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15 Dec 2025
global
Aid After 2025: Why the Private Sector must become core to humanitarian response
As traditional funding collapses and crises escalate, businesses bring more than money; they offer innovation, scale, and new models for sustaining aid. But partnerships must be carefully governed to avoid unintended harm. This article was originally published on TRTWorld.
10 Dec 2025
global
Why children need safer, age-appropriate online spaces and not blanket bans
As policymakers across the world grapple with how to keep children safe online, a growing number are recommending age-based social media 'bans' as a tool to help keep children safe. While laudable in intent, at Save the Children, we are concerned that laws banning children’s access to online spaces – particularly if used in isolation – risk creating unintended harms, and a false sense of safety, as well as curtailing the opportunities that online environments offer to children. There are better alternatives.
22 Oct 2025
What the Ceasefire means for Children in Gaza – and what comes next
The announcement of a pause in hostilities offers a moment of hope for children and families in Gaza. But while it provides a brief respite, it is not enough.
19 Mar 2025
global
Foreign Aid Cuts: The real impact on children and our programmes
Foreign aid funding cuts are putting our lifesaving work under threat globally. Over 40 countries we operate in have been impacted across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Learn more about the real impact of foreign cuts on children and our programmes in this blog.
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Sheltering under sacks and facing grave danger every day – children in Ukraine deserve a childhood too
Sheltering under sacks and facing grave danger every day – children in Ukraine deserve a childhood too
‘You think, you could have been there’: Returning home to help amid the rubble
Testimony of Ali as he returned to Turkiye (Turkey) to help after the earthquakes.
“Hidden Scars”: Children at risk of toxic stress as more earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria
Blog by Dan Stewart: “Hidden Scars”: Children at risk of toxic stress as more earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria.
The Hidden Impact of the War in Ukraine on Children's Mental Health: A letter from a Psychologist
Appeal letter from Maria*, a psychologist from Ukraine where she talks about working with children who have fled war in Ukraine.
Time is running out - but frontline NGOs can avert a second catastrophe in earthquake-hit Syria
It’s now been a week since two massive earthquakes over 7.6 in magnitude hit southern Türkiye and Syria. The people of Syria have experienced it all.
Nine tips for earthquake safety
Save the Children's practical tips for earthquake safety before, during and after an earthquake to help children and their families.
Surviving is Just the Beginning: The Impact of Conflict on Children’s Mental Health
Over 473 million children are living in a conflict zone. Distressing conflict-related events can affect children's psychological and emotional wellbeing.
Who is Left Behind in Research on Child Marriage?
The invisibility of child marriages & its high rate in Latin America & the Caribbean are often attributed to gaps in the prevalence data on child marriage.