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In Rwanda, Children still face multifaced challenges despite government and partners’ efforts for protection.

Cryptocurrency donations set to fund innovation hub in Rwanda to aid children

Drones delivering blood have revolutionised medical care for women giving birth at Rwanda’s largest refugee camp

Majority of refugees flowing into Rwanda from DRC volcano are children: Save the Children

Press release from Save the Children on caesarean sections in Rwanda refugee camp

Kumwe Hub made its first catalytic investments in Early Child Development (ECD) centres in 2023 to improve operational and management capacity of the centres for better outcomes. Owners who grasped the opportunity saw their initiatives growing in different dimensions to parents and children expectations.

Progress led by Rwanda, Malawi and Uganda, although under-5 mortality rate remains high across the region.

Clemence, 19, is a Rwandan returnee from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). She is overjoyed to be holding in her arms her two-week-old baby girl, Dalia*, in her homeland after a timely lifesaving intervention by the Save the Children’s health team at the border post between Rwanda and DR Congo.

Children in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya will benefit from new paediatric medical equipment as a result of a child-lens investment by Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV).

Up to 80 children from seven districts and Mahama Refugee Camp in Rwanda gathered to urge climate decision-makers to include their voices in climate policy discussions ahead of COP30. They emphasized their vulnerability to effects of climate change and demanded child-sensitive priorities in national climate plans, especially the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC.3).

Dr Modupe Taiwo shares experiences of child and early forced marriage programming in Sierra Leone at the Women Deliver event in Rwanda.

The thousands of displaced children and their families are now seeking refuge within other parts of DRC as well as across the border in Burundi and Rwanda.

Cervical cancer remains one of the most dangerous and deadly cancers for women globally. However, community awareness, early detection and proper treatment are vital in determining a positive outcome.

Every year advocates globally hold governments, and stakeholders to account on their commitments to UHC and health progress for all children.

Nothing Without Us: Children with Disabilities' have a right to be heard

Keeping literacy alive during COVID-19

Youth Mentors with disabilities lead community mobilisation against misunderstanding, stigma, and isolation of persons with disabilities. Their role in amplifying voices of children and youth with disabilities to local leaders and decision-makers is also vital to obtain support and changes necessary for their social and economic integration.

Timely follow-up and care for children with high risk of malnutrition contribute to preventing related child morbidity. Parents are encouraged to regularly consult health workers as prescribed and report any incident that may affect child's health.

Burundi: Returning children face uphill battle for education and safety

COVID-19 has hampered the ability of children with disabilities getting the quality education they deserve.

More than a quarter of a billion children better off today than 20 years ago

Save the Children’s impact and outputs at the the Women Deliver Conference.

Social and economic difficult situations of families remain one of the main barriers to deny children the opportunity to attend school. Kare’s story highlights how children can still breed their dreams with joint community support.

Save the Children joins more than 90 other organisations calling on the EU to uphold the right to asylum in Europe.

Social workers play a crucial role in child protection, often overlooked by the public. This blog emphasizes the positive impact of social workers who support families and advocate for children's welfare globally and calls for investment in preventative and responsive child protection services to ensure every child thrives ahead of the Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children.

“Listen to us”: What children want from COP28 children's voices

Securing full and stable childhoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

kenya rates poorly in teen pregnancy war

COVID-19 risks in East Africa heighten as severe floods displace nearly half a million people

JOINT STATEMENT: International NGOs working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo condemn repeated deadly attacks on displaced civilians.

Lives through a lens: New photo series by Delphine Diallo

At least four children have also died upon arrival in Burundi due to illness, said Save the Children, with the squalid conditions in the transit camps and lack of medical supplies leaving children extremely vulnerable to disease and death.

Save the Children is proud to announce the finalists for its inaugural Global Media Awards 2024, representing outlets from around the world whose innovative & impactful reporting has raised awareness about the challenges & achievements of children whose unique rights were first recognised exactly 100 years ago.

EAST AFRICA: QUARTER OF A MILLION CHILDREN MAY HAVE DIED OF STARVATION THIS YEAR

Now is the Time for Ubuntu

The Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) programme in Mahama Refugee Camp has achieved near‑zero mother‑to‑child HIV transmission—only one case in eight years—thanks to accessible care and strong community health workers support, though funding cuts threaten these gains.

Over 60 children from 16 African countries are urging their heads of state at the Africa Climate Summit this week to consider their views and experiences in shaping climate policies, with children in most of the continent found to be at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change.

East Africa: Quarter of a million children may have died of starvation this year

SHIFTING POWER TO CHILDREN – OUR CHILD PARTICIPATION EFFORTS IN OUR LOCALISATION AGENDA

Forgotten crisis: Families in Burundi languish as homes disappear under Lake Tanganyika

Around 484,000 children are expected to suffer malnutrition in coming months, a figure that has more than doubled since 2022.

Newborn babies as young as two weeks old are catching the deadly mpox virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s overcrowded hospitals

People facing rising seas, fiercer storms and hotter weather along Sierra Leone’s coast will benefit from a significant new initiative.