STATEMENT: Attack on Dnipro, Ukraine: "Each blow to a school is a blow to childhood"

Over a dozen schools and kindergartens have reportedly been damaged in a deadly attack on Dnipro, with at least two children injured when a train was shelled.
Over a dozen schools and kindergartens have reportedly been damaged in a deadly attack on Dnipro, with at least two children injured when a train was shelled.
Jennifer Garner and Becs Gentry have gone the extra mile for kids – 67 to be exact – in support of Save the Children's efforts to bring life-saving malnutrition treatment to children who urgently need it now.
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 the Children.
A deadly mix of conflict, climate change, and poverty has pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life-threatening acute malnutrition, with rates soaring just months after foreign governments announced the slashing of funds to the world's poorest countries, Save the Children said.
One child every 10 seconds on average has been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began in Sudan two years ago, according to new analysis from Save the Children.
An estimated 21,000 children in Port-au-Prince have been forced from their homes in the past two weeks due to escalating violence while armed groups recruit more children into their ranks.
Save the Children is calling for civilians to be protected after two children were reportedly killed and 11 injured in a strike on a residential building in Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy in one of worst weekends of attacks in recent months.
A new climate-resilient school built to withstand extreme weather has opened in Pakistan's Sindh province.
Aid workers from several organizations caught up in a five-month siege of El Fasher in southwestern Sudan said the lack of services and escalating violence was making life harder by the day, calling for immediate action to protect those at risk. The aid workers describe their experiences of the brutality of the constant bombardment and dwindling access to food, clean water, medicine or healthcare after nearly 18 months of conflict in Sudan
The number of grave violations committed against children in times of war rose 13% in 2022 to the highest level since reporting started in 2005, according to new analysis by Save the Children. Numbers of abuse in 2023 are expected to rise even further.