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YEMEN STATEMENT: Weekend of heavy bombardment around Hodeidah
Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children’s Yemen Country Director said:
Save the Children U.S. CEO: ‘Further Militarizing the U.S.-Mexico Border and Blocking Access to Asylum for Families Fleeing Violence Has Potential to Increase Fear & Trauma for Children’
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (October 30, 2018) – In response to the ongoing treatment and potential future actions against children at and migrating to the U.S.-Mexico border, Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children U.S., issued the following statement:
YEMEN: Cost of food nearly doubles putting thousands of lives at risk
Failing economy is as big a threat to children as bombs and bullets, warns Save the Children
YEMEN STATEMENT: Save the Children estimates that more than 100 children are dying from hunger every day
Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children’s Country Director in Yemen, said:
International Day of the Girl: If all girls completed secondary school, more than 50 million child marriages could be prevented
Fifty million child marriages could be prevented by 2030 if all girls around the world finished secondary school, new analysis by Save the Children reveals.[i] With girls more than 2.5 times more likely to be out of school than boys in humanitarian and displacement settings, the agency highlighted the importance of addressing child marriage as a key barrier to girls’ education in conflict and crisis.
INDONESIA: Contamination widespread, one week after Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, fears of looming health crisis
Save the Children is warning of an impending health crisis unless clean water supplies can be established and emergency latrines built, following the earthquake and tsunami that struck central Sulawesi exactly one week ago.
INDONESIA: Vital aid delivered to earthquake and tsunami-hit region of Indonesia by Save the Children
Save the Children, working through its local partner Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik (YSTC), has delivered vital aid on a military plane to Palu, the Indonesian city devastated by Friday’s earthquake and tsunami.
