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‘Focus on children in aftermath earthquake Sulawesi’
Toronto, 15 January - Responding to Friday's earthquake that struck the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, which has reportedly killed at least 34 people and levelled many buildings, Chief of Humanitarian and Resilience Program Save the Children in Indonesia, Dino Satria said:
U.S. Terrorism Designation in Yemen Threatens Children’s Lives
Toronto (January 11, 2021) – Save the Children is warning that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen will likely deepen in the coming weeks, placing thousands of children at further risk of starvation and disease, after the U.S. Government announced its decision to roll out a new terrorism designation on Ansar Allah, who are also the de facto authorities in northern Yemen. This designation could directly threaten the supply of lifesaving food, fuel and medicine in Yemen, add obstacles to the…
The world’s poorest children can safely go back to school if leaders invest $472 per student
Toronto, January 11, 2021 – Fears of a lost generation in the world’s poorest countries can be eradicated by investing $63 billion to ensure 136 million children can return to school safely, Save the Children said today.
Save the Children Names Danny Glenwright as President & CEO
TORONTO, ON (Monday 11 January 2021) — Save the Children Canada’s Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Danny Glenwright as its new President and CEO.
NORTHWEST SYRIA: SHORTAGES OF OXYGEN, WATER AS CORONAVIRUS CASES QUADRUPLE IN TWO MONTHS
Toronto, January 7 - The COVID-19 outbreak in Syria continues to spiral out of control while the country struggles with a chronic shortage of hospital beds, testing, water and oxygen, Save the Children warned today. The northwest is particularly hard hit, as the number of confirmed cases quadrupled in two months.
Violence, flooding, and displacement push one million children in South Sudan to the brink of starvation
Juba, South Sudan - Save the Children is warning of a devastating large-scale hunger crisis among children in South Sudan, as new data shows a dramatic increase in food insecurity that has pushed one million children to the brink of starvation – as well as projections that this figure will rise by 13% in the first half of next year.
Needs, not money should guide fair access to COVID-19 vaccine
Toronto, 18 December: The roll out of COVID-19 vaccines in high-income countries is threatening to disrupt fair access to vaccines for all, Save the Children warned in a statement today. Even as some of the first wave of vaccines are now being reserved for all countries, governments of richer countries should not hoard the limited initial supply of available vaccines -- instead they must ensure a distribution based on needs and not on wealth, the organisation said.
SAVE THE CHILDREN – ‘School turned into nightmare after attack in Nigeria’
Shannon Ward, Save the Children’s Acting Country Director in Nigeria, said:
