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5 Nov 2024

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Online Safety: What Adults Can Learn from Children

Across all cultures and ages, children are suspicious of people they don’t know online, and we see them developing strategies to protect themselves. But it shouldn’t be just their responsibility to stay safe online - they need adults, especially their parents and caregivers, to step up and help. 

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16 Oct 2024

“I want to go back, even if my house is bombed” - Lebanon’s children’s hope to reclaim their dreams

Nadine Malli who works with Save the Children in Lebanon, has 10 years of experience working within the humanitarian sector. Currently, she is part of Save the Children Lebanon’s ongoing emergency response. Here she shares a testimony of her experiences.

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A doctor's story of hunger in Gaza

Nearly all 1.1 million children in Gaza are unable to get enough to eat after a year of Israeli bombardment and near-total siege. Children are dying because of malnutrition, dehydration and disease. Doctor Jamal Imam* is a Palestinian nutrition specialist working for Save the Children in Gaza and shares his experience.

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25 Sep 2024

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Five ways the rights of children have progressed in the past 100 years

Children’s lives have changed for the better in many ways in the 100 years since the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child were endorsed

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Vepaiamele, 15, walking along the shoreline in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Vanuatu Teen Climate Activist to Address Historic Climate Justice Hearings at the International Court of Justice

Vepaia, a young climate activist from Vanuatu, is heading to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to testify, advocating for the inclusion of children’s rights in the climate justice debate, and calling for an advisory opinion that acknowledges states’ obligations to tackle the climate crisis and protect future generations.

Hiba* (beige shirt), 23, and Rama*, 19, taking a selfie together in Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan.

ONLINE SAFETY: TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR TEENAGERS SAFE

We have worked with Save the Children’s experts in online safety to develop tips for parents, teachers, leaders of children’s clubs, social workers and anyone else who may interact with teenagers to help them stay safe online.

Kateryna*, 6 watches videos during math class at home (Kharkiv region, East Ukraine)

Tips for keeping children under 12 safe online

We have worked with Save the Children’s experts in online safety to develop age-specific tips for parents, teachers, leaders of children’s clubs, social workers and anyone else who may interact with children. You can use these tips to help keep children under the age of 6 and children aged 6 to 12 safe online.

Nurse Omar clips a pulse oximeter device onto a patient.

Pulse Oximeter: The powerful device transforming child healthcare

Pulse oximetry has become an indispensable tool for improving the management of childhood illnesses in Niger. Omar, Chief Nurse at Aikawa Integrated Health Centre since 2018, explains how life-changing this tool has been for children. 

Save the Children staff run recreational activities for children at a collective shelter for displaced families in eastern Lebanon

"I've experienced pain and sorrow before. But not like this." Stories from an aid worker in Lebanon

Baraa Shkeir works with Save the Children in Lebanon. Currently, she is part of Save the Children Lebanon’s ongoing emergency response. Here she shares a testimony of her experiences.

Ahmad*, 12, his sister Dina*, 6, and their mother Amani* look at photos on a phone

Guide: How to help children you know stay safe online

The number of children with access to the internet is on the rise. Although it comes with huge benefits it can also leave children at an increased risk of harm. That's why together with experts in online safety we have develop a new series of  tips to help you keep your children safe online. 

Children are playing educational games on tablets at a Digital Learning Centre (Dnipro Region, East Ukraine)

Online Safety: What Adults Can Learn from Children

Across all cultures and ages, children are suspicious of people they don’t know online, and we see them developing strategies to protect themselves. But it shouldn’t be just their responsibility to stay safe online - they need adults, especially their parents and caregivers, to step up and help. 

Cropped CH11013477 for web The road at Joda border point in South Sudan

STAFF ACCOUNT: “I sent my children away from El Fasher to save their lives.”

Save the Children worker Amar Osman* shares his account from the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan as violence continues across the country.