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Save the Children International

January 5, 2021

Children in Afghanistan 'face illness, even death', in freezing conditions

Plastic sheeting may be all that separates children from temperatures which can drop to minus 27 degrees Celsius, says Save the Children.
December 2, 2020

At least 4 children killed in artillery shelling in Hodeida, Yemen

International powers fuelling this crisis must do anything possible in order to ensure that children and their families are protected, says Save the Children.
August 4, 2020

Charity says denial of healthcare outside Gaza is a death sentence for children

Neither chemotherapy nor radiology treatments are available due to Israeli restrictions on medication entering Gaza.
June 10, 2020

Camel library takes remote learning to Ethiopia's villages

Camels can carry up to 200 books at a time in wooden boxes strapped to their backs. The project currently reaches over 22,000 children in 33 villages.
January 24, 2020

Plague of locusts ravages three East African countries

The worst plague of desert locusts in a generation is ravaging crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa with Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia battling to contain the escalating crisis.
January 6, 2020

Child friendly spaces set up to help Australian communities hit by bushfires

Child Friendly Spaces are located within evacuation and recovery centres for children affected by natural disasters.
December 21, 2019

Governments urged to reduce support for orphanages and help families instead

It is estimated that around 80 per cent of children in orphanages live there because families are too poor to provide for them.
August 13, 2019

Call for Lebanese authorities to stop the demolition of refugees’ homes

Personnel from the Lebanese Armed Forces have partially demolished over 350 refugees’ homes in four tented settlement in Akkar, in northern Lebanon, using sledgehammers.
August 11, 2019

Colombia gives citizenship to thousands of Venezuelan children

Save the Children has welcomed the decision by the Colombian government to end the statelessness of some 24,000 children of Venezuelan parents, by granting them citizenship.
July 15, 2019

Afghan peace conference shows promise, says Save the Children

Save the Children has welcomed the progress made by all parties attending the Intra-Afghan Peace Conference in Doha, but says binding commitments to protect children are needed.