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15 Dec 2025
global
Aid After 2025: Why the Private Sector must become core to humanitarian response
As traditional funding collapses and crises escalate, businesses bring more than money; they offer innovation, scale, and new models for sustaining aid. But partnerships must be carefully governed to avoid unintended harm. This article was originally published on TRTWorld.
10 Dec 2025
global
Why children need safer, age-appropriate online spaces and not blanket bans
As policymakers across the world grapple with how to keep children safe online, a growing number are recommending age-based social media 'bans' as a tool to help keep children safe. While laudable in intent, at Save the Children, we are concerned that laws banning children’s access to online spaces – particularly if used in isolation – risk creating unintended harms, and a false sense of safety, as well as curtailing the opportunities that online environments offer to children. There are better alternatives.
22 Oct 2025
What the Ceasefire means for Children in Gaza – and what comes next
The announcement of a pause in hostilities offers a moment of hope for children and families in Gaza. But while it provides a brief respite, it is not enough.
19 Mar 2025
global
Foreign Aid Cuts: The real impact on children and our programmes
Foreign aid funding cuts are putting our lifesaving work under threat globally. Over 40 countries we operate in have been impacted across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Learn more about the real impact of foreign cuts on children and our programmes in this blog.
Latest Blogs
Shedding light on the black box of girls’ agency and social and emotional development in rural Bangladesh
Explore the impact of technology-assisted learning on marginalized populations through the AGREE project in Bangladesh. This blog evaluates how blended learning, combined with life skills and vocational training, enhances girls' foundational skills and agency, revealing small yet significant gains in decision-making and freedom of movement.
Staff Account: On the frontlines of the DRC’s Mpox crisis
The mpox epidemic in the DRC is unfolding in a country already plagued by conflict, hunger and disease. Children are nearly four times more likely to die from mpox than adults, making them particularly vulnerable to this outbreak. Read the blog to learn more about the situation, our response, and how you can help.
What is International Humanitarian Law?
International Humanitarian Law. You've probably heard about it in the news or read about it on social media - but what is it? And what happens if it is broken?
Northern Gaza: siege, strikes and starvation
In northern Gaza, an already starving population has been cut off from food, with no confirmed deliveries since 1st of October. They live in fear of attack and fear that if they try to leave, they still won’t find safety or be allowed to return. Here we outline the devastating and horrific situation for children and their families in northern Gaza right now.
It is time for Governments to Redefine Child Protection and Celebrate their Diverse Workforce
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.
“I want to go back, even if my house is bombed” - Lebanon’s children’s hope to reclaim their dreams
Nadine Malli who works with Save the Children in Lebanon, has 10 years of experience working within the humanitarian sector. Currently, she is part of Save the Children Lebanon’s ongoing emergency response. Here she shares a testimony of her experiences.
Guide: How to help children in a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon
This 9-step guide provides tips on how to keep children safe during a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon.
A doctor's story of hunger in Gaza
Nearly all 1.1 million children in Gaza are unable to get enough to eat after a year of Israeli bombardment and near-total siege. Children are dying because of malnutrition, dehydration and disease. Doctor Jamal Imam* is a Palestinian nutrition specialist working for Save the Children in Gaza and shares his experience.