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Humanitarian Aid Cuts: How They Impact Children

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Humanitarian aid cuts disrupt access to food, healthcare, and education for vulnerable children worldwide. Continued support is critical to ensuring life-saving programs remain in place. Learn how Save the Children is responding and how you can help.

What to Know About Polio in Gaza

Following the confirmed case of polio in Gaza, aid agencies and medical professionals joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to about 640,000 children.

 

MPOX: Five Ways Children are More at Risk from the Virus

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Children are particularly vulnerable to the new strain of the deadly mpox virus that is spreading globally after being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.

5 Times a Hospital Was the Target of an Attack

In Yemen, a hospital was destroyed by a bombing.

There is an increasing trend of hospitals and schools being attacked during conflict, including a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine as well as hospitals in Gaza, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria.

A Year Later: Yemen School Bus Attack

Ismail, pictured here in September 2018 just one month after his school bus was attacked. In addition to a broken foot, Ismail sustained severe injuries from flying shrapnel. Photo credit: Mohammed Awadh / Save the Children, Sept 2018.

In August 2018, an airstrike by the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition hit a school bus, killing 40 children. Save the Children has helped survivors of the airstrike, including an 8-year old boy.

Keeping Learning Alive in Lebanon

An 11-year old girl smiles while standing in an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Save the Children is helping out-of-school children in Lebanon, including child refugees, continue to learn despite enormous challenges due to coronavirus.

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.

Flood Relief | How to Help & Donate

A woman in a baseball hat and red Save the Children sweatshirt brings aid during a disaster

Learn how to help families affected by floods. See Save the Children’s real-time response, flood safety tips for kids, and ways to donate to support relief efforts.

Famine & Child Hunger Crisis

Explore the heart-wrenching reality of famine and child hunger worldwide. Learn how Save the Children is making a difference and how you can join us.

Ukraine Refugees: How to Help

In Ukraine, a young boy sits against a wall in a dark room where his family has been displaced by conflict.

The situation in Ukraine and the escalation of conflict has triggered an outflow of Ukrainian refugees seeking safety. Learn how to help Ukrainian refugees.

On the Ground in Gaza with Janti Soeripto

Save the Children US President & Chief Executive Officer Janti Soeripto discusses what she saw and the need for a ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access.

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.

Pakistan Floods Six Months On

Pakistan, a family's house that was destroyed in the Pakistan floods, now lives with his wife and five children in a tent provided by Save the Children.

Dr. Muhammad Hanif shares his experience treating patients during the deadly flooding in Pakistan and what life is like for children and families now, 6 months later.

Five Humanitarian Trends Shaping 2023

The number of children needing humanitarian assistance rose to 149 million children in 2022, and this number is only expected to rise. Here are just some of the global trends expected to drive the need for aid in 2023.

Turkey and Syria Earthquake: How to Help

This aerial view of damage caused by the deadly earthquake that struck the Turkey and Syria borders.

Thousands of people have lost their lives and thousands more have been injured in a devasting 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the Turkey (Türkiye) and Syria borders.

Kentucky Floods: How to Help

Jennifer Garner listens to a family in Kentucky whose home was devastated by the recent flooding.

Deadly and destructive flooding across eastern Kentucky is putting children at great risk. Learn about Save the Children's history of responding to flooding in Kentucky and across the United States, and how to help.

Addressing the Climate Crisis

Flooding in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh affects Fahima*, 25 and her daughter Nisha*, 7

Addressing the climate crisis head-on, Save the Children works to protect vulnerable children and their futures. Join us!

Afghanistan Refugees: How to Help

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The Pakistan deportation drive has triggered an outflow of Afghan refugees seeking safety. Now, a deadly earthquake has put thousands more in danger. Learn how to help displaced Afghanistan refugees.

Poverty Around the World

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Poverty affects children worldwide and its impact is felt on countless levels. Learn about global childhood poverty and other child poverty statistics.

Six Stories for Six Years of War in Yemen

Children living in Yemen have endured six years of conflict. Here are their stories of how the conflict has impacted their lives, education and futures.

Unaccompanied Children at the Border

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Children arriving alone at the Burundi border face deadly conditions and heightened risks after fleeing violence in DRC. Learn more.

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.

Hurricane Safety Tips & Relief Response

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Save the Children’s emergency response experts have compiled ways to prepare for a hurricane and stay safe during a hurricane to help protect your children from distress during and after disasters.

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.

Beiruit Blast Survivor

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Nour Wahid, a humanitarian aid worker for Save the Children, shares the terrifying moments that took place as a massive explosion rocked Lebanon's capitol of Beirut.

5 Ways to Make the Most of At-Home Reading

While practicing compassionate social distancing, Save the Children staff provide food to a family in rural Kentucky as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact families across America.

Save the Children experts share tips for making at-home reading fun for young children while they are out of school over the summer, during break or any day of the week. 

Horn of Africa Climate Crisis

Jamilah*, 25 feeding her daughter Leila*, 20 months, treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Kelafo Stabilization Center, Ethiopia.

Learn about the climate crisis in the Horn of Africa and how prolonged droughts across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are leaving children struggling to survive.

Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami Survivor Story

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Read a survivor story of a child who lived through the 2018 Indonesia earthquake and tsunami. Save the Children is helping children impacted by one of Indonesia’s deadliest disasters.

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.

Droughts: Facts, Causes, and How We Can Help

We're helping children around the world living in poverty and malnourishment from droughts. Read about droughts, the causes and effects, climate change and more.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 Help Children and Refugees in Syria

Syria, a young girl in a teal sweater sits in the entrance of her family's tent.

Help Syrian children affected by war, displacement and natural disasters. Learn how Save the Children helps provide vital aid including food, shelter, education and medical care.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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