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“WE CANNOT LET CHILDREN DIE ON OUR WATCH” – STATEMENT FROM SAVE THE CHILDREN CEO INGER ASHING ON AID CUTS
All of us at Save the Children are devastated by the moves by a number of governments to cut aid while others are also reducing their commitment to international collaboration. But we will not give up on children.
Sudan: Patients sleep on bare ground outside overcrowded hospitals as cholera outbreak spreads to White Nile state
Between February 20 and 26, Sudan’s Ministry of Health [1], reported over 2243 cases of cholera - or an average of nearly 400 cases a day - in Kosti. At least 70 people are confirmed to have died from the illness during this period.
AFGHANISTAN: At least four children killed as flash floods sweep through villages, with heavy rains ongoing
At least four children are amongst at least 29 people killed in flash floods that have swept through two provinces in Afghanistan in recent days, as the country continues to feel the impact of extreme weather events that have upended lives and livelihoods, Save the Children said.
Edible cutlery, restoring coral reefs and solar powered stoves: Young innovators tackle the climate crisis as progress regresses in Asia Pacific
The Generation Hope Goals competition - co-led by Save the Children and partners - invited teams of children and young people to submit ideas for climate solutions in line with selected Sustainable Development Goals
Unaccompanied and separated children amongst up to 35,000 refugees who have crossed into Burundi in recent weeks
At least four children have also died upon arrival in Burundi due to illness, said Save the Children, with the squalid conditions in the transit camps and lack of medical supplies leaving children extremely vulnerable to disease and death.
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South Sudan: Heatwave forces schools to shut for second year running
Dangerously high temperatures have forced schools across South Sudan to close for the second year in a row, putting learning out of reach for many children and pushing them further into risks like early marriage, child labour and recruitment into armed groups, Save the Children said.
GAZA: OVER 590,000 CHILDREN TO BE REACHED IN THIRD POLIO VACCINE CAMPAIGN
Tens of thousands of children have missed routine immunizations, and many newborns received none at all after 16 months of bombardment by Israeli forces and restrictions on entry of medical supplies brought Gaza’s healthcare system to the brink and saw polio re-emerge for the first time in 25 years.
470 Children Displaced Daily by Colombia's Escalating Violence as Families Fear Forced Recruitment
Since armed conflict abruptly escalated on 16 January in Colombia’s Catatumbo region, non-state armed groups have impacted nearly 85,000 people, including displacing at least 14,600 children.
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