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An End to U.S. Participation in the War in Yemen: “A Critical Step to Saving Children’s Lives”
Toronto, (February 4, 2021) – Save the Children applauds the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will take concrete steps to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s conflict, which has dragged on for nearly six years, precipitating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and claiming the lives of countless civilians. Thousands of children have been killed or injured through targeting of civilians by all parties to the conflict, and American-made weapons have contributed to the violence.
Number of displaced Palestinian children at a four year high as demolitions in West Bank continue
More than 500 children were displaced in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2020 as over 5,200 expect their schools to be knocked down
60 million children across eight of the biggest humanitarian crises need help to survive this year, warns Save the Children
Half of all the children in need in 2021 live in just eight countries.
COVID-19 has put decades of progress at risk for vulnerable children.
Severe food shortages and potential famines looming in several countries.
AID AGENCIES MAKE UNPRECEDENTED AND UNITED CALL FOR BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO REVOKE ANSAR ALLAH TERRORIST DESIGNATION
THIS DESIGNATION COMES AT A TIME WHEN FAMINE IS A VERY REAL THREAT TO A COUNTRY DEVASTATED BY SIX YEARS OF CONFLICT, AND IT MUST BE REVOKED IMMEDIATELY
Sudan: Calls for an end to the violence as 90,000 people displaced and 200 die including three aid workers
Toronto, 21 January 2021 – Save the Children is appalled by the escalation of violence in West Darfur, which has led to 200 deaths and 300 injuries in just the past few days, and the displacement of 90,000 people, many of those children. An estimated 90% of homes in the original displacements camps have been burned, destroying what little possessions families owned.
North West Syria: Severe floods kill one child and force at least 20,000 from their homes as country marks nearly 10 years of conflict
Toronto, 19 January, 2021 – A six-year-old boy has died and more than 20,000 children have been displaced by heavy flooding in North West Syria, Save the Children said today.
Children must be protected in Sudan amidst surge in violence
Toronto, Monday, 18 January - According to media reports, at least 83 people, including children, have been killed and more than 160 wounded in inter-communal violence in Darfur, Sudan, over the weekend.
Revealed: 10 million Afghan children need life-saving help ($1.3 billion more needed for humanitarian response and 2,000 children killed or injured in nine months )
Toronto, January 18 – New figures reveal that just over 18 million people[i] in Afghanistan, including 9.7 million children, desperately need life-saving support. Save the Children and its partners is calling for urgent increases in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan.
