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Five ways to keep children safe online during school summer holidays – Save the Children
After a long term at school, many children want to be able to relax, have fun and meet their friends via the computer. At the same time, it is easy for parents to become worried when reading about the dangers that occur in the gaming world.
CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA CHALLENGED TO TURN OFF THEIR SCREENS FOR ONE DAY FOR DIGITAL WELL-BEING
The initiative comes as children increasingly spend a significant portion of their lives online and growing concerns about issues linked to children’s social media use such as depression, anxiety, toxic social comparison and sleep problems as well as concerns about online bullying.
Sudan: Sharp rise in attacks on healthcare after two years of conflict with 1,000 people killed this year
Nearly 1,000 people have been killed so far this year in Sudan while seeking health care or visiting loved ones in hospital
Afghanistan: Surge in arrivals from Iran with about 80,000 children crossing the border in June
About 80,000 Afghan children crossed into Afghanistan from Iran in June, as total arrivals more than doubled compared to May, pushing an already overstretched system to the brink, Save the Children said.
GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire - This is Not a Humanitarian Response
130+ NGOs call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies.
Statement: Global aid can’t run on empty—World Leaders at Seville conference must overhaul failing funding systems
With time running out, world leaders need to ensure that the summit results in the urgent investments required to achieve the 17 United Nations global goals to transform our world for the better by 2030.
“IT’S A DEATH TRAP” - CHILDREN KILLED OR INJURED IN HALF OF FATAL FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS IN GAZA THIS MONTH
Some families in Gaza are so desperate – in some cases due to a lack of a healthy adult – that they are sending children to collect food at distribution points, unavoidably exposing them to the risk of being shot by Israeli forces.
“A painful but necessary experiment” - Meet Alex, the AI avatar that shows how bullying hurts children
To create the “Talk to Alex” campaign, Alex was exposed to more than 5,000 real-life experiences of Romanian children who had been bullied in school