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Rohan*, 21 months, explores the baby kit from Save the Children in her family’s room in Northeast Syria

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.

Yuliia* (36) plays with her foster children Tanya* (6), Mira* (7) & Olesia* (10) in Ukraine

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.

Louis*(15), a child formerly associated with an armed group

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

Save the Children staff cooking and distributing 10 000 hot meals to flood affected families in Cox's Bazar

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.

Jamaal* (11 months) attends a Save the Children clinic in Sudan with his mother Nada* (30) to receive treatment for malnutrition (pre- surgery)

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

Rasool* with his son Yama* (13 months), for a check-up during their visit to Dr. Hanif*

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.

School supplies completely soaked and covered in mud due to the floods caused by Hurricane John

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.

Hadla*, 30 along with her children, Firas* and Felek* in a displacement camp in Syria

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