Skip to main content

SAVE THE CHILDREN'S NEWS AND MEDIA TEAMS CAN HELP WITH ALL MEDIA ENQUIRIES.

Top stories

31 Oct 2024

global

World more dangerous than ever for children with crimes in conflict at highest level in 2023

  • Save the Children report reveals the number of grave violations committed against children in conflict reached highest level ever in 2023, with over 31,000 documented cases

  • An average of 31 children a day killed or maimed

  • Biggest increases in crimes against children recorded in the occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan 

  • 473 million children – or 19% of the world’s child population – lived under the weight of war in 2023

  • The cost of conflict skyrocketed to US $19.1 trillion last year, while investments in peace and conflict prevention remained low –with a $4 trillion gap needed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Read More

30 Oct 2024

Over 2.8 million children under five forced from their home across Sudan

New figures reveal over half of the 11 million displaced – or 5.8 million - are children under 18, and over one quarter – or 2.8 million - are children aged under five. 

Read More

29 Oct 2024

LEBANON: At least two children killed every day in five weeks of war

The humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to rapidly deteriorate; the latest Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed at least 60 people, including two children. Over 100 children – an average of 2 children a day – have been killed since the war started on 23 September, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.

Read More

28 Oct 2024

PHILIPPINES: Education disrupted for more than 90% of school children in wake of Storm Trami

The storm, which prompted widespread evacuations and affected 805,000 families, has disrupted learning for more than 19 million students.

Read More

Latest news

Region
Theme
Rohingya refugees AK*, 17 and Mohammad*, 18, during a history class at their school in south India

Refugee children must have access to education and be protected though concrete commitments at the Global Refugee Forum

Refugee children must have access to education and be protected though concrete commitments at the Global Refugee Forum

default-image

Concerns remain for children affected by floods in Somalia

Concerns remain for children affected by floods in Somalia

default-image

SAVE THE CHILDREN: GOVERNMENT OF MYANMAR HAS FAILED TO PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES AGAINST ROHINGYA CHILDREN

SAVE THE CHILDREN: GOVERNMENT OF MYANMAR HAS FAILED TO PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES AGAINST ROHINGYA CHILDREN

default-image

Save the Children helps relocate lone children from freezing forest camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Save the Children helps relocate lone children from freezing forest camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina

default-image

SAVE THE CHILDREN: TODAY MARKS A CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR ALLEGED CRIMES AGAINST ROHINGYA CHILDREN

SAVE THE CHILDREN: TODAY MARKS A CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE FOR ALLEGED CRIMES AGAINST ROHINGYA CHILDREN

default-image

Stockholm one year on: 33 children killed or injured every month in deadliest Yemeni towns

Stockholm one year on: 33 children killed or injured every month in deadliest Yemeni towns

default-image

Save the Children deploys team of health workers to support Samoa measles response

Save the Children deploys team of health workers to support Samoa measles response

Gathuthie River, in between Rhamu and Mandera County, burst its banks

Thousands of children forced to flee homes as heavy rains hit Kenya

Thousands of children forced to flee homes as heavy rains hit Kenya