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UN General Assembly must urgently “Unite for Peace” in Syria as humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Aleppo - Global coalition
December 1, 2016...As the fall of Aleppo looms amid untold humanitarian catastrophe, over 220 civil society organizations from 45 countries, including over 25 from the UK, have issued a declaration saying that the UN Security Council has “failed to uphold its responsibility to protect the Syrian people”. Signatories to the declaration, including Amnesty International, Asia Forum for Human Rights and Development, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, Pan-African Lawyers Union and Save the Children, have…
Medics across north-west Syria look to fortify hospitals as last children’s facility in East Aleppo is devastated
November 23, 2016…Hospitals across north-west Syria are looking at plans to further fortify their facilities amid a constant wave of attacks. The defensive measures have been prompted after sustained aerial bombardment on medical facilities in East Aleppo, which have left hospitals struggling to provide emergency care to gravely injured children. According to The Aleppo Health Directorate, these repeated attacks mean hospital workers are facing the prospect of having no safe space to carry out…
One month on, Mosul offensive takes heavy toll on city’s children
Children are paying a heavy price one month into the Mosul offensive, with many seriously injured in the fighting or showing signs of intense psychological distress even if they make it to safety, Save the Children is warning.
IKEA Canada Announces Let’s Play for Change Campaign to Support Children’s Rights
As part of a global initiative, IKEA and IKEA Foundation are teaming up with six leading children’s rights organizations and putting play at the heart of a new good cause campaign
Two hundred children could die every day in north-east Nigeria hunger crisis
New data from Save the Children reveals that up to half of all under-fives in some areas are suffering from acute malnutrition
November 14, 2016…A new survey from Save the Children has found that up to half of all under-fives are acutely malnourished in some parts of north-east Nigeria where it is feared 200 children could die every day in a hidden hunger crisis.
Up to ‘a dozen children a day’ injured in Mosul, Save the Children told
November 11, 2016…Front-line medics in Mosul are treating up to a dozen children a day for serious injuries, with young children mutilated by blasts, shot and severely burned, Save the Children has learned.
Over a million children living under ISIS in Iraq have missed out on education: Save the Children
November 6, 2016…More than one million children who have been living under ISIS in Iraq have either been out of school or forced to learn from an ISIS curriculum, some for more than two years, warns Save the Children.
Critical Moment for Iraq's Children
Children must be given immediate safe passage out of Mosul to stop them being caught in the crossfire – Save the Children warns.
November 1, 2016…As Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Mosul, it is a critical moment to protect children and open safe routes to allow the 1.5 million civilians, including about 600,000 children, still trapped in the city to leave safely.
With civilians bracing for the anticipated escalation in violence, Save the Children warns that safe passages must be…
