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NEWS QUOTE: FIVE CHILDREN INJURED IN ATTACK IN UKRAINE'S DONETSK REGION AS CHILDREN BEAR THE BRUNT OF ANOTHER YEAR OF WAR

Save the Children responds to reports that drone and missile attacks in Donetsk region last night have killed 11 people, and injured 30, including five children.

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New Save the Children film urges more investments in girls’ futures as more than 100 million girls out of school globally

LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Group have released a new video to raise awareness about investing more in girls’ futures at a time when more than 100 million girls are out of school globally

Aslam* received cash from save the children.

From Ukraine to Afghanistan: Children with severe disabilities, fleeing domestic violence left to fend for themselves as aid cuts stop cash assistance programmes – Save the Children

A 12-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome in Ukraine who has been left severely emotionally distressed by a lifetime of conflict is at risk of becoming homeless due to foreign aid cuts, Save the Children said, as the child rights organisation shared examples of the impacts on cash assistance work around the world.

Loius*(15), a child formerly associated with an armed group

DRC: MORE THAN 375,000 CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL IN NORTH KIVU AT RISK OF VIOLENCE AND RECRUITMENT

About 375,000 children are missing out on education and vulnerable to violence and recruitment by armed groups in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where about 17% of schools are closed following an escalation in conflict this year, Save the Children said.

Hadla*, 30 along with her children, Firas* and Felek* in a displacement camp in Syria

Syria: More than 180 children killed or injured by explosive remnants of war in three months as thousands return home

An average of two children a day have been killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war since 8 December

Save the Children press release

NEWS QUOTE: GAZA: "CHILDREN ARE OWED SO MUCH MORE THAN ANOTHER DAY OF THIS WAR"

Halting aid and resuming hostilities now is nothing short of a death sentence for Gaza's children, says Save the Children's regional director for the Middle East, North Africa & Eastern Europe.

Juvena (22) and her son Wood (10 months)

One in three displaced children in Haiti is aged 5 or younger

One year since Haiti declared a state of emergency, one in three displaced children is aged 5 or under 

Arif and the rest of the mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) team play with children in the village (10)

Save the Children Warns of Devastating Impact of Aid Cuts on Children Worldwide

Cuts in foreign aid are stopping vital work in dozens of countries when children’s needs have never been greater.