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Returnees' camp in east Afghanistan

Nearly 50,000 Afghan children pushed out of Pakistan in first two weeks of April

The children form part of a surge of returnees, with 84,000 people crossing into Afghanistan in recent weeks, adding to a total of about 940,000 people – including about 545,000 children – who have now returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan since September 2023.

Destruction in northern Gaza

“LET US DO OUR JOBS” — CEOS OF MAJOR AID GROUPS IN GAZA WARN AID SYSTEM IS COLLAPSING

A new humanitarian access survey of 43 international and Palestinian aid organisations working in Gaza found nearly all of them – 95% – have had to suspend or dramatically cut services since the ceasefire ended one month ago on 18 March, with widespread and indiscriminate bombing making it extremely dangerous to move around.

Save the Children staff during a school assessment in Rural Damascus

OVER 400,000 CHILDREN IN SYRIA AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION FOLLOWING AID CUTS

Data compiled by a group of humanitarian organisations operating in Syria shows that in nearly half of the country’s districts, more than 50% of children under five with severe acute malnutrition are not receiving the treatment they need. Malnutrition cases in Syria have been rising for years, but funding cuts have exacerbated an already dire situation. 

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Families fleeing attacks in Sudan’s Zamzam camp arrive injured, traumatised, with nothing to eat – Save the Children

Thousands of families have arrived injured, traumatised and with no food or water in the town of Tawila after journeys of up to  70km (40 miles) on foot to flee attacks in Sudan’s Zamzam and Al Shouk camps, Save the Children  said.

2 - Fatima's* story of displacement in Sudan

SUDAN: ONE CHILD EVERY 10 SECONDS FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOME SINCE CONFLICT BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO

To mark two years of the conflict, Save the Children commissioned Sudanese illustrator Shiroug Idris – who was herself displaced by the conflict - to highlight the impact of conflict on children’s lives.

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JOINT STATEMENT: INGOs in Sudan condemn the Killing of Civilians and Aid Workers in ZamZam Camp, Abu Shouk and Al Fasher

For nearly a year, people in ZamZam camp, Abu Shouk camp and Al Fasher town have lived under siege—cut off, starved, and terrorised. Over the past four months they have endured relentless attacks, including artillery shelling and ground incursions that have killed, wounded or displaced countless civilians. 

The Mediterranean Sea

At least 4,000 children died on migration routes since 2014 as aid cuts threaten to drive up fatalities – Save the Children analysis

Save the Children said an analysis of International Organization for Migration (IOM) data showed at least 4,044 children died between 2014 and the start of 2025 while on migration routes, many  fleeing conflict, hunger and climate shocks.

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Climate resilient classrooms in Vanuatu to get fundraising boost from adventurers’ 4,000km ski, cycle and sail across New Zealand – Save the Children

Climate resilient classrooms in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu – the first to be built by Save the Children – will get a fundraising boost from an epic 4,000km, 90-day journey across New Zealand by two celebrity adventurers.