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8 Dec 2025

YEAR IN REVIEW: 10 TIMES CHILD CAMPAIGNERS MADE A DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR

From safe schools to ending child marriage to cleaning up the oceans, children across the globe used their voices for their rights  

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24 May 2024

Children to tell Inter-American Court of Human Rights how climate change is affecting them in historic hearing

Save the Children press release on children speaking about how climate change is affecting their rights at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

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21 Mar 2024

Intense rains and floods close schools, destroy crops in the Peruvian Amazon

  • More than 8,700 people including 3,700 children from indigenous and rural communities affected 

  • Classrooms and health centers submerged under water, crop losses are exacerbating hunger, and lack of water has led to disease outbreaks. 

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18 Jan 2024

Huggable puppy backpack comforts children on the frontline of the climate crisis in Peru as dengue cases surge

Children in Peru at the sharp end of the climate crisis have been given a huggable backpack

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15 Dec 2023

Drought by day, ice by night: Extreme weather in Peru’s Andes killing crops and leaving families hungry

Press release on extreme weather in the Andes, Peru, due to climate change and El Nino

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16 Jun 2023

Peru: 31 children dead, nearly 46,000 sick in major dengue outbreak

save the children statement press release card card on dengue outbreak in latin america

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5 May 2022

Climate change sparks displacement in Peru’s Amazonas, as families could be made homeless three times in six months

Families in Peru’s Amazonas region are at risk of being displaced for a third time in six months as climate change intensifies the impact of disasters, leaving children without quality education or security about their future, Save the Children said.

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11 Apr 2022

One in Four Venezuelan Migrant Children in Peru Not in School

One in Four Venezuelan Migrant Children in Peru Not in School

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21 Dec 2021

Puppet family helps children in Peru cope with emotional toll of COVID-19

Puppet family helps children in Peru cope with emotional toll of COVID-19

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