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.
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.
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.
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.
Latest news
BANGLADESH: Two million children affected by unprecedented monsoon rains amid the longest-lasting floods in over twenty years
BANGLADESH: Two million children affected by unprecedented monsoon rains amid the longest-lasting floods in over twenty years
Sudan: Violence cuts off access to health services for 14,000 children
Sudan: Violence cuts off access to health services for 14,000 children
‘Denial of healthcare outside Gaza is a death sentence for children’: Save the Children
‘Denial of healthcare outside Gaza is a death sentence for children’: Save the Children
.jpg-ch117253.jpg/r32p6l4436llvv328ir00ca6nqnk53pp.jpg?g=top&w=392&h=261&format=webp&itok=Cy1kk4SD "CH117253 (1).jpg")
COVID-19 pushed victims of child trafficking and exploitation into further isolation: Save the Children
COVID-19 pushed victims of child trafficking and exploitation into further isolation: Save the Children
More than half a million children in Beirut are struggling to survive
More than half a million children in Beirut are struggling to survive
Record temperatures and COVID-19 are symptoms of planetary fever, warns Save the Children
Record temperatures and COVID-19 are symptoms of planetary fever, warns Save the Children
AFGHANISTAN: Children made up a third of civilian casualties so far this year
AFGHANISTAN: Children made up a third of civilian casualties so far this year
NIGER – 1.2 million children and young people were out of school because of COVID-19
NIGER – 1.2 million children and young people were out of school because of COVID-19
