Global news

Save the Children has delivered 51 metric tons of vital aid to Mozambique at the start of an operation to help hundreds of thousands of children and families in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, the aid agency has said.

A cargo plane carrying 8,400 tarpaulins, 3,500 terry cans, 2,500 buckets and 20 tents arrived last night, 19th March, in the capital, Maputo.

Save the Children is delighted to announce the appointment of Anita Bay Bundegaard as Director of its EU Office.

Yemeni children call out for peace

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO of Save the Children, said:

“We welcome this just and compassionate move to protect young children. No child should be exposed to the dangers that children left in the camp are facing.

• An area 50 km wide is completely submerged.
• Families are clinging to roof tops desperate to be rescued.
• Torrential rain continues.
• The town of Buzi could be completely under water in 24 hours.

MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE – Monday 18 March 2019 – Fears are growing for more than 100,000 children and adults whose lives are at risk in cyclone-hit Mozambique as rivers in the worst affected areas burst their banks inundating large swathes of land, Save the Children said today.