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STAFF ACCOUNTS: Siege and Bombardment of Sudan's El Fasher Pushes Children, Adults to the limits of survival

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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

Sudan: Children Under Fire as Parts of Country Record Most Violent Month Since February

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The conflict in Sudan has seen a major increase in intensity in recent weeks, with violence hitting a seven-month high in the country, with children on the frontline, said Save the Children. Violent incidents include airstrikes, artillery shelling, use of explosives and remote violence in multiple regions.
 

Children at Risk and Terrified as Conflict Escalates in Lebanon

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At least 21 children are among an estimated 270 people killed, and more than 1,000 injured in Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, with all schools now closing and children terrified, said Save the Children. 

Donate to Help Children in Laos

Save the Children helps children living in poverty in Laos. Donate today to help meet Laos's children’s urgent nutrition, education and medical needs.

Help Children in Yemen

Save the Children provides assistance through health and educational programs to starving children in Yemen. Donate to children in Yemen today.

Help Children in Vanuatu

A five-year old schoolgirl, wears her new school bag with pride. 3 months after a cyclone devastated her school on the island of Tongoa, her school reopened and she was able to return to Kindergarten. The community rebuilt the structure from scavenged wood and bricks; Save the Children provided tarpaulins, books, toys and games – plus a new school bag, presented to each child on their first day back.

Save the Children provides emergency relief and vital programs for girls and boys in Vanuatu. Learn more and find out how you can help.

Help Children in Libya

Two young children stand outside their tent in a refugee camp near the Tunisian border. The children and their family fled the violence in Libya in haste, leaving behind all their valuables, a furnished house and crops still waiting to be harvested. In order to survive, the family had to flee quickly and left with only yjr clothes on their backs. Photo credit: Paulo Siqueira/Save the Children, March 2011.

Poverty in Libya is a serious issue. Save the Children helps Libyan girls and boys living in poverty. Donate to help children in Libya today.

Help Children in Japan

A Japanese man, holding his 6-year-old son, walks through streets filled with debris after two tsunami waves devastated their town of Onigawa, Japan in 2011. They escaped, but their home was hit by a 10-meter high wave; nothing was left of it. Photo credit: Jensen Walker/Save the Children, March 2011.

Children were the hardest hit in the Japanese Tsunami. Help us respond to future emergencies and disasters by donating to our Children's Emergency Fund.

Help Children in India

A girl of 9 lives with her mother, father and eight siblings in a small shanty in the slums positioned directly next to the railway tracks of New Delhi, India. She regularly attends a Save the Children learning center, and dreams of being a dancer when she grows up. Photo Credit: CJ Clarke/Save the Children 2014.

Save the Children provides children in India with nutrition, healthcare, and education. Join us to help give children a strong start to life.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

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For Mental Health Awareness Month, learn about Save the Children's work to provide mental health care for children and adolescents in distress.

Donate to Help Children in Ukraine

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Donate to help children affected by the war in Ukraine. Donate to Save the Children to provide emergency aid, mental health support, education and protection for families in crisis.

Child Abuse Awareness Month 2025

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Explore Child Abuse Awareness Month 2025 with Save the Children. Join us in protecting children through initiatives and stories. Get involved now!

Why Children Need Protection in a Digital World

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Children are entering the digital environment at a pace like we have never seen before. As a result, organizations like ours are rapidly evolving our approaches to make better use of digital technologies and get children online.

A Place in Her Heart

Marina and her teacher stand next to each other wearing school uniforms and smile.

A young girl deals with the death of a family member through Save the Children's Healing through Education and the Arts program. Read her story.

Child Hunger in America

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Learn more about child hunger in America, where nearly 1 in 8 children are food insecure. Save the Children is making a difference and you can join us.

Help Children in South America

A two-year old girl puts a thumb in her mouth while sitting on her mother’s lap outside on the street.

Save the Children works in South America to help every child survive and grow up healthy so they can thrive.

Help Children in North America

Save the Children works in North America to help children impacted by natural disasters, rural poverty and violence.

Help Children in Latin America

Girls pose for a photograph at a school supported by Save the Children sponsorship programs. Save the Children is working hard in Bolivia to help kids stay healthy and stay in school through sponsorship programs at local elementary schools and early education centers. Photo Credit: Susan Warner/Save the Children 2015.

