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A teacher and her pupils sing a traditional Ukrainian song at a Ukrainian school in Warsaw supported by Save the Children

INDONESIA: Children forced to learn in tents after volcanic eruption closes schools and displaces 15,000 people

A deadly volcanic eruption in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province has displaced more than 15,000 people and disrupted the education of around 5,300 students[1], Save the Children said.

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Children participate in G20 for the first time, calling for action on hunger, poverty and climate change

The teenagers - aged 16 and 17 years old - will deliver a letter to G20 leaders during the G20 Social Summit on 14 November, which includes messages from children around the world. 

Maysa*, 28, holding her son Khalid*, 3, in the camp where the family is displaced in Syria

ABOUT 300,000 CHILDREN HAVE FLED LEBANON TO SYRIA, WHERE AID NEEDS HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER

About 300,000 children have fled from Lebanon to Syria in the past seven weeks to seek safety from the worsening conflict, only to arrive in a country where humanitarian needs have never been higher. We have multimedia content to accompany this press release: www.contenthubsavethechildren.org/Package/2O4C2S11VJ1U

Sofiya* (13) was forced from her home in Kherson when the war started in Ukraine

COLD SNAP HITS UKRAINE AS CHILDREN LIVING IN DAMAGED HOMES FACE HARDEST WINTER SINCE WAR BEGAN

This winter is predicted to be the toughest yet for children and their families since the full-scale war broke out almost three years ago due to a combination of weather conditions, infrastructure damage, power blackouts and a lack of access to essential services such as healthcare.

Mpox Case Isolation Center Uvira, DRC

Cases of new mpox strain more than double among children in DR Congo and Burundi since emergency declared

The new and aggressive strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus  is spreading rapidly among children in the DRC and Burundi, with cases more than doubling since a public health emergency was declared in mid-August.

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COP29: CHILDREN CALL ON WORLD LEADERS TO ACT AS CLIMATE DISASTERS THREATEN THEIR HOMES, EDUCATION, AND LIVES

Children are calling on world leaders meeting at the COP29 Summit in Azerbaijan to include children’s needs in their response to the climate crisis. Photos and link to the full press conference available here.

 

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Half of children in Pakistan out of school for second time this year as air pollution hits new highs

Almost half of all school aged children in Pakistan – almost 26 million – are out of school until at least the middle of November due to hazardous air pollution.

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“Silence is not a solution”: Children demand an end to violence at historic global conference

Children urge governments at first Global Ministerial Conference on ending violence against children to protect their futures