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Haiti: Escalating gang violence forces over 21,000 more children from their homes in 2 weeks

Violence in Haiti forces over 21,000 more children from their homes since November 11.

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SUDAN: First humanitarian cargo flight with essential medical supplies for children lands in Blue Nile state after 19 months of conflict

The planeload of medical supplies and medicines including antibiotics such as amoxicillin, which is used to treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia, landed at  Damazine Airport on 25 November. 

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NEWS QUOTE from Lebanon: Save the Children welcomes ceasefire announcement but concerned by continued violence in Lebanon

Save the Children welcomes the ceasefire but said that the violence must stop immediately.

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Northern Gaza: 130,000 children under 10 deprived of food and medicine during 50 days of siege

Children living in North Gaza and Gaza governates have been almost completely cut off from supplies of food, water, and medicine since 6 October 2024 when Israeli forces declared the area to be a closed military zone.

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COP29: NEW FINANCE GOAL FAILS CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS

The new climate finance goal agreed upon at COP29 fails children, their families and communities on the frontline of the climate crisis, Save the Children said as negotiations in Baku draw to a close.  
 

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COP29 draft text: Save the Children "outraged by the extremely low finance figure"

Save the Children is outraged by the extremely low climate finance figure in the new draft text 

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NEWS QUOTE FROM COP29 - “It will be bad for me to go home without any good news for children” – Maxwell, 15 from South Sudan

As COP29 is coming to an end, Save the Children and child campaigners in Baku remind world leaders that children’s rights must be at the centre of negotiations over the climate finance goal. 

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South Sudan: Conflict and flooding fuels food crisis with 30% more children to face malnutrition

This includes more than 650,000 children expected to be facing the most deadly form of malnutrition – severe acute malnutrition -  a rise of 30% from 480,000.

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