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Largest NGO Aid Delivery Since March Reaches Sudan, Courtesy of Save the Children

PORT SUDAN, November 21, 2025 – Save the Children delivered more than 40 tons of essential drugs, medical equipment and therapeutic food to treat children to Port Sudan, this week. The delivery from ...
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Gaza: Children Sleeping in Clothes Sodden with Sewage Water After Heavy Rains Raising Disease Risk

GAZA CITY (Nov. 18, 2025)—Children in Gaza are sleeping on the bare ground with no shelter, in flimsy shorts and t-shirts that are sodden with sewage water after their tents flooded in a weekend of ...
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SOMALIA: Only One in Three People in Need Get Food Support as Drought-Induced Hunger Crisis Worsens

MOGADISHU (Nov. 19, 2025)—Less than a third of people needing food assistance in Somalia received support in October, with worsening conditions prompting the country to declare the first national ...
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Risks of Abuse, Death for Rohingya Children on Dangerous Boat Journeys

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 11, 2025)—Twenty-one people, including two teenage girls, [1] have been confirmed dead after a boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar's impoverished Rakhine ...
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Children Flee Homes After Second Major Earthquake in Two Months

KABUL, November 3, 2025 – Another massive earthquake in Afghanistan - the second in two months - forced children to flee their homes in the middle of the night and caused at least 20 deaths and ...
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Save the Children Deeply Concerned Millions of Kids Could Lose Access to Food Supports Starting Nov. 1, Mobilizing Crisis Response

Global Humanitarian Organization Preparing to Provide Cash Assistance, Food and Child-Focused Supplies to Children and Families Amid Government Shutdown FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Oct. 30, 2025) — With ...
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COVID-19: Children From Poorest Households Had Greatest Financial and Education Loss, Highest Risk of Violence at Home

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Sept. 9, 2020)—The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the education of children from poorer backgrounds and is widening the gap between rich and poor and boys and ...
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Number of Rohingya Refugees Leaving Bangladesh by Boat Tripled in First Half of 2025, Including at Least 87 Children

COX'S BAZAR, October 15, 2025 - The number of Rohingya refugees who left Bangladesh by boat in the first six months of the year tripled compared to last year, as conditions for children in ...
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Children flee schools as third earthquake in 10 days strikes the Philippines

MANILA, October 10, 2025 - Hundreds of thousands of children have been forced to flee from their schools and homes in Mindanao province in the southern Philippines after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake - ...
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Bolivia Bans Child Marriage Following Campaign by Children and Civil Society Organizations, Including Save the Children

LA PAZ (Sept. 18, 2025)—Bolivia has become the 14th country in Latin America to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalize the practice.
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Children Starved in Plain Sight as Famine Confirmed in Gaza

LONDON/GENEVA, August 22, 2025 – At least 132,000 children aged under five in Gaza are at risk of death from acute malnutrition as new data confirms famine in Gaza City and the surrounding area and ...
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GAZA: Over 40% of Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women in Save the Children Clinics Malnourished

GAZA (Aug. 4, 2025)—More than four in 10 (43%) pregnant and breastfeeding women seeking treatment at Save the Children's clinics in Gaza in July were malnourished, said Save the Children. Some ...