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Guide: How to help children in a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon
This 9-step guide provides tips on how to keep children safe during a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon.
Children and families at risk of being cut off from food, medical supplies as rains cut access to Sudan’s Central and West Darfur states
"Since the start of the rains in June, flooding has added another layer of difficulty to delivering humanitarian aid to people in dire need"
Children still trapped in their homes as worst floods in 30 years devastate Northeast Nigeria
Heavy rains in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria have led to the worst flooding in 30 years, affecting at least 239,000 people
Vietnam: Strongest storm in decades destroys homes, schools as 27 children lose their lives in one village
Save the Children press release on floods in Vietnam that have killed at least 27 children
WEST AFRICA FLOODS: Nearly 950,000 people displaced and children sheltering in schools just weeks before school term starts
Hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to their education
Sudan: Major cholera outbreak as heavy rains hit displacement camps and no end to fighting
Thousands of children in eastern Sudan are at risk of cholera following a major outbreak caused by widespread flooding.
Pakistan: Over half of flood-related deaths are children as heavy rains displace thousands
More than 150 children killed by floods and heavy rains in #Pakistan since July - over half of all deaths with thousands displaced.
Staff Account from Haiti: “I’ve never felt more powerless in my own country”
Staff account by a humanitarian worker in Haiti who has been directly affected by the rising violence
Education is a Lifeline in Emergencies
As many children across the world head back to school, millions of children are being robbed of their education by conflicts and emergencies.
VIETNAM: Back-to-school challenges ahead as flood-hit areas struggle to recover
As children in Vietnam prepare to head back to school, many face safety risks due to damaged infrastructure after floods. Save the Children.
STAFF ACCOUNT: The Aid Worker Dilemma - Provide Care and Stay Alive in Gaza
Save the Children staff account from a physician who has dedicated his medical skills to helping children in Gaza.
INDIA: More than 1,580 children displaced in one of India’s deadliest landslides
Massive landslides in India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people. More than 1,580 children displaced. Save the Children.
AFGHANISTAN: Extreme weather forces more people from their homes in first six months of 2024 than all 2023
Extreme weather events forced at least 38,000 people from their homes in Afghanistan in the first six month of this year
Staff account: “The level of human suffering was absolutely mind blowing”: A Paediatric Nurse's account on the Devastating Impact of War on Children in Gaza
Harrowing testimony by a paediatric nurse on her deployment to Gaza to support our medical and humanitarian efforts.
Sudan crisis: Severe acute malnutrition skyrocketing in Save the Children clinics as country now in worst phase of food insecurity
Save the Children press release on hunger and severe acute malnutrition in Sudan
Ethiopia: More than 1,320 children remain at risk following week of deadly landslides
Hundreds of children living in the remote Gofa zone of Southern Ethiopia remain at risk of death and injury from rain-induced disasters
PHILIPPINES: School suspended after powerful storm wreaks havoc with warnings over disease
Classes across the Philippines were suspended following a powerful typhoon that swept across the country.
AFGHANISTAN: At least 1,500 children lose their homes as country battered by latest deadly floods
Floods from heavy rains have killed about 40 people in eastern Afghanistan and about 1,500 children have lost their homes Save the Children said.
South Sudan on the brink of famine as it braces for worst floods in 60 years
South Sudan on the brink of famine as it braces for worst floods in 60 years
Why are children in Gaza and Sudan at risk of famine?
Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza and Sudan are at risk of famine. But what does that mean exactly?
