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Nine schools supported by Save the Children damaged in South Africa violence
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Lebanon crisis: children as young as five face violence, dog attacks as forced onto streets to work
Toronto, 13 July - Children as young as five are being forced onto the streets to sell black market petrol and collect scrap metal and plastic, as COVID-19 exacerbates the economic crisis in Lebanon, Save the Children said today. Prices have spiraled and the value of the Lebanese pound has plummeted.
‘Many more children will die’: Urgent call for vaccines as Indonesia suffers one of world’s highest numbers of child COVID deaths
Toronto, 5 July - With one of the world’s highest rates of COVID-19 child deaths, cases soaring and people losing their jobs and livelihoods to the pandemic, Save the Children is deeply worried about the impact of the pandemic on children in Indonesia.
At least 10 children killed and six injured in past month in NW Syria despite ceasefire
Toronto, 5 July – Save the Children has confirmed that at least 10 children have been killed and six injured in at least 11 attacks in North West Syria since the start of June. Among the victims was a nurse of one of Save the Children’s partner organizations and three of his children.
More than 5.7 million children under five on the brink of starvation across the world
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Canada cannot stop looking until all children are found
Today Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan announced that it has found 751 unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School, many of which appear to be those of children killed while attending the school.
