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The reopening of Sanaa airport for medical flights ‘a lifeline’ for thousands of children
For the first time in three years, the Sanaa airport reopens today, restoring vital medical flights for children who are stuck in Yemen without access to life-saving treatment, Save the Children said.
Northwest Syria: Thousands of displaced children forced to flee their homes again as violence escalates in Idlib and Aleppo
As a new wave of violence hits Idlib and Western Aleppo, Save the Children confirms that as many as 200,000 children and their families have been forced to abandon their homes in northern Syria over the last two months.* According to the United Nations, 34 children – 14 girls and 20 boys – have died in the escalating violence since January 15th 2020. Throughout January, at least 37,000 children have been forced to flee in the bitter Syrian winter, often taking only what they can carry.**
9 million children could die in a decade unless world acts on pneumonia, leading agencies warn
Malnutrition, air pollution and lack of access to vaccines and antibiotics among the drivers of preventable deaths from pneumonia—which last year killed a child every 39 seconds
Plague of locusts ravages three East African countries as region prepares for another year of hunger
The worst plague of Desert Locusts in a generation is ravaging crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa with Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia battling to contain the escalating crisis. The outbreaks in Ethiopia and Somalia are the worst in 25 years and in Kenya the worst in 75 years.
PHILIPPINES: More than 20,000 children evacuated from the ‘danger zone’ around erupting volcano
Thousands of children in evacuation centres are scared and confused and need urgent support, warns Save the Children
SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT ON THE RENEWAL OF THE UN CROSS BORDER RESOLUTION INSIDE SYRIA
As millions of children and their families in Syria continue to be forced to flee their homes due to conflict, the United Nations Security Council has voted to limit the scope of Resolution 2449 (2018), which allows the UN and partners to deliver aid using border crossings not in control by the government of Syria.
Syria: one child dies each day during conflict escalations in Idlib
Nine children killed in the first week of 2020 as violence intensifies
Australian bushfires: Children’s mental health needs to be a key part of response and recovery
Melbourne, 8th January - Save the Children is warning of the importance of addressing the long-term mental health needs of children impacted by the devastating Australian bushfires.
