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Funds to protect children in crises fail to keep up with skyrocketing needs
Toronto, 20 January, 2022 – Funding for child protection in the world’s worst crises dropped from 42% of the amount required in 2019 to 24% in 2020, according to a report released today by a coalition of leading humanitarian agencies. This leaves millions of children affected by conflict and disasters without access to the services they need to keep them protected from harm.
Second fire of 2022 leaves 750 children homeless in Rohingya refugee camp
Toronto, 10 January, 2022 – About 750 children have been left homeless in what is already this year’s second fire to tear through Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Save the Children said today.
Desperate Afghan mother forced to give up one twin to feed the other as hunger crisis worsens
Now the weather is getting colder in Afghanistan, Fatima*, 21, says she can’t afford to care for her children.
Save the Children commits half a billion USD to tackle malnutrition
Toronto, 7 December: Save the Children today committed to invest around half a billion USD to tackle malnutrition with the commitment made as part of the Tokyo 2021 Nutrition for Growth summit held as the world faces the worst hunger crisis this century.
780,000 Afghan children without shelter, nearly 8.6 million without blankets as temperatures drop below freezing
Children sleeping outside without proper winter clothing face freezing conditions that could lead to illness or death.
