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.
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, children across the world have lost an average of 74 days of education each due to school closures and a lack of access to remote learning – more than a third of the standard global 190-day school year.
Save the Children carried out a global study to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted children’s health, nutrition, learning, wellbeing, protection, family finances, and poverty - and to identify the needs of children and their families.
Im Jahr 2020 stellten in der Schweiz aufgrund der Covid-19-Pandemie weniger Personen einen Asylantrag als in den Vorjahren. Anlässlich der heute veröffentlichten Asylstatistik warnen wir vor einem Trugschluss und fordern einen Ausbau statt eines Abbaus von Betreuungsstrukturen für geflüchtete Kinder.
A fluctuating number of around 50 migrant children are sleeping rough in Bosnia and Herzegovina without any support and protection, putting their health and wellbeing at risk, warns Save the Children. They are staying outside in the freezing cold or in squats, empty buildings and in private residences without supervision of an adult.
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic hit the poorest children the hardest - a lost generation of children is threatening to grow up. But just 330 Francs per child would be enough to enable the poorest to go back to school - this is what our calculations show.