Save the Children works in Latin America to help children displaced by conflict and natural disasters. Donate to help children in Latin America.

Child Poverty in Rural America

In a classroom in rural America, a 6-year-old boy assembles letter blocks to spell out one of his sight words 'the' during a classroom activity in an Kentucky school.

Learn more about child poverty in rural America, where nearly 3 million children in need. Here’s how you can help.

Child Soldiers: Childhood's End

17-year-old Junior*, who spent eight months as a child solider in an armed group in 2018, sits in a canoe nearby his community in Eastern DRC.

Child soldiers, the tragic fate of hundreds of thousands of boys and girls, is a grave child rights violation – and the end of childhood. Learn the facts.

Donate to Help Children in Colombia

Rosa* was born in Colombia and had to flee the conflict. A year ago she came back from Venezuela and now sells things for a living.

Save the Children helps children living in poverty and affected by violence. Donate today to help Colombian children receive the protection, healthcare and education they need.

Help Children in Armenia

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Save the Children helps boys and girls living in poverty in Armenia. Donate today to help Armenian children receive the nutrition and education they need.

Help Children in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Save the Children helps children living in poverty in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Donate today to help children in Bosnia & Herzegovina receive the nutrition and education they need.

Rabia and Mohamed's Story

A young Syrian couple watched as war tore their city apart before their eyes. They left Syria to give their children a fighting chance. Learn more.

Help Children in Jordan

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Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Jordan. Donate to children in Jordan to give them the nutrition and education they need.

Lebanon Crisis: How to Help Children & Refugees

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Learn what’s happening in Lebanon, how children are affected, and how you can help families facing displacement, hunger, and rising costs.Over 1 million children in Lebanon urgently need aid. Donate now to provide food, medical supplies and shelter.

Help Children in Pakistan

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Save the Children has been working in Pakistan for the last 25 years, assisting children and families in the aftermath of emergencies.

Donate to Children and Refugees in Egypt

Close-up portrait of two young children painting in a Save the Children-supported art class in Egypt. Photo credit: Save the Children, 2012.

Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Egypt. Donate today to give children the healthcare, nutrition and education they need.

Help Children in Sierra Leone

Six young girls and boys smile and giggle as they sit closely together at The Children’s Club in Kroo Bay, Sierra Leone. The Children’s Club was formed by Save the Children in 2007 as a means of protecting children and teaching them, and their communities, about children’s rights. The Clubs give children confidence and knowledge of their rights, and empower children to become role models for their own generation and those to come. The Clubs are open to every child. Photo credit: Anne-Sofie Helms/Save the Ch

Save the Children helps children living in poverty in Sierra Leone by providing nutrition and healthcare. Donate to children in Sierra Leone today.

Help Children in Mali

Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Mali to improve their health and overall quality of life. Donate to help children in Mali.

Help Children in Nigeria

When Farida brought her one-year-old daughter to this Save the Children-supported, government-run facility, she thought she would die. Now the little girl in her arms has improved greatly, and is even playing with other children at the clinic. Photo Credit: Lucia Zoro/Save the Children 2011.

Nigerian children are experiencing acute malnutrition. Join Save the Children and help every child in Nigeria to receive the nutrition they need now.

Help Children in Tanzania

Portrait of a young pre-school boy, age three, in Tanzania. This young child grandmother hopes he will one day be able to attend school and break the cycle of poverty in which he’s grown up. Photo Credit: Colin Crowley/Save the Children, December 2010.

Save the Children helps Tanzanian girls and boys in poverty, providing education, healthcare, and disaster relief. Join us and donate to Tanzanian children.

Help Children in Vietnam

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Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Vietnam. Donate today to give children the healthcare, education, and nutrition they need.

Help Rwandan Children

Children at the Kiboga Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) center in Burera, Rwanda listen as a caregiver reads aloud to them from a book that was provided through Save the Children's support. These structured sessions are part of early literacy activities featured in Save the Children's Signature Education Program, which combines teacher training, assessments, community action, innovating classroom designs, and support for the publishing of children's books in order to increase literacy in Rwanda.

Save the Children helps Rwandan girls and boys living in poverty, providing healthcare services and protecting children from harm. Donate to children today.

Donate to Help Children in Zimbabwe

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Save the Children helps children living in poverty in Zimbabwe. Donate today to help meet Zimbabwe’s children’s urgent nutrition, education and medical needs.

