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SYRIA: Nearly 4,000 displaced families to receive food and blankets following deadly clashes in Latakia
Save the Children is providing aid to 4,000 displaced families in Latakia, including 12,000 blankets and 4,000 ready-to-eat rations, such as canned tuna and meat, biscuits, and energy bars, through local partners, including Syria Relief and Action for Humanity.
ALMOST 5,000 ADDITIONAL FOSTER FAMILIES NEEDED IN UKRAINE AS WAR LEAVES MORE CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTAL CARE
Almost 5,000 trained foster families are needed in Ukraine to help children currently living full-time in institutions move into safer family-based care arrangements, especially as the war leaves more children without parental care and at risk of being admitted into institutions, Save the Children said.
More than 400 children in eastern DRC recruited into conflict in first two months of 2025
More than 400 children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were recruited by armed actors in January and February this year, with some as young as 14 years and some reported picked up from schools and the streets and put at immediate risk of violence, said Save the Children
As ration cuts loom, Rohingya families in the world’s largest refugee settlement say they’ll be forced to send children away on dangerous journeys
With just a few weeks to go until the food ration cuts take effect, desperation inside the camps is growing, several families told Save the Children.
Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp: children’s lives on the brink as medical and food supplies dry up
The warning over essential supplies at North Darfur’s Zamzam camp comes after families and children have endured seven months of living in famine conditions, with crippling food shortages and a lack of basic services
Children facing extreme hunger crisis put at risk by aid cuts as clinics close
Recent cuts in foreign aid have forced Save the Children to suspend lifesaving programmes for malnourished children as a reported 131 million children live in areas experiencing acute food crises globally.
At least 130 million children continue to face class closures five years after COVID-19 shut schools around the world
At least 130 million children across the countries hardest-hit during the pandemic continue to experience school closures due to the climate crises, five years after their schools closed in response to COVID-19.
NEWS QUOTE: Children among over 1,000 people killed in renewed fighting in Syria, 45,000 displaced
Save the Children responds to reports that children are feared to be among over 1,000 people killed in weekend hostilities in Syria
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