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South Sudan: Eight years after independence, highest number of people ever face critical food shortages
Nearly 7 million people, or 61 per cent of the population, face acute food insecurity in South Sudan, the highest number of people ever in the country, warns Save the Children[i]. This is an increase of nearly 1 million people facing acute food insecurity as per IPC classification since the signing of a revitalised peace deal in September 2018.
Save the Children: More cholera related cases in first half of 2019 than whole of last year
YEMEN – At least 193 cholera related deaths reported amongst children
STATEMENT AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK - Children are once again paying the price for decades of conflict
Onno van Manen, Save the Children’s Afghanistan Country Director, said:
Save the Children welcomes funding to support access to quality education for marginalized girls
Thanks to a contribution of over $100 million from the Government of Canada, girls caught in conflict and crisis from Africa to Latin America will have access to quality education, supporting their empowerment learning and protection.
Statement following the demolition of refugees homes in Arsal:
“At 4:30 am on July 1st, military units moved into several camps in Arsal and demolished at least 20 homes. The presence of soldiers in those camps at dawn, and the demolition of homes with heavy machinery is a traumatizing event witnessed by families who had already lost everything. We fear that this is the start and more demolitions will take place tomorrow.
First child dies of Ebola in new outbreak in Uganda
Save the Children is distressed to learn a five-year-old boy diagnosed with Ebola in Uganda on Tuesday has died from the illness. The child was isolated and admitted for treatment, but medics were unable to save him. Another two cases have now been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in Uganda in the past 24 hours to three.
Save the Children: ‘Investigate senseless killings in Mali, hold attackers to account’
Charred bodies of children are found after horrific attack on village
Save the Children Welcomes Canada’s Historic Investment to Support Women and Girls Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
VANCOUVER, B.C., June 4, 2019 – Save the Children welcomes the Government of Canada’s historic investment to advance the health and rights of women, adolescents, girls and boys around the globe, starting in 2020 and scaling up to $1.4 billion annually until 2030. Today’s significant funding will support sexual reproductive health and rights of women and girls – with a welcome focus on adolescent girls, while continuing Canada’s longstanding leadership on child and newborn protection and…
