Save the Children welcomes the news of a ceasefire. Attention must now turn to providing desperately needed assistance to children and their families, said Jason Lee, Country Director in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Fifty schools in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli airstrikes over the past week, Save the Children said today, impacting 41,897 children. Three further schools have reportedly been damaged in Israel by rockets from Gaza.
Save the Children is deeply concerned about the growing number of children who have lost parents to COVID-19 in India. Desperate pleas to adopt orphaned children have circulated on social media, leaving them vulnerable to trafficking and abuse.
The number of children living in poverty and hunger in India could soar by millions because of the on-going record surge in COVID-19 cases, warns Save the Children.
On May 18th and 20th, two online webinars on our program "Safe back to School" with interesting speakers from Save the Children are taking place. Interested parties are invited to learn more about the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the educational situation and learning outcomes of the most deprived children worldwide. We will provide an insight into what Save the Children is doing concretely to ensure that girls and boys at risk can return to school safely.
Children like Baptista from Mozambique are particularly affected by the climate crisis - now and in the future. But he is not alone: more than 700 million children are threatened by climate change. Urgent action is needed to better protect them and their families from floods, droughts or disease outbreaks.
Hardly any other country in the world is more dangerous for children than Yemen. Another air raid killed seven children. Thus, in less than a month, at least seventeen children were killed in various attacks. In addition, there is war, hunger and the Corona pandemic is making the situation even worse.
A devastating fire raged through the Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh a few days ago. The fire in the world's largest refugee camp destroyed more than 10,000 dwellings and left tens of thousands of children in need of aid. We are helping on the ground.
After ten years of war in Syria, children no longer see a future in the country and do not want to return according to a new report by Save the Children.
Since the beginning of March, in the heart of Geneva, there is a park renamed in honour of the founder of Save the Children and her commitment to children's rights. Find out more about where it is and why Geneva and Save the Children have been playing an important role in children's rights for over 100 years.