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One in five children in Lebanon forced from their homes in one month
More than 1.2 million people - a fifth of the population - have been displaced in Lebanon since 2 March due to Israeli airstrikes and forced displacement orders including 350,000 children.
Drought fuels child labour and school absences in northern Afghanistan – Save the Children
About 85% of families from a survey of 535 households reported a significant or moderate decrease in the availability of water in September 2025 compared with 2024 and about half of the children in the impacted provinces do not have daily access to clean water.
South Sudan: Death, distress – and a baby born in a canoe – as Akobo evacuates
One Save the Children staffer who was caught up in the violence has told a harrowing story of suffering and survival, following the repeated evacuations of towns across Akobo County in eastern Jonglei state since the start of the year.
Conflict drives Eid food price surge across Middle East and wider region, leaving families struggling to cope
Food prices have surged in some of the most food-insecure countries in the Middle East and wider region due to the ongoing conflict, threatening to push the most vulnerable families further into hunger as Eid approaches.
Middle East Regional Conflict blocking lifesaving aid for nearly half a million children
The conflict in the Middle East and wider region is obstructing key delivery routes for humanitarian supplies, delaying lifesaving medical shipments for at least 410,000 children in three countries, said Save the Children, warning the global impact will only grow.
TONGA RAISES AGE OF MARRIAGE TO 18 WITH SAVE THE CHILDREN URGING OTHER PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS TO FOLLOW
Across the Pacific child marriage remains a significant challenge, with deep inequalities and slow progress in some nations, despite a commitment by countries under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end child marriage by 2030.
NEWS QUOTE: AFGHANISTAN - “CIVILIANS SEEKING CARE SHOULD NEVER BE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE."
At least 400 people have been killed and 250 others injured, following an attack at a hospital facility in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, according to the country's defacto authorities.
SUDAN: Over 80,000 children to benefit as Save the Children delivers lifesaving medicines to Tawila after three-week journey
The shipment, transported from Port Sudan, is expected to support over 80,000 children and 57,000 adults in Tawila and is enough to keep 20 health facilities and mobile clinics serving displaced communities running for six months.
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