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31 Oct 2024
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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.
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HORN OF AFRICA: 600K CHILDREN AFFECTED BY DEVASTATING FLOODS AS TORRENTIAL RAINS THREATEN FURTHER HAVOC
Devastating floods and landslides have affected about 600,000 children across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia so far this year.
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Leaders must take action to protect children in India as country swelters through record-breaking heatwave – Save the Children
Children's health is being tested to the extreme as India grapples with one of its worst heatwaves on record.
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Bangladesh: More than 270,000 children homeless after Cyclone Remal batters coastal area
Cyclone Remal tore through south west Bangladesh on 26 May affecting around 3.75 million people
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At least 66 people including children killed in four days of attacks on “safe zones” in Rafah
Attacks on ‘humanitarian areas’ highlight fallacy of the claim that civilians are safe anywhere in Gaza
Save the Children to respond to Enga landslide as Papua New Guinea grapples with devastation
Save the Children press release on response to landslide in Papua New Guinea
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GAZA: New crossing points and ‘floating dock’ are cosmetic changes, as humanitarian access disintegrates in Gaza, warn aid agencies
As Israeli attacks intensify on Rafah, the unpredictable trickle of aid into Gaza has created a mirage of improved access.
Another cut in funding from the International Community will hit children in Syria and region the hardest
A further decrease in funding from the international community for Syria and the region following the eighth annual Brussels Conference will exacerbat
SUDAN: Violent attacks on schools and education surge fourfold in one year of conflict
Aid agencies including Save the Children, who work on education in Sudan, warn that the country is on the brink of the worst education crisis in the world