Donate to Help Children in Burkina Faso

Portait of Nemata, age four, at her home in Kaya, Burkina Faso. Nemata tells Save the Children about her family’s struggle to feed themselves due to last year’s drought and its effect on their crops. “Sometimes I don’t eat enough,” Nemata whispers. The family sold most of their livestock to feed themselves, but with nothing to harvest, Nemata’s family faces hunger.

Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Burkina Faso. Discover our integrated programs that help children in Burkina Faso. Donate today.

Donate to Help Children in El Salvador

Elementary-school children participating in educational activities in El Salvador. This school receives sponsorship from Save the Children and our generous donors. Photo credit: Tanya Weinberger/Save the Children, May 2013.

Save the Children provides health and educational programs to children in El Salvador. Learn how you can make a difference for a child in El Salvador today.

Help Children in Liberia

A mother smiles as she holds her 3-month old child at a Save the Children-supported clinic in Louisiana, Montserrado county, Liberia. In 2013, Save the Children raised $500,000 to build six new health facilities in some of the poorest and most remote health districts across two counties of Liberia. These health clinics are providing vital, life-saving medical services to the 40,300 people who currently have limited access to any kind of proper healthcare. Photo credit: Magda Rakita/Save the Children, Januar

Save the Children helps children living in poverty in Liberia by providing nutrition and healthcare. Join us and donate to children in Liberia today.

Help Children in Guinea

In Guinea, children, whose schools are currently closed due to Ebola, prepare messaging in their local dialects, for a television broadcast to spread the message about the importance of washing hands regularly with soap. Photo credit: Save the Children, October 2014.

Save the Children’s education, health and aid programs fight hunger and help children in Guinea survive and thrive. Donate to help Guinea’s children now.

Help Children in Guatemala

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Save the Children provides literacy programs, health, and child development classes to Guatemalan children. Help us give children in Guatemala a better start.

Help Children in Honduras

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Save the Children has been in Honduras for more than 30 years helping keep children learning, healthy and safe. Learn more.

Help Children in Kenya

Save the Children helps girls and boys in poverty in Kenya, providing education, healthcare, and disaster relief. Donate today to help children in need.

Help Children in Nicaragua

A young boy, Lesbi and his three friends put their arms around each other and smile for the camera at a Save the Children-sponsored school in the mountains of Nicaragua. Photo credit: Save the Children, June 2014.

Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Nicaragua. Donate to children in Nicaragua to give them the nutrition and education they need.

Help Children in Mexico

Geyvi is a health and nutrition ambassador as part of Save the Children’s “Health and Wellbeing Club” promoting good practices amongst her peers. She also takes part in Save the Children’s activities using theatre and performance to take pride in the Mayan culture and traditions within their community. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, April, 2016.

Help Save the Children provide vital nutrition and education to Mexico's children. Sponsor a child in Mexico or donate today to help Mexican children.

Help Children in Fiji

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Save the Children is proud to be Fiji’s leading child rights organization, working to ensure that vulnerable and marginalized children get what they deserve. 

Help Children in Indonesia

A group of seven young children are gathered in a space littered with branches, blankets and trash. When their homes were destroyed in the 2018 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami, theylived in a temporary shelter and survived on supplies provided by Save the Children and other aid organizations. Photo credit: Ardiles Rante / Save the Children, Oct 2018.

Join Save the Children in Indonesia to give children living in poverty the healthcare, education, and nutrition they need. Donate to give them a better start.

Donate to Help Children in China

A schoolgirl in Shanghai, eats with her chopsticks during “Mr. Broccoli,” a Save the Children program done in partnership with IKEA. Photo credit: Save the Children, October 2011.

Save the Children provides children in China with nutrition, healthcare, and education. Donate today to give children a strong start to life.

Help Children in Bhutan

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Since 1982, Save the Children has worked with Bhutan’s government to address education and child-related issues. Sponsor a child in Bhutan today.

Home Fire Tips

Children attend a special Prep Rally at Butterfield Trail Elementary School organized by the Washington County Community Resilience Coalition. Photo Credit Bob Coleman/Save the Children 2017.

Save the Children is dedicated to keeping children safe – in the U.S. and around the world. Fires are a leading cause of child death; prevention is key.

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