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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
Facing the Climate Crisis: Why Urgent Climate Action is Needed to Protect Children’s Rights
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.
The Secret Power of Peanuts: A Life-Saving Treatment for Malnourished Children
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.
Nepal earthquake: ten years on and still dangerously unprepared for the next
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.
Ten Years On, Yemen’s Children Need Us Now More Than Ever
Save the Children Yemen's Mohamed Manna shares his experiences as country director over the last year. He shares stories of the situation for children and their families in Yemen and the impact of recent foreign aid cuts.
Save the Children to send first NGO maternal and baby specialist teams to disasters after WHO verification
Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit, now WHO-verified, delivers lifesaving maternal and newborn care in disasters worldwide. From Gaza to Mozambique, our teams provide urgent medical support, build sustainable healthcare systems, and ensure no mother or baby is left behind.
Why is it key to invest in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health?
Maternal and newborn health is in crisis, but there’s hope. This blog shares real stories, urgent challenges, and key policy solutions to protect mothers and babies. Discover what world leaders must do and how you can help drive change.
Expert spotlight: What Netflix’s Adolescence tells us about children’s online safety
The world as we know it is rapidly evolving. Every half second a child makes their first click online and one in three internet users is now under the age of 18. Read from our expert Rebecca Smith on what Netflix’s Adolescence tells us about children’s online safety, the risks to children online and what we can do about it.
OPINION - Devastating Myanmar Earthquake Underscores the Urgent Need for a Strong Global Aid System
The devastating earthquake in Myanmar is a stark reminder of the importance of timely and effective disaster response efforts in the face of overwhelming human need. Gabriella Waaijman, SCI Chief Operating Officer explains further in this opinion piece.