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9 Dec 2024

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Saving Lives Amid Blockades: How Save the Children brought hope to Gaza

Since August 2024, families across Gaza have faced an escalating humanitarian crisis and extreme food shortages. Save the Children International launched an urgent operation to deliver lifesaving food aid to the most vulnerable communities in northern and southern Gaza.

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Vanuatu Teen Climate Activist to Address Historic Climate Justice Hearings at the International Court of Justice

Vepaia, a young climate activist from Vanuatu, is heading to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to testify, advocating for the inclusion of children’s rights in the climate justice debate, and calling for an advisory opinion that acknowledges states’ obligations to tackle the climate crisis and protect future generations.

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25 Nov 2024

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ONLINE SAFETY: TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR TEENAGERS SAFE

We have worked with Save the Children’s experts in online safety to develop tips for parents, teachers, leaders of children’s clubs, social workers and anyone else who may interact with teenagers to help them stay safe online.

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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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 Mamdouh*, 8, standing among the rubble of the neighbourhood where he used to live, and has been destroyed by the earthquake that hit Syria in February 2023

The Impact of the Earthquake on Implementing Education Programmes in Northwest Syria

Amid the chaos and destruction, education is a beacon of hope for thousands of school girls and boys in Syria.

Doctor Aluh Francis helping a mother breastfeed in a stabilisation centre in Nigeria

Transforming Child Nutrition in Nigeria: The Role of Gut Microbiome in Building Stronger, Healthier Communities

With a national prevalence rate of 32%, an estimated 2 million Nigerian children under five currently suffer from severe acute malnutrition.

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Child-Led Recruitment: Empowering Children's Voices in West and Central Africa

Save the Children undertook a remarkable recruitment process for their Regional Director for West and Central Africa, as it included children.

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“TIME IS RUNNING OUT. CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY HERE” – Q&A WITH DILMANI, A YOUNG CLIMATE ACTIVIST IN SRI LANKA

We spoke to Dilmani, a 16-year-old Sri Lankan climate activist. She shares her thoughts and experiences of being affected by climate change.

Ntokozo, 37 and his sons, smiling at the camera at their home in Zimbabwe

Violence is not the solution: How can we promote safe parenting practices?

Safe parenting means looking after your child's physical and emotional well-being.

Olga Shults, Save the Children's programme manager, poses for portrait with *Marta (left) and *Lera (right) holding gift cards at Child Friendly Space in Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Staff Account: “Going outside – every trip could be your last.” The story of Olga Shults, Mariupol survivor turned humanitarian.

Mariupol was one of the deadliest places in Ukraine last year. Save the Children’s Olga Shults was one of an estimated 350,000 residents who escaped.

Zaeem visits healthcare programmes in Colombia

Healthcare Inequalities and the challenges for Children in Colombia

Health director Zaeem reflects on the healthcare inequalities in Colombia after visiting Save the Children's programmes there.

Eda*,10, hangs her drawing with Osman from Save the Children

"After the Quakes": Türkiye Grapples with Rising Distress, Bullying, and Self-harm 100 Days Later

For 100 days, children and caregivers in Türkiye’s southern province of Hatay have been trying to come to terms with what happened.