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"In the last 24 hours the number of people forced to flee Aleppo has surged to over 16,000 people - half of these children"

The deaths of five children killed in Taiz in southwestern Yemen while playing football when unexploded ordnance (UXO) detonated has brought the number of child casualties of UXOs and landmines this year to at least 40.

Nicholas Hoult, actor and longtime supporter of Save the Children, has surprised children at a play project in London as he becomes the charity’s newest celebrity ambassador, just a day after attending a fan event for his latest film, Superman.

About 95,000 mothers supported by Save the Children may have to give birth without a skilled health worker present in the next 12 months putting themselves and their babies at risk, unless life-saving aid programmes continue, said Save the Children.

At least 55,000 children supported by Save the Children in Somalia will lose access to lifesaving nutrition services by June, as aid cuts force Save the Children-supported nutrition centres to close.

Save the Children is deeply saddened by the death of Pope Francis, who tirelessly advocated for children and young people throughout his pontificate.

As ‘A Minecraft Movie’ smashes box office records, children in Bolivia have shown how the video game is not just an entertainment blockbuster but can be used as a community hit – by helping to design better public spaces for children.

More than 1.8 million children will miss out on learning due to aid cuts impacting Save the Children’s education programmes in over 20 countries

– Hundreds of thousands of children are trapped across northern Gaza after Israeli forces cut the area off from the rest of the Strip, with tens of thousands at imminent risk from military ground operations around Beit Lahiya town in North Gaza Governorate, Save the Children said.

At least 130 million children across the countries hardest-hit during the pandemic continue to experience school closures due to the climate crises, five years after their schools closed in response to COVID-19.

One in four children who lost their homes in the Türkiye earthquakes two years ago remain in temporary shelters such as shipping containers while access to necessities and services such as education remain a challenge.

A pause in hostilities in Gaza will protect children from bombs and bullets for as long as it holds but must be the turning point to secure a definitive ceasefire and to rapidly increase humanitarian aid to children facing malnutrition and disease, said Save the Children.

Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced 100,000 people - more than half of whom are children - since the start of this year, with the conflict blocking access for aid teams, said Save the Children.

Children made up just under half - 44% - of predominantly Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat in 2024 as the number of people taking to sea continues to rise.

At least 18.2 million children were born into hunger, or about 35 children a minute, in 2024.

Around 103 million children - one in three - living in conflict or fragile countries around the world were out of school in 2024.

"Children are famine’s first victims and are already facing avoidable and excruciating deaths due to malnutrition and disease," Mary Lupul, Save the Children's Sudan Humanitarian Director.

Families living in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp are resorting to desperate measure like eating one meal a day and some as far as eating animal feed to survive after four months of famine has children facing extreme food shortages with 19 months of fighting taking toll on besieged North Darfur region, Save the Children said.

Save the Children condemns killing of staff member in Israeli air strike in Gaza

Save the Children is alarmed by reports that children have been killed and displaced in the latest escalation of violence in northwestern Syria.

About 235,000 children forced from their homes by bombs, bullets and displacement orders in Gaza are at risk of disease as heavy rains flood tents and turn camps into swamps.

Save the Children welcomes the ceasefire but said that the violence must stop immediately.

As COP29 is coming to an end, Save the Children and child campaigners in Baku remind world leaders that children’s rights must be at the centre of negotiations over the climate finance goal.

About 300,000 children have fled from Lebanon to Syria in the past seven weeks to seek safety from the worsening conflict, only to arrive in a country where humanitarian needs have never been higher. We have multimedia content to accompany this press release: www.contenthubsavethechildren.org/Package/2O4C2S11VJ1U

The new and aggressive strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus is spreading rapidly among children in the DRC and Burundi, with cases more than doubling since a public health emergency was declared in mid-August.

Children are calling on world leaders meeting at the COP29 Summit in Azerbaijan to include children’s needs in their response to the climate crisis. Photos and link to the full press conference available here.

About one in 8 children globally have been significantly impacted by the 10 biggest extreme weather events so far this year, having to flee their homes, becoming reliant on aid or missing out on school, Save the Children said.

New figures reveal 5.4 million children are now at risk of facing acute malnutrition by next April, compared to the 4.4 this past April.

Actor and screenwriter Sacha Baron Cohen has donated US$500,000 to Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for their work in Sudan which is facing the world’s largest displacement crisis and heading towards the worst famine seen in decades.

The first case of cholera was detected in Lebanon, where over 400,000 children have been forcibly displaced by the escalating conflict. Children in Lebanon are now at growing risk of skin diseases, cholera, and other waterborne diseases due to overcrowded, basic conditions in collective shelters and a lack of water and sanitation facilities.