Staff Account from the Venezuela Earthquake: “Children are asking for their parents but their parents are not there”
A Save the Children staff member shares her experience of surviving the Venezuela earthquake.
A Save the Children staff member shares her experience of surviving the Venezuela earthquake.

After visiting Sudan, Save the Children’s CEO shares what she witnessed—and why the world must act now to address the largest humanitarian crisis today.

Access to safe play areas for children amid humanitarian emergencies must be protected, especially now that a record number of children are being forced from their homes by conflict or violence.

Israeli authorities announced earlier today that they are closing border crossings into the Gaza Strip, including Kerem Shalam and Rafah, until further notice.

As the world prepares to watch the 2026 World Cup, soccer is helping children to stay safe and recover from trauma on makeshift pitches, across refugee camps, and in communities impacted by conflict across the globe.

Save the Children responds to reports that a major attack on Ukraine last night has killed at least 18 people including two boys with children also among the dozens of people injured.
Prices for food, fuel and water in Somalia soared in March, with conflict in the Middle East compounding a humanitarian emergency in the already fragile country where one in three people are going hungry.


Save the Children President and CEO Janti Soeripto visits suburbs destroyed by conflict on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria.
Save the Children President & CEO Janti Soeripto shares firsthand reflections from Syria.

Children in Gaza urgently need shelter, food, medical care, mental health support and education. Learn how Save the Children is helping — and how you can help, too.
Nearly 90% of Gaza’s population has been displaced. One mother shares her two-year journey through loss, survival, and the fight to protect her child.

Local Response Pooled Fund (LRPF) shares key lessons learned from its journey in developing locally-led funding mechanisms in South Sudan.

Children living in the open in Myanmar after being forced from their homes by the deadly earthquake are at additional risk of heat-related illnesses as temperatures in parts of the country climb to 40°C (104 F).
Save the Children and its partners are providing lifesaving aid in earthquake-affected areas in Myanmar with an immediate need for water, food and health care services for children and their families.

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.

Save the Children US President & Chief Executive Officer Janti Soeripto discusses what she saw during a program visit in to our partner, Project:Camp in Los Angeles.

Actress and Save the Children Ambassador Cobie Smulders is working with the global nonprofit and brand partners to deliver warm blankets, clothing, bedding, toys, and holiday treats this week to children and families still recovering from Hurricane Helene's destruction.


Learn more about Hurricane Milton news, safety tips and Save the Children's emergency response.

With emergency supplies pre-positioned ahead of Hurricane Milton, Save the Children is equipped to help deliver critical, child-focused supplies to Florida kids and families who need them most– including diapers, wipes, hygiene kits and more.
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.

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.


The drone which Save the Children handed over to Himachal Pradesh authorities in northern India for aid delivery.
A drone that can deliver food, water, and medical supplies to hard-to-reach communities during a disaster, was handed over to local government officials this month in Himachal Pradesh, northern India by Save the Children.

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.
In Yemen, children are getting the worst possible start to life due to malnutrition. Learn how your help this holiday can make a difference.
Children in Yemen are vulnerable to starvation. Learn how Save the Children is supporting the internally displaced people and affected communities.

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.

Juan* shares his story about living in violent areas of El Salvador.

Learn how war and conflict impact children around the world. Discover the challenges children face in conflict zones and how Save the Children helps protect them.
Children need the chance to go to school, especially in the midst of crisis. Survey results tells us children rank education as a top priority—and we must listen.

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

A humanitarian worker in Yemen shares her story of resilience. In the midst of Yemen’s five-year war, she is fighting to help her country survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
Save the Children provides assistance through health and educational programs to starving children in Yemen. Donate to children in Yemen today.

Save the Children provides emergency relief and vital programs for girls and boys in Vanuatu. Learn more and find out how you can help.
Save the Children supports children in rural communities across the United States. We invest in early education programs and get children back to the classroom after a disaster strikes.

Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Uganda. Help Ugandan children fight against the food crisis by providing emergency relief today.

Save the Children helps children living in poverty in South Sudan to improve their health and quality of life. Help children in South Sudan today.

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.
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.

