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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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 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.

Maya*, 12 holds her baby niece in their family tent, Syria

Time is running out - but frontline NGOs can avert a second catastrophe in earthquake-hit Syria

It’s now been a week since two massive earthquakes over 7.6 in magnitude hit southern Türkiye and Syria. The people of Syria have experienced it all.