Emergencies

This 9-step guide provides tips on how to keep children safe during a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon.

"Since the start of the rains in June, flooding has added another layer of difficulty to delivering humanitarian aid to people in dire need"

Heavy rains in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria have led to the worst flooding in 30 years, affecting at least 239,000 people

Save the Children press release on floods in Vietnam that have killed at least 27 children

Hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to their education

Thousands of children in eastern Sudan are at risk of cholera following a major outbreak caused by widespread flooding.

More than 150 children killed by floods and heavy rains in #Pakistan since July - over half of all deaths with thousands displaced.

Staff account by a humanitarian worker in Haiti who has been directly affected by the rising violence

As many children across the world head back to school, millions of children are being robbed of their education by conflicts and emergencies.

As children in Vietnam prepare to head back to school, many face safety risks due to damaged infrastructure after floods. Save the Children.

Save the Children staff account from a physician who has dedicated his medical skills to helping children in Gaza.

Massive landslides in India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people. More than 1,580 children displaced. Save the Children.

Extreme weather events forced at least 38,000 people from their homes in Afghanistan in the first six month of this year

Harrowing testimony by a paediatric nurse on her deployment to Gaza to support our medical and humanitarian efforts.

Save the Children press release on hunger and severe acute malnutrition in Sudan

Hundreds of children living in the remote Gofa zone of Southern Ethiopia remain at risk of death and injury from rain-induced disasters

Classes across the Philippines were suspended following a powerful typhoon that swept across the country.

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

Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza and Sudan are at risk of famine. But what does that mean exactly?

The violence has also led to the widespread destruction of property and displacement

Conflict in Sudan is driving hunger to record levels

Devastating new figures reveal Gaza’s child hunger catastrophe

About 35 million children are living in areas exposed to Atlantic hurricanes during what could be the most active hurricane season in recorded history

India’s heatwave shows no sign of abating as the country’s meteorological department warned of extreme heat.

A staff account from a health manager working in Sudan. In this blog he speaks about how the conflict is impacting people in North Darfur.

A volcanic eruption in the Philippines has forced at least 684 schools to close.

As Thai children head back to school following a long summer break, a lack of funding has hindered many displaced children from Myanmar.

While monsoon rains are normal in Sri Lanka, impacts such as flooding are now more frequent and severe due to climate change

Devastating floods and landslides have affected about 600,000 children across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia so far this year.

Children's health is being tested to the extreme as India grapples with one of its worst heatwaves on record.

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

More than half of Pakistan’s school age children – about 26 million - will be locked out of classrooms for a week due to an ongoing heat wave.

Explainer about the situation in Afghanistan since the flash floods that have left over 40,000 children homeless.

Afghanistan floods: ‘There is no life left for us here. You want to put your head in your hands and shout and cry.’

Flash floods in Baghlan in Northern Afghanistan have killed at least 200 people - including children.

A year of conflict has left Sudan’s immunisation safety net frayed. Gavi and Save the Children are helping vaccinators patch it back up.

A protracted drought across large swathes of the Philippines is impacting over 900,000 families

Testimony by Sacha Myers on her visit to the Gaza Strip where she saw the real horrors of this war and its impact on children.

Raging floods in Kenya have killed more than 250 people and displaced over 250,000 people since mid March

On 6 May, Israeli forces ordered thousands of people to flee parts of Rafah. Over a million - 600,000 children - are at risk of forced displacement.

Children are being driven to desperate measures to be able to feed themselves as Haiti grapples with record high hunger levels

The orders follow a night of intense bombardment in Rafah, killing at least 22 people including eight children

Shells hit a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Bangladesh has ordered the closure of all primary and secondary schools for another week following country-wide closures brought about by a heatwave.

Nearly 400,000 children to receive medicines from humanitarian aid flight after rise in preventable illnesses

It will take another 60 years to meet a global target to eliminate of all forms of corporal punishment unless the current rate of progress is sped up.

Words by Soraya Ali, an award-winning humanitarian and journalist on her visit to Gaza where she captures the war's impact on children.

Nearly 600 children a day on average have fled their homes in Port-au-Prince since early March as the capital faces renewed attacks.

About 73,900 households in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta have limited access to fresh water following a weeks-long heatwave. Save the Children.

Around one in six – or 15.6 million – children in Nigeria are facing hunger in the lead up to the lean season, according to a new analysis.

The decision by an Italian court to dismiss a case against charities and their staff members running search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean i

Monica* is a 25-year-old woman, who was born in South Sudan but fled to Sudan in 2013 when war broke out and had to flee back to South Sudan last year

During one year of war in Sudan more than 10 million children have been in an active warzone

A month-by-month account of Bisan's experiences of 6 months of war in Gaza.

Around one in two out-of-school children and adolescents live in countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, Save the Children analysis finds.

Save the Children press release on failed crops in Zambia due to drought

Almost 1 year on since the conflict broke out in Sudan, colleague Stephen provides an account on what fleeing the conflict to South Sudan was like.

Time is running out for action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in Rafah

Extreme heat in the Philippines has forced hundreds of schools to shut as its government warns temperatures could soar further this week.

Malnourished children in Gaza are not getting the food and medical care they need to survive.

Violence in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced over 500 schools to close in the past year.

