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About 300,000 Children Risk Losing Education as Learning Centers in Rohingya Camps Shut Due to Funding Cuts
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (June 5, 2025) – About 300,000 [1] children risk missing out on education after UNICEF, Save the Children and partners were forced to close learning facilities in the Rohingya ...
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Militarization of Aid in Gaza: Save the Children US Response
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 6, 2025)—In response to the new hub system for aid distribution in Gaza, Save the Children President & CEO Janti Soeripto said: "The aid delivery system introduced by the Gaza ...
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Afghanistan: One in Five Children Facing Crisis Levels of Hunger as Funding Cuts Reduce Food Aid
KABUL, (June 5, 2025) - About one in five children in Afghanistan could face crisis levels of hunger before October, with funding cuts reducing the amount of food aid available for families, Save the ...
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Children Among 1,500 People Displaced as Town Submerged in Devastating Floods
ABUJA, (June 5 2025) – Difficulties reaching communities impacted by devastating flooding in Mokwa in north-central Nigeria is hampering relief efforts, said Save the Children, which is preparing to ...
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In Gaza, Nearly Every Single Child is at Risk of Famine
GAZA (May 12, 2025)—The lives of the 1.1 million children in Gaza are urgently threatened by spiraling acute food insecurity as new data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ...
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MYANMAR: More than 40,000 people, including children, living in shelters one month after earthquake – Save the Children
YANGON, 24 April 2025 - More than 40,000 [1] people are living in tents and other makeshift shelters one month after Myanmar's devastating earthquake with ongoing seismic activity making it impossible ...
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AFGHANISTAN: Desperate Mother Agreed to Sell her Unborn Baby as Debt-Ridden Families Are Pushed to Crisis Point
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (March 17, 2022)—An Afghan mother agreed to sell her unborn baby as the country's economic crisis forces jobless, debt-stricken parents to abandon their children, Save the Children ...
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South Sudan: Children with cholera die on three-hour walk for treatment after aid cuts shut local health clinics
JUBA, (April 9, 2025) – At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey to seek medical treatment, after aid cuts forced their local health services to close in the ...
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Sierra Leone Bans Child Marriage Following Campaign Joined by Girls Across the Country and Save the Children
FREETOWN, (June 21, 2024) – Sierra Leone has passed a historic bill to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalize the widespread practice.
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Aid Cuts Disrupt Education for 1.8 Million Children Supported by Save the Children
LONDON/GENEVA, (March 27, 2025) – More than 1.8 million children will miss out on learning due to foreign aid cuts impacting Save the Children's education programmes in over 20 countries, from the ...
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AFGHANISTAN: Lack of Snow Raises Fears of Further Drought as Children and Communities Suffer Impacts of Climate Crisis
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (February 05, 2024) – A warmer-than-average winter and lack of snow are ominous signs of worsening climatic and drought conditions in Afghanistan, which is already suffering its worst ...
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‘Young Children Screamed in Fear’: Save the Children Responds in Myanmar with Lifesaving Aid in Earthquake-Affected Areas
YANGON/BANGKOK, (March 30, 2025) – Save the Children and its partners are providing lifesaving aid in earthquake-affected areas in Myanmar with an immediate need for water, food and health care ...