Save the Children today announced its participation in a worldwide social impact campaign with Mattel, Inc., alongside Amazon MGM Studios tied to the upcoming “Masters of the Universe” movie.
Two children were among at least eight people killed when artillery shells hit an iftar gathering in Hajjah, northern Yemen, with 30 others injured, including one child.
Families are sleeping in cars, in the street, and in damaged schools seeking safety as the number of people displaced in Lebanon rises and seven children are reported killed, Save the Children said.
Children may see and hear things about escalating conflicts in the news, leading to feelings of anxiety and fear. A child protection expert shares tips on how to address their concerns.
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Continued attacks in Ukraine have caused widespread power outages as temperatures dropped to minus 20 in parts of the country this week.
Armed gangs have looted and burnt down a Save the Children office and destroyed a health care center in Walgak in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state where violence is escalating.
More than one in three children are facing severe hunger in Afghanistan this winter - an increase of 18% from a year ago.
Floods and landslides in Indonesia have left children with wide-ranging health challenges and out of school as water levels recede in some parts of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Coastal and river waters are inundating communities across western Washington this week, due to relentless heavy rains. Save the Children is working swiftly to meet the most urgent needs of children and families hardest hit.
The Israeli government's aid restrictions mean that severe winter weather is cutting children in Gaza off from much-needed child protection and psychosocial support services, Save the Children said, as storms began again.
About 2 million people - or nearly one in ten in Sri Lanka - have been impacted in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah, with 114,000 people living in temporary shelters after nearly 74,000 homes were damaged, according to the Sri Lanka Disaster Management Center.
Emergency teams are racing to get food and essential supplies to families hit by devastating flooding and landslides in Indonesia with some villages cut-off, while in Sri Lanka, canoes supplied by Save the Children have been used in rescue efforts.
A series of attacks by armed groups in Nampula, northern Mozambique, have forced over 82,000 people, including 55,000 children, to flee from their homes.
Severe flooding in Southern Thailand has impacted around 400,000 children, including at least three children killed and another child missing, with thousands of others displaced or without power.
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 drought emergency in nearly three years.
Save the Children and its political advocacy arm, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), welcome Congress's clear vote of support for essential nutrition programs through passage of a legislative package that restores funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
Rohingya families are contemplating whether to leave Myanmar and Bangladesh and brave dangerous boat journeys in search of a better life. These risky journeys put them at the mercy of smugglers and traffickers using often unseaworthy boats.
International non-governmental organizations working in Sudan are deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic loss of five volunteers and remain gravely concerned about the three volunteers who are still missing.
After walking for four days to escape the escalating violence in El Fasher, mothers arriving in Tawila in desperate need of aid recounted harrowing journeys.
