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Play is how children connect with others, how they make sense of their environment, experiences and feelings, how they develop new skills, imagination and confidence, and how they learn. Find out in this blog 5 reasons why you should play more with your children.

This op-ed by Bujar Hoxha, Save the Children Syria Country Director, highlights the urgent humanitarian crisis facing Syria’s children amid political change. With millions affected by hunger, displacement, and aid cuts, he urges prioritizing children’s safety, education, and wellbeing to secure Syria’s future.

In this blog, James Cox, Education Policy and Advocacy Lead at Save the Children International, defends play as a vital right for every child. Amid crises and inequality, play supports mental health, learning, and resilience. In light of International Day of Play, he also calls on global leaders to invest in safe, inclusive play for all children.

In this powerful firsthand account, a father of five and child protection expert exposes how war has shattered childhood in Gaza. Once joyful and free, play has turned into a survival tactic amid rubble and fear. With every playground destroyed and every safe space gone, Gaza’s children are being robbed of their future. This deeply human opinion piece calls for urgent action to protect a generation growing up in the shadows of war.

In this blog, Abdurahman Sharif, Save the Children’s Senior Humanitarian Director, shares a powerful firsthand account from Afghanistan, highlighting the urgent needs of returning families and children. With services at risk from aid cuts, he calls for immediate support and long-term investment to protect lives and secure futures.

The climate crisis poses an urgent threat to children worldwide, jeopardizing their rights, health, and futures. This blog highlights why limiting global warming to 1.5°C is vital, shares powerful stories like Vepaiamele’s, and urges immediate climate action to protect the world’s 2.4 billion children from escalating climate extremes.

Recent aid cuts mean there is a global shortage of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, which is used to treat severe malnutrition, putting at risk the lives of millions of children. Read this blog to learn about the power of peanut paste and how you can help us reach more children with this lifesaving treatment.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that when the earth shook on April 25, 2015, the lives of Nepalis changed forever. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake, which had its epicentre in Gorkha, Nepal - about 110 km northwest of Kathmandu - which claimed more than 9,000 lives and displaced millions. In the decade since, we’ve rebuilt homes and restored infrastructure, but the deeper cracks in our disaster preparedness systems remain alarmingly unaddressed.