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At least 215 children on average were forced from their homes each day in Colombia in 2025 - the highest number in at least a decade – due to intensified armed conflict. 

Since armed conflict abruptly escalated on 16 January in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, non-state armed groups have impacted nearly 85,000 people, including displacing at least 14,600 children.

A 12-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome in Ukraine who has been left severely emotionally distressed by a lifetime of conflict is at risk of becoming homeless due to foreign aid cuts, Save the Children said, as the child rights organisation shared examples of the impacts on cash assistance work around the world.

More than 46,000 children and teenagers are missing the start of their school year in Catatumbo region in Colombia, as a major escalation in violence has forced the government to close schools across 10 districts.  

Children from Colombia’s Indigenous Wayuu community have composed a powerful song to draw attention to the drought and water scarcity.

The devastating impact of the climate crisis on children in Colombia’s largest indigenous group, the Wayuu, is illustrated in this powerful series of

Children routinely interact with people they don’t know online and respond with caution when approached.

Press release on participatory photo project by Save the Children in Colombia

Allows for the recruitment of girls and boys over the age of 15 which must be addressed following a truce between the Colombian government and ELN