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Two girls orphaned and badly injured by shrapnel following an airstrike near Hodeidah
Save the Children has begun assisting two sisters, Shadia*, 2 and Wafa*, 6, who have been orphaned and badly injured following an airstrike that hit near their parents' vehicle, close to the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah.
Save the Children U.S. CEO: ‘We Have a Moral Obligation to Keep Families Together’ Statement from Carolyn Miles, President & CEO, Save the Children U.S.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 19, 2018) – In response to continued reports of children being separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border, Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children U.S., issued the following statement today:
Save the Children Statement on Hodeidah Port Attack in Yemen
Following reports that the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition is launching an attack on the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, please find Save the Children’s statement for immediate release below:
YEMEN: CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES FOR CIVILIANS SHOULD PORT CITY OF HODEIDAH COME UNDER ATTACK, WARN AID GROUPS
Aid groups operating in Yemen are warning of catastrophic consequences of any further escalation of violence around the port city Hodeidah. According to credible reports, a possible attack of the city looks imminent and could according to the UN, cost up to 250,000 lives.
Education is elevated on the global agenda – Canadian coalition of leading development, humanitarian and grassroots advocacy organizations welcomes historic announcement for the education of children – especially girls – living in crisis-situations
A Canada-led G7 Declaration to educate and empower girls in crisis-situations supported with a $3.8 B global commitment could have an impact on more than eight million children all over the world.
Save the Children responds to the effects of Tropical storm Sagar
Save the Children Canada is providing clean water and sanitation support to residents in Somaliland after an entire year’s worth of rain fell in just one day.
Over 4,000 living in temporary shelters as the volcano continues to smoke
Across 21 emergency shelters in Guatemala, families are struggling in the aftermath of the two volcanic eruptions that have caused 99 deaths and left almost 200 missing.
YEMEN: Attack on Hodeida could put 170,000 children in the line of fire and kill any hope of peace talks
An estimated 340,000[1] people in Hodeida, half of them children, could be forcibly displaced should the Saudi-led Coalition (SLC) and anti-Houthi forces try to retake the vital port city. This major escalation in violence would put 170,000[2] children at risk of death or injury and could cause the biggest single displacement of people since 2015, pushing Yemen towards a full-blown and entirely man-made famine. Hodeida is a densely populated city and any attack will almost certainly result in a…
