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Children Recruited into Armed Groups in DR Congo Describe Abduction, Drugging, and Violence as Call for Greater Action

KINSHASA (Feb. 12, 2026)—Children recruited into armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have backed calls for greater action to bring those responsible to account after describing how ...
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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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Syria: Fighting In Sweida Leaves Families without Food, Water, Medical Care, with Save the Children Ready to Supply Aid

DAMASCUS (July 21, 2025)—Families in Syria’s Sweida Governorate are trapped without medical care, clean water or enough food after fighting closed hospitals, cut off roads and broken water systems, ...
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Help Children in South America

In a region marked by profound inequality, the Coronavirus pandemic has greatly affected millions of children in South America. The region already faces several humanitarian crisis, characterized by ...
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UKRAINE: The demining dog helping kids stay safe in the world's most heavily mined country

KYIV (Feb. 19, 2026) – Chivas the demining dog has a rapt audience when he takes part in mine safety awareness sessions in Ukraine, where one in every 10 landmine casualties is a child. Crossing his ...
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Save the Children Statement on use of its Name

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (August 7, 2020) – Save the Children is an international, humanitarian organization that has been protecting children around the world for more than 100 years. Save the Children has ...
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The Number of Children Living in Deadliest War Zones Rises Nearly 20% to Highest in Over a Decade

New analysis also reveals more than 330 million children at risk of recruitment to armed groups and government forces worldwide—three times more than in 1990. Save the Children's sixth report ...
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Angela Ahrendts is new Chair of the Board for Save the Children International

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (November 17, 2020) – Save the Children International is pleased to announce that Angela Ahrendts DBE has been appointed as the new chair of its Board of Trustees. Angela Ahrendts ...
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Acute Malnutrition Soars in South Sudan with Millions of Children at Risk Following Aid Cuts

JUBA, (Friday, June 13, 2025) – A deadly mix of conflict, climate change, and poverty has pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life-threatening acute malnutrition, with rates ...
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DRC: Over 1.5 Million Children Need Protection as Goma Faces Heavy Fighting, Save the Children

GOMA (January 27, 2025) – Children caught in heavy fighting in the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be protected, with Save the Children concerned for their safety ...
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We Cannot Let Children Die on Our Watch

FAIRIFELD, Conn., February 28, 2025 - Earlier this week, the U.S. government made further cuts to the U.S. foreign assistance budget, announcing that 5,800 of 6,200 USAID awards and 4,100 of 9,100 ...
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Disruption of Education in Lebanon Enters Sixth Year, with Half of Public Schools Used as Shelters

BEIRUT (Oct. 11, 2024)—Half of Lebanon’s public schools have been turned into shelters for forcibly displaced people in the past two weeks, disrupting children’s education for what will now be the ...