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A young girl wears a white bandage over her left eye. The thick tape from the bandage covers most of the right side of her face as well. She holds a baby doll in her hands and stands next to her father. The girl was seriously injured in an airstrike when fleeing violence in Hodeidah, Yemen. Photo credit: Mohammed Awadh / Save the Children, July 2018.

YEMEN: THE WORLD'S LARGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

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A 10-year-old girl stands at the gate of her school in Mexico. Children in the young girl’s community feel unsafe especially at night because of the presence of local gangs who carry weapons with them. Save the Children, together with Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), is calling for the immediate repeal of the U.S. government’s Migrant Protection Protocols which are putting children and families at risk. Photo credit: Victoria Zegler / Save the Children, April 2018

U.S BORDER: ASYLUM SEEKERS
AT GREAT RISK OF VIOLENCE

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A 5-year old boy rests his head on his folded arms as he sits at a desk. In the background is a school building, currently being used as a shelter to house displaced families in North East Syria. The escalation of violence in this area has led to the displacement of approximately 210,000 people, with additional indications of people on the move. Photo credit: Save the Children, Oct 2019.

SYRIA: CHILDREN LIVING IN
A CONSTANT STATE OF FEAR

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What you need to know about the Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines

As tens of thousands are ordered to evacuate, some families have no idea when or even if they will be able to return to their homes. This uncertainty can be devastating for children.

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A girl named Riley sits at a school desk while holding a thick hardcover book open as she smiles. Behind her is a bulletin board with bright posters of days of the week and months of the year printed. Photo credit: Michael Nylif/ Save the Children, May 2019.

America’s future belongs to an educated child 

Education is a proven ladder out of poverty – children with access to quality early education are more likely to stay in school and become productive adults. With the help of Save the Children’s afterschool program, 9-year-old Riley is reaching for the stars. 

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An empty dirt road reflects the red blaze of the enormous and unprecedented Australian bush fires. Smoke and flames appear in the distance, while parts of the horizon are actively burning. Save the Children is helping children and families in Australia who have been impacted by the fires. Photo credit: John Crux Photography.

4 Things to Know About Australia’s deadly fires, including how to help

Dangerous and severe bushfires continue to burn across Australia with unprecedented intensity. Every day, more and more vulnerable children and families are displaced as their homes and communities are engulfed by flames and fall to dust.

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A 7-year old girl takes a break from playing on the playground during recess at her Kentucky school. Save the Children works in hundreds of rural America’s poorest communities to help children right from the start, so they can succeed in school and later in life. Photo credit: Victoria Zegler / Save the Children, March 2017.

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Two sisters stand next to one another in Ethiopia and hold baby animals. One sister holds a goat while the other holds a sheep. Livestock provide families with both income and nourishment, so that they can earn living while also staying well fed and healthy. Photo credit: David duChemin / Save the Children, 2009.

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A woman feeds her 18-month old son from a large metal container. The family of five live in a village in the Somali Region where drought has had a devastating impact. Photo credit: Stuart Sia / Save the Children. Jan 2016.f their home in Vietnam. The boy is holding a bowl of rice that was provided to their family by Save the Children. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams / Save the Children, July 2016

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A 5-year-old squats on the floor in a makeshift camp in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, where she and her family are living. The family fled Myanmar when their village was attacked. Photo credit: GMB Akash / Panos Pictures / Save the Children / Save the Children, Oct 2017.

PLAN YOUR LEGACY

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A 10-year-old boy rests with his arm around his little sister’s shoulder. The siblings are seated in a classroom in Myanmar, where they live in a community that struggles with educational resources. Photo credit: Victoria Zegler / Save the Children, April 2018.

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A young boy stands with his hands behind his back. He and some other young children are in a school yard where there are murals painted on the wall. Where they live in Idlib, years of conflict has disrupted their education and daily life. Photo credit: Save the Children.

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