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Throughout the world, mental health is a concern for adults and children. In times of crisis, children can be exposed to horrific events, including death, severe injury, and torture, to name a few. Children under extreme stress or mental distress can show a variety of mental health and psychosocial problems, including aggression and withdrawal in their interactions with their communities and families.

Mother’s Day comes once a year, but we can always make time to celebrate the mothers in our lives every day. Here are five ways you can express gratitude this Mother's Day:

This Earth Day take some action with your family towards a more sustainable future. Here are five activities you can do leading up to Earth Day. Hopefully many can be adapted into your daily life.

Save the Children Canada, alongside its partners within the Canadian International Education Policy Working Group (CIEPWG), welcomes the release of the high-level outcomes document launched at today’s Together For Learning Summit: Engaging Displaced Youth to Transform Education. Led by the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development, this document is the culmination of collaborative discussions between donors, Ministries of Education, civil society, multilateral…

Currently, we are witnessing how war is devastating the lives of millions of children. For instance, in Ukraine, roughly 2 million children have crossed into neighbouring countries as refugees and since the escalation, over 7.5 million children across Ukraine are in grave danger of physical harm, severe emotional distress, and displacement. At the same time, violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique continues to displace thousands of people, with reports of children being abducted by armed groups…

Every year on the 8th of March, the global community celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The moment originally emerged from women organizing in the labour movements in the early 1900s. Now, it has morphed to become an international movement celebrated throughout the entire month of March.

On February 24th, children in Ukraine woke up to the sounds of explosions. The horrific blasts forced children and families to hide in basements, subway stations and bomb shelters. Parents tried their best to calm terrified children as the violence in the area escalated. The horror children experienced as explosives destroyed their homes, neighbourhoods, schools, and playgrounds is unimaginable.