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More than a quarter of a billion children better off today than 20 years ago
Major successes in Canada’s priority areas of gender equality, global health and focus on Africa, but one in four children denied their right to protection and health, most acutely in conflict or displacement settings.
At least 400 children still separated from parents in Mozambique amidst major funding shortfall
BEIRA - More than two months after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, at least 400[1] children in the worst-affected province of Sofala are still living separated from their parents as an effect of the storm, according to a new assessment by Save the Children.
Thousands of Families—Including 80,000 Children—Forced to Flee Escalating Violence in Northwest Syria
Thousands of families have fled from northern Hama to villages and towns close to the Turkish border, taking refuge in fields and on the sides of the road as overcrowded camps populations quadrupled in some areas, Save the Children said today.
Three in four child casualties in world’s deadliest conflicts caused by explosive weapons
Suicide bombs, landmines, unexploded ordinance, air strikes and other forms of explosives account for 72% of child deaths and injuries across the world’s deadliest war zones, new analysis by Save the Children reveals today[i].
Flooding and devastation - fears for safety of hundreds of thousands of children as Cyclone Fani wreaks havoc
- Save the Children teams on high alert as the cyclone travels towards West Bengal and Bangladesh
At least 350,000 children in India at direct risk in face of Cyclone Fani
Cyclone Fani, which is expected to make landfall in the eastern states of India, is putting 800,000 people directly at risk, including 350,000 children, Save the Children warns – with many more affected by heavy rains, possible flash floods and landslides both in coastal and urban areas.
Save the Children Statement on Cyclone Kenneth
Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province Thursday evening, recording maximum sustained winds of 200 kph, the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane.
Number of malnourished children set to double in Idai-hit parts of Mozambique
MAPUTO, 25 April – The number of acutely malnourished children under five in cyclone-hit areas in Mozambique is expected to jump from nearly 60,000 to 115,000, after crops and livelihoods were swept away by the storm, Save the Children warned today.
