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Hundreds of thousands more children in Syria face hunger
Amman, 29 September – Seven hundred thousand more children face hunger in Syria owing to the country’s badly-damaged economy, partly due to the impact of the COVID-19 restrictions.
Save the Children Welcomes Canada’s $400 M Investment to Official Development Assistance
Toronto, ON, September 29, 2020 – Save the Children applauds the Government of Canada’s new commitment of $400 million to ensure a generation of children is protected in the global fight against COVID-19.
Tens of thousands forced out of school by floods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Toronto, 25 September - Tens of thousands of children in Sub-Saharan Africa have been forced out of school or seen the start of their academic year delayed after heavy floods drove them from their homes and destroyed classrooms, Save the Children said today.
A British child rescued by government officials from Syria asked whether others in a Save the Children centre could come too, the charity said today
Following Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s announcement the UK is bringing home a British child from North East Syria, Save the Children’s Syria Response Director Sonia Khush said:
“Every child saved is a triumph of compassion and this is very welcome news. We’re proud to have cared for this child and supported the UK government to bring them home. When the child was rescued, they asked if other children at our centre could come too.
“Children in Syria who have fled ISIS-held areas are…
COVID-19: Children from poorest households across the globe have suffered greatest loss of family income, missed out most on education and faced the highest risk of violence at home
Save the Children conducts the largest global survey of its kind among some 25,000 children and adults on the impact of the pandemic
Two weeks on: Families in Beirut’s disaster zone are still in dire need of support to rebuild and recover
Beirut, August 19 - Two weeks after the explosion that tore through Lebanon’s capital Beirut, many vulnerable families in the affected areas are still in dire need of support, Save the Children warned today.
275-STRONG WORLD LEADERS’ GROUP WARNS OF TRAGIC ‘COVID GENERATION’ - MILLIONS OF CHILDREN HIT AS EDUCATION FACES $150 BILLION OF CUTS
A group of 275 former world leaders, economists and educationalists have called on G20 nations and other countries to take action to prevent the global health crisis creating a ‘COVID generation’ - tens of millions of children with no hope of an education.
SYRIA: Child death rate triples in Al-Hol camp as medical access deteriorates
Al-Hol camp, Syria — Eight children under five died in Al Hol camp within five days, as health and nutrition services have deteriorated rapidly. The spike in under-five mortality was recorded between 6 – 10 August, and is more than three times higher than the mortality rate since the beginning of 2020,
