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Number of out of school children doubles in northern Syria as coronavirus, poverty take their toll
Two out of three children in Northern Syria now lack access to education, says Save the Children
SYRIA: Save the Children welcomes repatriation of 70 children from North East, urges evacuation of medical cases
Following the news that the Government of Uzbekistan completed the repatriation of 98 people, including 25 women and 73 children from displacement camps in northeast Syria, Save the Children’s Syria Response Director Sonia Khush said:
Save the Children outlines the “Vulnerabilities Created and Exacerbated by the Covid-19 Pandemic” before the House of Commons Standing Committee
Toronto, December 3, 2020– Today Rachel Logel Carmichael, Head of Humanitarian Affairs and Taryn Russell, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Save the Children Canada spoke before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAEE) in response to the committees study on, “Vulnerabilities Created And Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic”.
MORE THAN 20,000 CHILDREN IN YEMEN FACING DEATH FROM STARVATION IN 2021, WARNS SAVE THE CHILDREN
Toronto – December 3, 2020—Save the Children is alarmed and deeply concerned by the new UN report[1][1] on food insecurity in Yemen, revealing that 16.2 million people in the country are facing high levels of acute food shortages early next year. This includes 7.35 million children, with an estimated 21,338 children at risk of falling into famine.
Hundreds of Ethiopian separated child refugees arriving in Sudan at risk of exploitation and abuse, Save the Children warns
TORONTO, 1 December -- Save the Children is deeply worried about lone child refugees arriving separated from their parents from Ethiopia into Sudan, as they are at risk of exploitation and abuse. Their number could be in the hundreds, the child rights organization warned today.
Yemen: At least four children killed in artillery shelling in the city of Hodeida
At least 11 civilians including 4 children were killed yesterday, 29 November, after artillery shells hit houses in the south of Hodeida city in Yemen.
Cyclone Gati: 32,000 children and their families flee impact of Somalia’s strongest storm on record
Save the Children is deeply concerned about the impact on children and their families of Cyclone Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in Somalia on record. According to reports, 70,000 people, including 32,000 children, have been forced to flee after the cyclone wreaked devastation across Puntland state. Heavy rains and strong winds of 115 mph have triggered flash flooding, causing at least 40,000 people to lose their homes. In the Bari region of Puntland,…
On average 25 children killed or injured in conflicts every day for the past decade
Save the Children calls for states to endorse declaration on avoiding use of explosive weapons in populated areas
