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GAZA: EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS LEFT 15 CHILDREN A DAY WITH POTENTIALLY LIFELONG DISABILITIES IN 2024
The estimated figure comes from Save the Children analysis of a report by the Gaza Protection Cluster – a group of humanitarian organisations including Save the Children - which shows that in the first 11 months of 2024, at least 5,230 children sustained injuries requiring significant rehabilitation support.
ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN DRC FORCES MORE THAN 50,000 CHILDREN FROM THEIR HOMES SO FAR IN 2025
Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced 100,000 people - more than half of whom are children - since the start of this year, with the conflict blocking access for aid teams, said Save the Children.
GAZA: Five school attacks in first school week of 2025 thwart children’s learning and lives
Children and families in Gaza have faced five attacks on schools-turned-shelters by Israeli forces in the first week of the new school year, with at least three children reported killed and scores of children injured, said Save the Children.
MORE THAN 22,500 CHILDREN BRACE FOR A DEVASTATING STORM AS TROPICAL CYCLONE DIKELEDI TO MAKE LANDFALL IN NORTHERN MADAGASCAR
Northern Madagascar is bracing for a deadly Tropical Storm as Save the Children prepares to support families and children impacted
SAVE THE CHILDREN COMMITTED TO PROTECTING MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILDFIRE THREAT
As wildfires continue to burn across Los Angeles County, threatening children’s homes, schools, communities and health, Save the Children is working to meet the most urgent needs of kids and families living in some of the areas hardest hit by the devastating wildfires by ensuring families receive critical supplies.
Children make up nearly half of Rohingya refugees taking perilous boat journeys in 2024 as numbers continue to rise
Children made up just under half - 44% - of predominantly Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat in 2024 as the number of people taking to sea continues to rise.
Haiti: Generation of Children Raised Amid Chaos 15 Years After Devastating Earthquake
15 years after the 2010 earthquake, a generation of children is still bearing the scars—displaced, out of school, and in constant crisis.
GAZA: NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH MORE CHILDREN KILLED BY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES
Israeli airstrikes have killed about 80 people, including an estimated 38 children [1] in Gaza in the first few days of the new year, Save the Children said.
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