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Save the Children staff speaking to the community members in the landslide- affected areas in Darfur, Sudan

Sudan landslide: Villagers dig bare-handed to reach people trapped in landslide as first aid team finds mass devastation

Torrential rains caused a landslide in the village of Tarsin in the Marrah Mountains in the western region of Darfur on Sunday, cutting off road access. 

Pakiza*, 25, checking patients from the earthquake-impacted community in Kunar, Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN: Midwife delivers baby under the trees as country hit by third quake in a week

Pakiza*, 25, a midwife with four years of experience at Save the Children, travelled through blocked roads and rubble to get to the earthquake affected areas, where she was quickly asked by residents asked her to help a pregnant woman who was in active labour.

Save the Children staff in Sudan delivering aid on donkeys to affected areas in Darfur, Sudan

SUDAN: Aid workers on donkeys deliver first emergency supplies to village cut off by landslide

Save the Children aid workers travelling on a herd of donkeys have delivered the first emergency medical supplies, food, water and tarpaulins to a remote village in western Sudan that was cut off by a massive landslide this week

Save the Children Mobile Health Team in Response to Earthquake Damage, Kunar province

AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE: Aftershocks cause terror for children in Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake for nearly 30 years

A rolling wave of aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan is terrifying children who have lost families and homes in the country’s deadliest earthquake in nearly 30 years with the death toll rising to over 2,200.

Save the Children press release

Number of children and women treated after facing sexual violence in DRC surges four-fold this year: Save the Children

There has been a four-fold rise this year in the number of children and women treated for sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as fighting has escalated.

Damaged bridge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

PAKISTAN FLOODS: Almost 1 million people evacuated from Punjab as children miss out on third week of school – Save the Children

Punjab in the country’s east is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, according to government officials, as heavy rains continue in many parts of the country, overwhelming major rivers.

Save the Children press release

AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE: Thousands of children in urgent need after villages cut off as death toll rises

Thousands of children need of food, water and shelter in eastern Afghanistan as teams battle against time to rescue injured people from mountainous and remote villages destroyed by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake. 

Earthquake damage, Nangarhar province

AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE: Rescue teams racing to the site of a devastating earthquake with hundreds dead and thousands of children potentially impacted

Rescue teams are racing to Kunar province in eastern  Afghanistan where a devastating earthquake has killed at least 600 people and injured more than 3,000 including many children