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5 Nov 2024

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Online Safety: What Adults Can Learn from Children

Across all cultures and ages, children are suspicious of people they don’t know online, and we see them developing strategies to protect themselves. But it shouldn’t be just their responsibility to stay safe online - they need adults, especially their parents and caregivers, to step up and help. 

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16 Oct 2024

“I want to go back, even if my house is bombed” - Lebanon’s children’s hope to reclaim their dreams

Nadine Malli who works with Save the Children in Lebanon, has 10 years of experience working within the humanitarian sector. Currently, she is part of Save the Children Lebanon’s ongoing emergency response. Here she shares a testimony of her experiences.

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A doctor's story of hunger in Gaza

Nearly all 1.1 million children in Gaza are unable to get enough to eat after a year of Israeli bombardment and near-total siege. Children are dying because of malnutrition, dehydration and disease. Doctor Jamal Imam* is a Palestinian nutrition specialist working for Save the Children in Gaza and shares his experience.

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25 Sep 2024

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Five ways the rights of children have progressed in the past 100 years

Children’s lives have changed for the better in many ways in the 100 years since the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child were endorsed

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Jihad, 28, a Save the Children psychosocial support volunteer, provides Maha*, 10, & Maya*, 16, with support after they were severely injured in a landmine incident

Jihad's Story: Landmine Survivor turned Psychosocial Specialist for Children in Yemen

Jihad is from Taiz in Yemen, is a landmine survivor turned Psychosocial specialist volunteer for Save the Children in Yemen.

 Waqas, 17, his mother Raheema, 40, and sisters Nafeesa, 10, and Saira, 15, in front of their home in a village near Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

The battle of last summer may be over, but the war is still ongoing”: Pakistan Floods Six Months On

Op-ed by doctor talking about the impact of the floods in Pakistan 6 months on.

Nawras,13, holds a book he found in the rubble of his home

One Month On: Children in Türkiye and Syria are still out of school

It has been one month since the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, that claimed over 51,000 lives and left children without education.

samer is carried by aid worker

“Resilience has its limits”: after devastating earthquakes, Syrian children need our help to piece their lives back together

An extract from Rasha Muhrez’s speech at the UN Security Council session on humanitarian needs in Syria on 28 February 2023.

Halyna* comforts her niece Olha*, 10, who recalls living close to the frontline, while Halyna's daughter Polina*, holds her brother (OLEKSANDR KHOMENKO/ Save the Children)

Sheltering under sacks and facing grave danger every day – children in Ukraine deserve a childhood too

Sheltering under sacks and facing grave danger every day – children in Ukraine deserve a childhood too

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‘You think, you could have been there’: Returning home to help amid the rubble

Testimony of Ali as he returned to Turkiye (Turkey) to help after the earthquakes.

Samer*

“Hidden Scars”: Children at risk of toxic stress as more earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria

Blog by Dan Stewart: “Hidden Scars”: Children at risk of toxic stress as more earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria.

Daria, 12, in a session with Maria the Psychologist

The Hidden Impact of the War in Ukraine on Children's Mental Health: A letter from a Psychologist

Appeal letter from Maria*, a psychologist from Ukraine where she talks about working with children who have fled war in Ukraine.