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DRC: Number of Children Facing Severe Hunger Set to Surge by 20% as Conflict Drives Thousands from Their Homes
Save the Children warns severe hunger in DRC will worsen, with 14 million children facing crisis levels by early 2026.
Save the Children: Canada’s Budget Cuts Undermine Support for Children in Crisis
Save the Children responds to Canada’s 2025 federal budget, warning that aid cuts risk children’s safety, education, and global progress.
AFGHANISTAN: Children flee homes after second major earthquake in two months
A second major earthquake in two months has struck Afghanistan. Save the Children is mobilizing emergency relief efforts.
INGO Forum Condemns Attacks on Humanitarian and Healthcare Workers
INGOs condemn deadly attacks on Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers and urge all parties to protect humanitarian workers and civilians in Sudan.
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN FLEEING EL FASHER UNDER ATTACK, HUNGRY, AND IN DESPERATE NEED OF AID – SAVE THE CHILDREN
After walking for four days to escape the escalating violence in El Fasher, mothers arriving in Tawila in desperate need of aid.
TWO THIRDS OF CHILDREN SURVEYED IN SOUTH SUDAN ENGAGED IN CHILD LABOUR: NEW REPORT
Toronto, October 24, 2025 – Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children surveyed aged between 5 and 17 years are engaged in the worst form of child labour, with rates soaring to as high as 90% in the worst hit regions, according to a new report by the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, and Save the Children.
IN DEADLY OCTOBER, NEARLY ONE IN FIVE CIVILIANS KILLED IN EL FASHER WERE CHILDREN
Toronto, October 22, 2025 – At least 17 children were killed and a further 22 injured in a particularly violent October in El Fasher, Sudan, said Save the Children, as the city marks 18 months of siege.
CONFLICT PLUNGED 63 MILLION CHILDREN INTO HUNGER IN 2025
Toronto, October 16, 2025 – Of the around 118 million children plunged into hunger so far in 2025, around 63 million – over half - were forced into this situation by conflict as opposed to drought or environmental or economic pressures, according to a new data analysis by Save the Children on World Food Day. [1]
