The world’s newest country, South Sudan, is facing its worst ever hunger crisis as it marks its 10 year anniversary, with 7.2 million people, including millions of children, on the brink of or in famine, Save the Children said today.
At least 51 children, most of them girls, have been abducted by non-state armed groups in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado over the past 12 months.
Under the threat of another eruption, tens of thousands of people have been ordered to leave Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that even more children are at risk of being separated from their families, Save the Children warned.
Concern is mounting for the safety of hundreds of thousands of children as India braces for Cyclone Yaas, expected to hit the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha tomorrow, local time.
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.