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LATEST NEWS
HAITI: 40,000 children displaced this year as deadly violence restricts aid access for 1 million children
This year more than 78,500 people, including over 40,000 children, have been displaced, more than double the number displaced in the first three months of 2024.
MYANMAR: Heavy rains heighten risk of disease outbreaks following earthquake
Save the Children and its partners are seeing the needs of children firsthand in communities with limited access to clean water in the aftermath of the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake on 28 March.
DRC: Violence in eastern DRC driving a “catastrophic escalation” in children going hungry
The number of children going hungry in war-torn eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surged 50% due to an escalation in violence this year, with 2.3 million more children now going without enough food [1], according to Save the Children.
One week after Myanmar earthquake, children grieve for lost parents while needs, including water and shelter, remain high
“I will never forget the moment I pulled my younger brother into the water, the sight of our fallen village, or my mother’s broken body. These memories will stay with me forever.”
Food cuts and an earthquake bring double the devastation for children in Thai refugee camps
Thant Zin*, a teacher who lives inside the camps, said: “I can’t buy a sack of rice with the total amount my family receives through the food card support system. I have children, and to ensure they have food every day, I may have to give them porridge instead of rice a few days a week.”
ABOUT 130 CHILDREN BORN DAILY IN GAZA AMID TOTAL SIEGE ON AID AND GOODS
About 130 babies will be born in Gaza every day over a month into a healthcare system driven to the verge of collapse, where some may not survive complications at birth.
MYANMAR: Children living in the open face additional risk of heat related illnesses after deadly earthquake
Children living in the open in Myanmar after being forced from their homes by the deadly earthquake are at additional risk of heat related illnesses as temperatures in parts of the country climb to 40°C (104 F), Save the Children said.
Save the Children’s investment in VIEBEG to help more African children access essential medical equipment
Children in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya will benefit from new paediatric medical equipment as a result of a child-lens investment by Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV).
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