News & Stories
11 Feb 2026
Southern Africa: Families and children at risk of waterborne diseases as heavy downpours cause worst flooding in decades
Children displaced by some of the worst flooding across southern Africa in decades are facing a growing health crisis, with a lack of running water and destroyed sanitation facilities fuelling a spike in waterborne diseases.
3 Apr 2024
“We go to sleep hungry”: Children surviving on boiled waterlily roots and wild fruits as drought devastates 50% of Zambia’s food crops
Save the Children press release on failed crops in Zambia due to drought
25 Jan 2024
ZAMBIA: All school-aged children out of school as deadly cholera outbreak kills over 500 people
Save the Children press release on cholera in Zambia schools closed
Children in Malawi and Zambia push to change school calendar in response to climate change
Children in Malawi and Zambia push to change school calendar in response to climate change
20 Apr 2022
Zambia: Island school keeps children learning against backdrop of climate crisis
Zambia: Island school keeps children learning against backdrop of climate crisis
7 Apr 2022
Slow onset disaster: How climate change in Zambia is creating hidden misery for millions
Slow onset disaster: How climate change in Zambia is creating hidden misery for millions
16 Jun 2021
Schools must be open, accessible and safe from attacks, say African children
Schools must be open, accessible and safe from attacks, say African children
East and Southern African countries cut under-5 child deaths by 57% since 2000
Progress led by Rwanda, Malawi and Uganda, although under-5 mortality rate remains high across the region.