FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Jan. 21, 2022)—At least three children and more than 60 adults are reported to have been killed and at least 100 others injured in a series of airstrikes today in Yemen, Save the Children said, but the true number is feared to be higher. The children were reportedly playing on a nearby football field when missiles struck […]
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Save the Children staff identified among the dead after burnt bodies found in Myanmar
t is with profound sadness that we are confirming today that two members of Save the Children’s staff were among at least 35 people, including women and children, who were killed on Friday 24th December in an attack by the Myanmar military in Kayah State, in the east of the country. The two staff were both […]
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Lebanon: Children Survive on Potato and Rice as their Food Intake Is Cut in Half
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Oct. 26, 2021)—Children in Lebanon are skipping many of their meals as parents struggle to afford basic foods that have almost quadrupled in price in a year. Potato, rice, and lentils are all that is on the table for families who have shared with Save the Children what they ate for seven consecutive days. A Lebanese family of six with children aged between 12 and 16 years said they’d had 11 meals that week, […]
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Race to Find at Least 23 Children Still Missing after Rohingya Camp Blaze
FAIRFIELD, Conn. March 25, 2021—Save the Children is working around the clock to locate at least 23 Rohingya children still reported missing after a huge fire swept through the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh on Monday. The blaze tore through the cramped Cox’s Bazar camp burning thousands of shelters made of highly flammable […]
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Malnutrition Could Kill 153 Children Every Day Over the Next Two Years Because of COVID-19, Warns Save the Children
FAIRFIELD, Conn. Dec. 14, 2020 – The COVID-19 crisis has put the world on the brink of a nutrition crisis, Save the Children warned in a new report today, with pandemic-related malnutrition projected to kill an average of 153 children a day over the next two years if action is not taken. In addition, […]
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Myanmar: Conflict Leads to Six-fold Increase in Killing and Maiming of Children in the First Three Months of This Year
FAIRFIELD, Conn. June 22, 2020—Violence against children during the armed conflict in Myanmar’s central Rakhine state has been on a sharp rise, despite urgent calls from the UN Secretary-General for a global ceasefire to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of children killed or maimed in the violence rose six-fold in the first three […]
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Airstrike in Yemen Kills 13, Including 4 Children: Save the Children Statement
June 15, 2020 – After reports by local media of two airstrikes killing 13 people on Monday, including at least four children, Xavier Joubert, Save the Children’s country director in Yemen, said: “We’re horrified to learn of the deaths of 13 civilians, including four children, today in Yemen. Their car was bombed while they were returning […]
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Yemen: An Additional One Million Children at Risk of Famine as Food and Fuel Prices Soar
FAIRFIELD, CT, Sept. 19, 2018 – An additional one million severely food insecure children in Yemen risk falling into famine as families struggle to afford basic food and transport to health facilities for treatment. This brings the total number of children in Yemen at risk of famine to 5.2 million. Already, more than two-thirds (64.5 […]
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One in Six Children Globally Living in Areas Impacted by Conflict
Feb. 15, 2018 – More children than ever before—at least 357 million globally—are now living in areas affected by conflict, a new report by Save the Children reveals. The War on Children: Time to End Violations Against Children in Armed Conflict shows this number has increased by 75 per cent since the early 1990s, with […]
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Almost No Aid Has Reached Syria’s Besieged Areas Despite ‘Truce’
FAIRFIELD, Conn. January 16, 2017 — Two weeks since the start of the ceasefire agreement in Syria brokered by Russia and Turkey on December 30, the majority of besieged areas have yet to receive any humanitarian aid despite the freezing winter conditions. Medical casualties who urgently need to be evacuated for treatment are being prevented […]