Filters
Children as young as 11 brutally murdered in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique – Save the Children
16 March, Maputo - Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in the Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, Save the Children said, as conflict continues to displace thousands. The agency recently spoke to displaced families who reported horrifying scenes of murder and grief and the loss of loved ones.
‘Anywhere but Syria’: After 10 years of war, the vast majority of children can’t imagine a future in the country
‘Anywhere but Syria’: After 10 years of war, the vast majority of children can’t imagine a future in the country
Children have lost more than a third of their school year to the pandemic - Save the Children
TORONTO, 2 March - A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, children across the world have lost an average of 74 days of education due to school closures and a lack of access to remote learning, Save the Children said today – more than a third of the standard global 190-day school year.
Yemenis let down once again
Toronto, 1 March – For the second year, international donors let down children and their families in Yemen after yet another failure to reach the funding goal of 3.85 billion USD during today’s Virtual Yemen Pledging Conference. The conference only raised about $1.7 billion USD for a country that is going through the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world and where funding is the difference between life and death for many children. Despite the overall failure to hit the pledging target Save…
NIGERIA – ‘Attacks unacceptable, schools should never be a place of fear’
Save the Children asks for the immediate release of up to 450 kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Zamfara State
Save the Children: Supplies and critical food distributions reach displaced people in Axum, Central Tigray
Toronto, 22 FEBRUARY – Save the Children was one of the first aid agencies to reach Axum in Ethiopia’s Central Tigray region earlier this month, delivering critical food distributions to more than 4,300 people.
1 in 6 children living in conflict zones at risk of sexual violence by armed groups
Ground-breaking methodology shows risk to children nearly ten times higher than in 1990
Number of verified cases of sexual violence against children in conflict just tip of the iceberg
YEMEN: Over two million children expected to go hungry or starve in 2021 - Save the Children
4-month-old Noor*, who suffers from severe acute malnutrition and diarrhea, at a healthcare centre supported by Save the Children in Taiz governorate.