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

Save the Children helps girls and boys living in poverty in Haiti. Join us to give children the healthcare and nutrition they need right now.

Get expert tornado safety tips to protect kids and families. Learn how to prepare, what to do during a tornado, and how to recover after one.

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.
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.
World Refugee Day is observed every year on June 20. Learn why World Refugee Day matters, how it began and how you can help refugee children around the world.

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

What is the refugee crisis and why are so many refugees children? Get the facts, global stats, and real ways to help refugee children right now.

Soraya Ali, Save the Children’s Global Media Manager - MENAEE. Soraya was in Gaza at the start of April, documenting the impact of the war on children, capturing the Save the Children response, and speaking to families impacted by the conflict.
Save the Children US President & Chief Executive Officer Janti Soeripto discusses what she saw and the need for a ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access.

This Ramadan in Gaza, where lack of food is forcing families to eat leaves and animal food to survive, there will be no dates to break the fast.
Months of conflict have put the lives of at least one million children in Gaza at risk.

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.

A first-hand account on the one-year anniversary of the Türkiye-Syria earthquake. Learn how children have been impacted and how to help recovery efforts.

Across the Gaza Strip, hundreds of teachers have been killed and about 75% of schools, colleges, and universities have been completely destroyed or damaged.
There will be daily 4-hour humanitarian pauses from fighting in northern Gaza. Here’s why that isn’t enough.

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.

After the earthquakes that struck both Türkiye and Syria on February 6 and killed over 50,000 people, millions of people are trying to piece their lives back together once again.
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.

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.
Sadly, these 5 global trends that are driving the greatest humanitarian needs for children in 2023—conflict, climate, critical funding gaps—are all quite familiar.

A Save the Children teacher in Afghanistan shares what the Taliban's ban on female aid workers means not only for women and girls, but for the whole country.

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

The conflict in Afghanistan is having a disproportionate impact on Afghanistan women and Afghanistan girls. Hear from four women about their struggles in Afghanistan.

For the Afghan refugees who have made it here to the U.S., many are arriving utterly exhausted. Some children are arriving without their siblings. Some even arrive alone.

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.

Children living in Lebanon have lived through a year of economic instability, food insecurity and COVID-19, made worse by the 2020 explosion in Beirut.

Poverty affects children worldwide and its impact is felt on countless levels. Learn about global childhood poverty and other child poverty statistics.
Read the short poems that children around to word wrote about life under lockdown. 5 children share their hopes, fears, and how the pandemic has changed their lives.
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.

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

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.


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.

Save the Children is addressing the root causes of the U.S. border crisis through programs that focus on education and peace-building. Learn about our impact in El Salvador.

Save the Children works in South America to help every child survive and grow up healthy so they can thrive.
Save the Children works in North America to help children impacted by natural disasters, rural poverty and violence.
Save the Children works in Latin America to help children displaced by conflict and natural disasters. Donate to help children in Latin America.

For children who have been affected by the changing seasons, the winter blues may be especially hard to manage. Our experts share tips to help.

Since 1982, Save the Children has worked with Cambodia’s government to address education and child-related issues.

Learn how Save the Children is helping families recover from the Los Angeles wildfires through emergency aid, childcare and mental health support.

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.

Learn what causes malnutrition in children. Critical shortages of lifesaving, ready-to-use therapeutic food threaten the survival of millions of children suffering from acute malnutrition.

Learn about the differences between child refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and immigrants. Get the facts and join Save the Children to help children and families on the move.

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.
Learn why the coronavirus outbreak threatens children living in poverty, who may not be able to practice social distancing or recover from economic loss.

Learn how to help your neighbors in need—and let them know they’re not alone.

Our experts share tips on how to help children make difficult social transitions, like returning to in-person school.

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.

Learn how to donate and help migrant children at the U.S. Southern Border. Migrant children are being detained in short-term Border Patrol facilities.

In Yemen, children are dying from starvation because of a lack of food due to the ongoing war. Children in Yemen suffering from malnutrition need help now.

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.

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.
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.
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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Afghanistan earthquake relief is urgent. Give today to help Save the Children Save the Children support Afghan children's rights, including during periods of conflict and natural disasters.
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.