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UKRAINE: FINANCIAL STRESS AND LONELINESS DRIVING FAMILIES BACK TO HOMES ON THE FRONTLINE
Toronto, April 2, 2026 - Over 1.6 million people have returned to frontline areas in Ukraine despite the dangers with families saying the financial stress of being away from home and missing their community outweighed the risks, [1] according to Save the Children research.
ONE ATTACK ON HEALTH CARE EVERY SIX HOURS IN MIDDLE EAST AND WIDER REGION– SAVE THE CHILDREN
Toronto, March 31, 2026 – Health care in the Middle East and wider region has come under attack about once every six hours on average since conflict escalated a month ago across Lebanon, Iran, and Israel, Save the Children said.
SOMALIA EMERGENCY ESCALATES AS MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT DRIVES UP FOOD AND FUEL PRICES, DELAYS AID
Toronto, March 31, 2026 – Prices for food, fuel and water in Somalia soared in March, with conflict in the Middle East compounding a humanitarian emergency in the already fragile country where one in three people are going hungry daily, Save the Children said.
Fuel prices in Mogadishu surged 150% in March, from $0.60 to $1.50 per litre, with many imported food items doubling in retail price in just two weeks, according to the Somali government. Somalia's electricity supply, which…
ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN IN LEBANON FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES IN ONE MONTH
Toronto, March 26, 2026 – One in every five children in Lebanon has been forced to flee their home in just one month as conflict in Lebanon and the Middle East and region triggers a mass wave of displacement, Save the Children’s Chief Executive Officer Inger Ashing said today.
DROUGHT FUELS CHILD LABOUR AND SCHOOL ABSENCES IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN
Toronto, 25 March 2026 – Nearly two thirds of families in provinces impacted by severe drought in northern Afghanistan have reported an increase in child labour, with only about one in five children attending school, according to a Save the Children assessment.
SUDAN: DRONE STRIKE ON ED DAIN TEACHING HOSPITAL REPRESENTS A GRAVE ESCALATION IN ATTACKS ON HEALTHCARE AMID INCREASED STRAIN ON HEALTH SYSTEM
Toronto, March 23, 2026 – The Sudan INGO Forum is appalled by the latest drone attack on Ed Dain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, which killed at least 64 people, including 13 children, two female nurses, one male doctor and multiple patients, and injured nearly 90 others.
SOUTH SUDAN: DEATH, DISTRESS – AND A BABY BORN IN A CANOE – AS AKOBO EVACUATES
Toronto, March 20, 2026 – Children having to sit next to their dead parents, and a woman forced to give birth in a canoe, are some of the heart-wrenching stories of terrified evacuations now emerging from South Sudan’s Akobo County.
CONFLICT DRIVES EID FOOD PRICE SURGE ACROSS MIDDLE EAST AND WIDER REGION, LEAVING FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO COPE
Toronto, March 19, 2026 – Food prices have surged in some of the most food-insecure countries in the Middle East and wider region due to the ongoing conflict, threatening to push the most vulnerable families further into hunger as Eid approaches, Save the Children said.