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah met on Wednesday with the CEO of Save the Children International Inger Ashing

bout 1,000 people a day are fleeing into South Sudan from Sudan after nearly one year of war, arriving in scorching heat and with children in dire nee

About five million people in Haiti, including one in two children, are now facing acute levels of food insecurity.

The more than one million children trapped in Gaza have been granted the hope of a brief respite today.

The decision by Israeli authorities to reject United Nations Relief and UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza will accelerate the risk of famine.

The more than one million children trapped in Gaza will continue to be exposed to bombs, guns and starvation

Cholera kills 54 people in Somalia with cases rising – Save the Children

Escalating violence has led to a five-fold surge in the number of children forced from their homes over the past five years in central Sahel.

About 250 unaccompanied Rohingya children arrived in Indonesia in the last three months of 2023.

A boat carrying Rohingya refugees reportedly capsized off the coast of Kuala Bubon in Indonesia.

Two neighbouring southern Africa nations are battling completely opposite weather disasters this month, with Zambia experiencing its worst drought in

Thirteen years of conflict in Syria have led to fear, loss and mass displacement for children. What does the future look like for Syria?

More than one million children in Haiti – a quarter of the nation’s children – are living in areas controlled or under the influence of armed groups.

Flooding and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have affected about 15,500 children and 40,000 families.

Urgent, life-saving funding is needed to respond to the massive and worsening crisis in Sudan

Women and children fleeing deadly violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reported surviving gruesome sexual attacks.

Joint statement pushing UN member states to resume UNRWA funding

An innovative food preservation project in Vanuatu is helping families prepare for future natural disasters following devastating twin cyclones

Save the Children statement on people killed in Gaza queuing for food aid

Constant bombardments, mines, and drone attacks have left a generation traumatised, displaced and fearful for their lives

A crisis. A horror. A tragedy. All words we’ve heard many times over to describe the situation in Gaza. All woefully insufficient.

Flooding in Demak and Grobogan regencies of Central Java has displaced about 11,500 people, including at least 1,100 children.

Thousands of children in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique are at risk of deadly disease as the 2024 cyclone season threatens to bring more floods.

As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, around 630,000 children have been displaced and returned home to face extreme needs

More than 10 million children were forced to flee their homes last year in 2023's 10 biggest crises, said Save the Children.

Two children have been killed and three others seriously injured in southern Yemen following a landmine explosion on Monday.

About 97,000 families have been forced to flee their homes due to landslides and flooding in the Philippines’ southern region of Mindanao.

South Sudan: At least 75 people killed including three children as violence surges in Abyei

DRC: AT LEAST 78,000 CHILDREN DISPLACED AND FAMILIES RIPPED APART AS FIGHTING ESCALATES

Rohingya refugee children who have been forced to flee Bangladesh and Myanmar are now asking authorities in Indonesia for more freedom to leave.

Imagine it this way...you haven't even been born yet. Your mother is so stressed she goes into premature labour.

They may not always make the news, but these crises impact millions of people, including vulnerable children, around the world

Children in Gaza are not learning. They are just forced to survive one of the most destructive bombing campaigns in history.

Severe climate disasters, violent conflicts, and deepening inequalities and economic shocks are shattering the lives of children

Children’s mental health suffers following deadly Japan quake, as many schools stay shut

Denying children in Gaza access to food will have lifelong consequences for Palestinian children with rising numbers at risk of malnutrition

Press release Save the Children on fire in Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Fourteen people, the majority of them children under 10 years old, were reportedly killed by Israeli airstrikes near Al-Mawasi this morning.

Save the Children International CEO Inger Ashing shares the challenges children faced in 2023 in places such as Sudan and Gaza.

Statement in response to the UN Security Council’s vote to pass a resolution on aid delivery in Gaza

The Government of Israel’s military actions are pushing children and families in Gaza towards famine, Save the Children warned today

Save the Children press release on fighting in Al Jazira state, Sudan

How Save the Children supported a child in Sudan have a surgery and recover amidst the ongoing conflict and collapsed healthcare system.

Press release on babies born in Sudan with no healthcare in next three months from Save the Children

Children in Ukraine who are terrified to step on the ground due to the high prevalence of land mines or explosive remnants of war

Press release on extreme weather in the Andes, Peru, due to climate change and El Nino

Save the Children press release on IPC figures on hunger in Afghanistan

Save the Children press release on how deaths by starvation and disease may top deaths by bombs in Gaza two months into the crisis

Joint aid agencies statement on failure of the UN Security Council to authorise resolution demanding humanitarian ceasefire

STAFF ACCOUNT: “There is tension and fear in the air, that we are waiting, waiting for something worse to happen.

Water shortages linked to climate change exacerbating the risks to children in Gaza conflict – Save the Children

Save the Children’s Country Director of the occupied Palestinian territory shares his experience of visiting Gaza.

Save the Children says failure to extend pause is a death sentence for children as bombardment of Gaza resumes

An eight-year-old boy shot dead in the street is one of the most recent casualties of violence in the occupied West Bank.

A new cholera outbreak in Ethiopia’s Somali region is exacerbating suffering for thousands of children and families recently displaced by floods.

Hospital workers selflessly trying to save lives in challenging circumstances are becoming targets themselves

GAZA: Repeated diplomatic failures continue to cost thousands of children’s lives says Save the Children ahead of UN Security Council meeting

Sudan: About 7,600 children fleeing homes daily in world’s largest child displacement crisis