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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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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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INDIA: More than 1,580 Children Displaced in One of India’s Deadliest Landslides

DELHI, (August 7, 2024) - A series of massive landslides in the hills of India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people,[1] including children, in the past week and forced at least ...
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Any Cuts to Federal Education Programs Could Have Lifelong Consequences for Millions of Children – Especially Across Rural America

FAIRIFELD, Conn. (March 20, 2025) – Following today’s executive order calling to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, Betsy Zorio, Save the Children’s Vice President of U.S. Programs, issued ...
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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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Extreme Hunger in Haiti Forcing Children into Armed Gangs—Save the Children

PORT-AU-PRINCE (May 8, 2024)—Hunger is forcing children in Haiti to join violent gang groups, with Save the Children receiving reports of some children killing, kidnapping, and looting for food. The ...
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South Sudan: Save the Children Office and Health Care Center Destroyed and Looted as Violence Escalates in Jonglei State

JUBA (Feb. 5, 2026)—Armed gangs have looted and burnt down a Save the Children office and destroyed a health care center in Walgak in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state where escalating violence in ...
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Statement: Nearly Two Years Since the Rafah Crossing Was Closed Families Await Developments

GAZA (Jan. 26, 2026)—The planned reopening of Rafah crossing after nearly two years renews hope in Gaza, Save the Children said. Nearly two years since the Rafah crossing was closed in May 2024, ...
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Conflict Plunged 63 Million Children into Hunger in 2025

LONDON, October 16, 2025 – Of the around 118 million children plunged into hunger so far in 2025, around 63 million – over half - were forced into this situation by conflict as opposed to drought or ...
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GAZA: Leaders of Major Aid Groups Call on World Leaders to Intervene Following UN Genocide Conclusion

GAZA, September 17, 2025: The leaders of over 20 major aid agencies working in Gaza are calling for urgent intervention after a UN commission concluded, for the first time, that genocide is being ...