Thousands of children and their families are on the move once again in North West Syria, where renewed violence and fears of a coronavirus outbreak have pushed them to look for safety elsewhere.
June 20 is World Refugee Day. In times of the global Covid 19 pandemic, the plight of millions of children and families is dramatically worsening.
The coronavirus changed Joshua Alborghetti's daily work routine, as he was no longer able to carry out his work as a dialoger with the announcement of the lockdown. As a dialoger he usually talks about our important projects to people on the streets and motivates them to support the most deprived children. But he describes the past few weeks as a very exciting and inspiring time, as he was able to take on numerous alternative tasks within the organization. In the interview he talks about how he experienced this time.
A camel library is giving children out of school in some of Ethiopia’s most remote villages a unique opportunity to continue reading and learning, despite COVID-19 lockdowns.
The Board of Save the Children Switzerland has appointed Adrian Förster as the new CEO of the child rights organisation. Förster will take over the function from September 2020. The previous CEO, Ömer Güven, left Save the Children at the end of May to take up a new professional challenge.
New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million
Millions of people have been evacuated and aid agencies are on high alert as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal closes in on India and Bangladesh.
Officials in Aden have reported at least 385 people have died over the last week with Coronavirus-like symptoms. That’s over 50 deaths a day, a fivefold increase from the 10 deaths a day reported before the 7th May.
Caterina Meier-Pfister is Head Programme Partnerships at Save the Children Switzerland and was on a project visit to India with our partner Preglem/Gedeon Richter. In the interview she talks about the projects she visited and the big contrasts encountered.
Save the Children welcomes important landmark decision in Sudan to criminalise Feminine Genital Mutilation.