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Largest NGO Aid Delivery Since March Reaches Sudan, Courtesy of Save the Children

PORT SUDAN, November 21, 2025 – Save the Children delivered more than 40 tons of essential drugs, medical equipment and therapeutic food to treat children to Port Sudan, this week. The delivery from ...
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Gaza: Children Sleeping in Clothes Sodden with Sewage Water After Heavy Rains Raising Disease Risk

GAZA CITY (Nov. 18, 2025)—Children in Gaza are sleeping on the bare ground with no shelter, in flimsy shorts and t-shirts that are sodden with sewage water after their tents flooded in a weekend of ...
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SOMALIA: Only One in Three People in Need Get Food Support as Drought-Induced Hunger Crisis Worsens

MOGADISHU (Nov. 19, 2025)—Less than a third of people needing food assistance in Somalia received support in October, with worsening conditions prompting the country to declare the first national ...
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Escalation of Hostilities Across the Middle East Puts Millions of Children at Risk

AMMAN (June 16, 2025)—Children across the Middle East are in grave danger of physical harm, severe emotional distress, and displacement following an escalation in hostilities in the region, said Save ...
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Save the Children Deeply Concerned Millions of Kids Could Lose Access to Food Supports Starting Nov. 1, Mobilizing Crisis Response

Global Humanitarian Organization Preparing to Provide Cash Assistance, Food and Child-Focused Supplies to Children and Families Amid Government Shutdown FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Oct. 30, 2025) — With ...
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COVID-19: Children From Poorest Households Had Greatest Financial and Education Loss, Highest Risk of Violence at Home

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Sept. 9, 2020)—The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the education of children from poorer backgrounds and is widening the gap between rich and poor and boys and ...
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Pause in Hostilities a Crucial Relief for Children in Gaza – Now it Must Become a Definitive and Lasting Ceasefire

GAZA, October 9, 2025 – Reports of an impending pause in hostilities in Gaza signals a hopeful reprieve on the horizon for families and children, but must be a turning point to secure a definitive ...
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Bolivia Bans Child Marriage Following Campaign by Children and Civil Society Organizations, Including Save the Children

LA PAZ (Sept. 18, 2025)—Bolivia has become the 14th country in Latin America to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalize the practice.
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Children Starved in Plain Sight as Famine Confirmed in Gaza

LONDON/GENEVA, August 22, 2025 – At least 132,000 children aged under five in Gaza are at risk of death from acute malnutrition as new data confirms famine in Gaza City and the surrounding area and ...
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On Average, One Child Returns to Afghanistan Every 30 Seconds Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis – Save the Children

KABUL, (August 11, 2025) – On average, the equivalent of one child every 30 seconds has returned to Afghanistan from Iran or Pakistan so far this year, many with nothing but the clothes they're ...
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SUDAN: Children Reveal Harrowing Violence in Latest North Darfur Mass Displacement

TAWILA, Sudan, (July 10, 2025) – Hundreds of children have recounted harrowing stories of terror and loss after their homes in Sudan's North Darfur region were ...
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Afghanistan: Surge in Arrivals from Iran with about 80,000 Children Crossing the Border in June

KABUL, (July 2, 2025) – About 80,000 Afghan children crossed into Afghanistan from Iran in June, as total arrivals more than doubled compared to May, pushing an already overstretched system to the ...