Nora Ingdal, Save the Children Lebanon Country Director, reflects on her recent trip to southern Lebanon where she found destruction after months of war. On 16 April 2026, a temporary and conditional ceasefire was announced and later extended, bringing critical relief to children and families in Lebanon. Despite the “so-called” ceasefire, Israeli forces continued to carry out daily airstrikes that have resulted in hundreds of casualties, including children.

Early results from the programme's first school year have been highly encouraging. Of the 800 vulnerable girls supported through FLIP, only one student dropped out of school during the 2025–2026 academic year, highlighting the project's success in helping girls remain in education during a critical stage of their learning journey.Funded by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) through the System Transformation Grant (STG), FLIP is implemented by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), with Save the Children International serving as Grant Agent. The project provides scholarships to 800 vulnerable girls across five provinces and nine districts, alongside summer camps and Girls' Clubs that support literacy, numeracy, health, and wellbeing.

When 16-year-old Lily’s house was flooded in the early hours of the morning, she fled with her family to a nearby school, which was converted into an evacuation centre. Many of the family’s possessions were washed away and the walls of one of their buildings were knocked down. Many crops and seeds were lost from the family farm, making it difficult for the family to find food in the flood’s aftermath.While she was at the evacuation centre, Lily joined Save the Children’s Child Friendly Space and received training in handwashing and water treatment from the Emergency Health Unit. Lily is passionate about teaching her sister and other children in her community how to wash their hands to prevent infectious disease such as cholera.

Save the Children Tanzania is inviting qualified consultants or consulting firms to conduct a Staff Capacity Assessment to support its transition to a locally led, partner-driven operating model. The assessment will evaluate staff competencies, identify capacity gaps, and provide recommendations to strengthen organizational readiness for localization.

The landslide came after at least eight people – including five children – died in flooding and landslides on 6 July in Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee settlement, that is home to more than one million Rohingya refugees, most of them women and children.