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‘ROHINGYA REFUGEES MUST BE GIVEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION’ – SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT

Save the Children is calling for Indonesia and other countries in Asia to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees after a boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya, including women and children, was sighted off the coast of Indonesia. 

Global Media Award Finalists

Save the Children announces finalists of the Global Media Awards 2024

Save the Children is proud to announce the finalists for its inaugural Global Media Awards 2024, representing outlets from around the world whose innovative & impactful reporting has raised awareness about the challenges & achievements of children whose unique rights were first recognised exactly 100 years ago.

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West and Central Africa: About 10 million children forced out of schools by worst flooding in recent years

The unprecedented heavy rains across Nigeria, Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have created a worsening education crisis. 

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Nowhere safe in Gaza as attacks in the north and hospital ablaze in the south put the lives of children and families at risk

Up to 400,000 Palestinians are trapped across northern Gaza, and a deadly fire is spreading through Gaza's Al-Aqsa hospital sheltering thousands  in the so-called “humanitarian zone” following an Israeli airstrike. 

Nafeesa* (24) holds her 3-day-old baby, Yaqub*, at a Save the Children clinic in Al Gezira State, Sudan

SUDAN: OVER 2 MILLION BABIES BORN INTO 18 MONTHS OF DEVASTATING CONFLICT

It is estimated that about 4,000 babies are born on average every day in Sudan, which has entered its 18th month of conflict. 

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Principals of Affected United Nations entities and International Non-Governmental Organizations renew their call for the immediate release of detained personnel

We are extremely concerned about the reported referral to “criminal prosecution” by the Houthi de facto authorities of a significant number of arbitrarily detained colleagues.

Nour*, 15, in the tent where she lives with her family in Maban, South Sudan

A girl marries every 30 seconds in countries ranked fragile and child marriage hotspots – New Report

Save the Children’s latest Global Girlhood Report 2024: Fragile Futures released on International Day of the Girl reveals devastating link between child marriage and fragile states.

Save the Children midwife Deda* (24) with new mother Tima* (26) and baby Lana* (1 day)

GAZA: AT LEAST 3,100 CHILDREN AGED UNDER FIVE KILLED WITH OTHERS AT RISK AS FAMINE LOOMS

The occupied Palestinian territory is now ranked as the deadliest place in the world for children: about 30% of the 11,300 identified children killed in Gaza were younger than five and Gaza currently has the highest rates of child malnutrition globally.