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SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA’S RECENT RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION IN GAZA
Save the Children urges the Government of Canada to act decisively, warning delayed aid is causing further harm to children.
ALMOST 95,000 BABIES COULD BE BORN WITHOUT SKILLED BIRTH SUPPORT AS AID CUTS PUT LIVES AT RISK
Toronto, May 20, 2025 – About 95,000 mothers supported by Save the Children may have to give birth without a skilled health worker present in the next 12 months putting themselves and their babies at risk, unless life-saving aid programmes continue, said Save the Children. [1] [2]
SOMALIA: OVER 55,000 CHILDREN AT RISK OF ILLNESS AND DEATH AS AID CUTS FORCE NUTRITION CENTRES TO CLOSE
Toronto, May 14, 2025 – At least 55,000 children supported by Save the Children in Somalia [1] will lose access to lifesaving nutrition services by June, as aid cuts force 121 Save the Children-supported nutrition centres to close.
IN GAZA, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE CHILD IS AT RISK OF FAMINE - SAVE THE CHILDREN
Toronto, May, 12, 2025 – More than 93% of the children in Gaza – about 930,000 children – are at critical risk of famine, said Save the Children, as new data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the leading international authority measuring hunger crises, reveals a spiraling hunger catastrophe [1].
The war in Gaza and Israeli authorities' total siege on the entry of aid and goods have pushed families to take unimaginable measures to survive…
UKRAINE: APRIL MARKS THE DEADLIEST MONTH FOR CHILDREN IN NEARLY THREE YEARS
Toronto, May 9, 2025 – At least 19 children were killed and 78 others injured in attacks across Ukraine in April, making it the deadliest month for children in nearly three years, Save the Children said.
Last month, at least 97 children were killed or injured in attacks in Ukraine, the highest number of child casualties reported in a single month since June 2022, when 98 children were killed or injured.
On 4 April, a missile attack in the central Ukrainian…
CLIMATE CHANGE: A THIRD OF 5-YEAR-OLDS WILL BE SPARED UNPRECEDENTED LIFETIME EXPOSURE TO DANGEROUS HEAT IF WORLD MEETS 1.5°C TEMPERATURE GOAL
Toronto, May 7, 2025 – Almost a third of today’s five-year-olds – about 38 million children – will be spared a lifetime’s “unprecedented” exposure to extreme heat if the world meets the 1.5°C warming target by 2100, Save the Children said.
MIGRANT CHILDREN FLEEING VIOLENCE FACE NEW DANGERS AND UNCERTAINTY AT MEXICO’S NORTHERN BORDER, NEW REPORT FINDS
Toronto, May 5, 2025 — Children migrating through Mexico in search of safety are being met with alarming levels of violence, family separation, and uncertainty at the country’s northern border, according to a new study by Plan International and Save the Children in Mexico.
The research, based on 155 interviews with migrant children and their caregivers across three of Mexico’s major border cities—Ciudad Juárez, Reynosa, and Tijuana—reveals that after fleeing violence, many children found…
STATEMENT: SAVE THE CHILDREN CONGRATULATES THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MARK CARNEY ON WINNING THE ELECTION
Toronto, April 29, 2025 — Save the Children sincerely congratulates the Right Honourable Mark Carney on his election win and re-appointment as Prime Minister of Canada. We look forward to working collaboratively with the Prime Minister and his new government to address the pressing challenges facing children worldwide and within Canada.
