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Ukraine: "There is no school - what are we graduating from?" School leavers abstain from graduation festivities after turbulent final year
After completing 11 years at a secondary school near Kyiv, one cohort of Ukrainian school leavers opted to abstain from graduation festivities this year with their final studies wrecked by about 17 months of war.
Millions more children face hunger as Black Sea grain corridor not renewed
Failure to renew the Black Sea Grain corridor means millions more children around the world will face devastating hunger, Save the Children said today.
Darfur: Aid workers witness hundreds of murdered bodies including children abandoned in streets
Children and adults are reportedly being attacked and murdered in vast numbers in worsening violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Actress Úrsula Corberó appointed new Save the Children Ambassador
Actress Úrsula Corberó has joined Save the Children as a new ambassador and will support the organization in promoting gender equality.
Stripped, beaten and blindfolded: new research reveals ongoing violence and abuse of Palestinian children detained by Israeli military
Palestinian children in the Israel military detention system face physical and emotional abuse, with four out of five (86%) of them being beaten, and 69% strip-searched, according to new research by Save the Children.
Save the Children calls on the EU to take responsibility to save lives at sea, following reports that a boat carrying children missing off Canary Islands.
Toronto, July 10, 2023 - Save the Children has called for the EU and its Member States to urgently improve search and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean and Atlantic following reports that a ship carrying at least 200 migrants and refugees, including children, has gone missing near the Canary Islands. The charity is urging state-led search-and-rescue operations to do everything within their power to find survivors.
Save the Children calls for the end of cluster munitions in Ukraine and around the world
Toronto, July 8, 2023 —Save the Children is reaffirming its call that all parties to conflict end the use of cluster munitions after Friday’s announcement of U.S. military aid to Ukraine brought new attention to these explosive weapons. Christy Gleason, VP of Policy, Advocacy, & Campaigns at Save the Children US, said:
Statement on the escalating situation in the West Bank
Save the Children is alarmed by the escalating situation in the West Bank. Damage to civilian infrastructure is widespread.
