation and disease, after the U.S. Government announced its decision to roll out a new terrorism designation on Ansar Allah, who are also the de facto authorities in northern Yemen. This designation could directly threaten the supply of lifesaving food, fuel and medicine in Yemen, add obstacles to the…
The world’s poorest children can safely go back to school if leaders invest $472 per student
Toronto, January 11, 2021 – Fears of a lost generation in the world’s poorest countries can be eradicated by investing $63 billion to ensure 136 million children can return to school safely, Save the Children said today.
Save the Children Names Danny Glenwright as President & CEO
TORONTO, ON (Monday 11 January 2021) — Save the Children Canada’s Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Danny Glenwright as its new President and CEO.
NORTHWEST SYRIA: SHORTAGES OF OXYGEN, WATER AS CORONAVIRUS CASES QUADRUPLE IN TWO MONTHS
Toronto, January 7 - The COVID-19 outbreak in Syria continues to spiral out of control while the country struggles with a chronic shortage of hospital beds, testing, water and oxygen, Save the Children warned today. The northwest is particularly hard hit, as the number of confirmed cases quadrupled in two months.
