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15 Dec 2025
global
Aid After 2025: Why the Private Sector must become core to humanitarian response
As traditional funding collapses and crises escalate, businesses bring more than money; they offer innovation, scale, and new models for sustaining aid. But partnerships must be carefully governed to avoid unintended harm. This article was originally published on TRTWorld.
10 Dec 2025
global
Why children need safer, age-appropriate online spaces and not blanket bans
As policymakers across the world grapple with how to keep children safe online, a growing number are recommending age-based social media 'bans' as a tool to help keep children safe. While laudable in intent, at Save the Children, we are concerned that laws banning children’s access to online spaces – particularly if used in isolation – risk creating unintended harms, and a false sense of safety, as well as curtailing the opportunities that online environments offer to children. There are better alternatives.
22 Oct 2025
What the Ceasefire means for Children in Gaza – and what comes next
The announcement of a pause in hostilities offers a moment of hope for children and families in Gaza. But while it provides a brief respite, it is not enough.
19 Mar 2025
global
Foreign Aid Cuts: The real impact on children and our programmes
Foreign aid funding cuts are putting our lifesaving work under threat globally. Over 40 countries we operate in have been impacted across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Learn more about the real impact of foreign cuts on children and our programmes in this blog.
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From Blast Injury to Survival: Treating Children in Warzones
Dr Paul Reavley shares a powerful look at the realities children face in modern conflict, highlighting the devastating impact of blast injuries, the urgent need for specialised care, and the gaps in frontline treatment while calling for better protection, training, and global action to safeguard children in warzones.
More than 10,000 children and young people calling for their right to play
This speech was delivered by Myuri Komaragiri, Global Education Specialist at Right To Play, on behalf of the Play Movement1, a group of civil society actors, including Save the Children, working to promote children, adolescents, and young people’s right to play, at the UNICEF International Day of Play High Level Advocacy Event on 11 June 2026.
STAFF ACCOUNT: “As a father, I understand what my daughter is suffering”
In the lead-up to Father’s Day on Sunday 21 June, Mazen, a senior programme manager with Save the Children in Lebanon, reflects on the challenges facing his family while displaced, and what it’s like being a parent in a war.
On the Frontline of Ebola: One Nurse’s Story from DRC
Jules*, 42, is the head nurse of a health centre in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), working at the heart of the Ebola outbreak, managing care while promoting prevention in the community. Chronic shortages of protective equipment and limited funding leave staff exposed and patients without access to treatment, allowing the virus to spread. Jules is deeply affected by the human toll, especially mothers separated from their babies, and fears rising malnutrition and deaths. Despite it all, Jules keeps going, but the fear and pressure are never far from his mind.
Here is Jules' diary, where he shares what a week in the life of an Ebola health nurse in DRC looks like.
What If Families Had More Spaces to Play and Connect?
Aaron Morris leads the LEGO Group’s family-focused social impact work. Here, Morris highlights how thoughtfully designed community spaces can help families reconnect through play, improving children’s wellbeing and strengthening relationships, while calling for broader societal investment to make these opportunities accessible to all.
Three key take aways from the 79th World Health Assembly: from talk to action
Renée de Jong (Senior Advocacy Advisor, Save the Children, Geneva Advocacy Office) and Patricia Kramarz (Senior Advocacy Manager, Save the Children Germany) share their perspective on the most important outcomes of the 79th World Health Assembly.
From Bangladesh to Baku: A Young Activist Calls for Child-Friendly Cities at the World Urban Forum
At just 17, Imtiaz from Bangladesh emerged as a powerful young voice for urban children at the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, Azerbaijan. A child rights advocate and member of the National Children’s Task Force, Imtiaz delivered a powerful message: a safe home is the foundation upon which all other children's rights are built.
When money moves away from children
It has been a brutal year for organisations working with and for children. Funding has collapsed, programmes have been cut back, and children are paying the price. But this is not a world short of money. There are choices being made.