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NEWS QUOTE: GAZA: CHILDREN AMONG HIGHEST CASUALTIES OF ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN RETURN TO WIDESPREAD DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Toronto, March 18, 2025 - Israeli airstrikes across Gaza have reportedly killed at least 404 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and injured at least 562 more in a unilateral resumption of hostilities that has returned Palestinians across the Strip to an inescapable living nightmare, said Save the Children.
SYRIA: NEARLY 4,000 DISPLACED FAMILIES TO RECEIVE FOOD AND BLANKETS FOLLOWING DEADLY CLASHES IN LATAKIA
Toronto, March 17, 2025 – Thousands of displaced families, including children and newborn babies, in Syria’s coastal city of Latakia are facing severe shortages of blankets, food, water, and electricity after deadly clashes earlier this month, with Save the Children delivering emergency supplies.
In partnership with local partners Syria Relief and Action for Humanity, Save the Children is providing aid to 4,000 displaced families in Latakia, including 12,000 blankets and 4,000 ready-to-…
ALMOST 5,000 ADDITIONAL FOSTER FAMILIES NEEDED IN UKRAINE AS WAR LEAVES MORE CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE
Toronto, March 17, 2025 – Almost 5,000 trained foster families are needed in Ukraine to help children currently living full-time in institutions move into safer family-based care arrangements, especially as the war leaves more children without parental care and at risk of being admitted into institutions, Save the Children said.
UNIQLO ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST-EVER PABLO PICASSO T-SHIRT COLLECTION IN SUPPORT OF PEACE FOR ALL T-SHIRT PROJECT
Toronto, March 13, 2025 - Global apparel retailer UNIQLO has announced the worldwide release for new T-shirts featuring designs by artist Pablo Picasso, who revolutionized the art world of the 20th century. The new collection, available in Canada from Friday, March 14th, 2025, will include one design for UNIQLO's PEACE FOR ALL charity T-shirt project, and four designs for its "UT" graphic T-shirt brand.
SUDAN’S ZAMZAM REFUGEE CAMP: CHILDREN’S LIVES ON THE BRINK AS MEDICAL AND FOOD SUPPLIES DRY UP
Toronto, March 12, 2025 – Time is running out for the nearly one million residents of Sudan’s biggest refugee camp, many of whom are children, with food and medical supplies nearly depleted and Save the Children warning that it has just two days of medical supplies left in its mobile health clinics.
The warning over essential supplies at North Darfur’s Zamzam camp comes after families and children have endured seven months of living in famine conditions, with crippling food…
CHILDREN FACING EXTREME HUNGER CRISIS PUT AT RISK BY AID CUTS AS CLINICS CLOSE
Toronto, March 11, 2025 – In a remote corner of northern Afghanistan, where winter has set in, health workers are battling the clock to care for malnourished children as foreign aid cuts threaten to halt their efforts in the next 30 days, Save the Children said.
For three and a half years, Dr Hanif* and his team at a Save the Children-supported clinic in northern Afghanistan have been the only lifeline for the community—providing essential care to 2,500 patients each…
FROM UKRAINE TO AFGHANISTAN: CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES, FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES AS AID CUTS STOP CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES
Toronto, March 6, 2025 - A 12-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome in Ukraine who has been left severely emotionally distressed by a lifetime of conflict is at risk of becoming homeless due to foreign aid cuts, Save the Children said, as the child rights organisation shared examples of the impacts on cash assistance work around the world.
SYRIA: MORE THAN 180 CHILDREN KILLED OR INJURED BY EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR IN THREE MONTHS AS THOUSANDS RETURN HOME
Toronto, March 6, 2025 – At least 188 children in Syria have been killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war in the past three months - an average of two a day–as more than a million people return to their homes, Save the Children said.
