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NEWS QUOTE FROM COP29 - “It will be bad for me to go home without any good news for children” – Maxwell, 15 from South Sudan

As COP29 is coming to an end, Save the Children and child campaigners in Baku remind world leaders that children’s rights must be at the centre of negotiations over the climate finance goal. 

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South Sudan: Conflict and flooding fuels food crisis with 30% more children to face malnutrition

This includes more than 650,000 children expected to be facing the most deadly form of malnutrition – severe acute malnutrition -  a rise of 30% from 480,000.

The Drone used by Shift Team to Map Waste Locations

Youth deploy drones in Malawi markets to map garbage hotspots and wipe out disease

The group of 16 young activists are using the drones to identify, from the sky, parts of the market where waste accumulates or where illegal dumping sites have been established. 

Oliver Newlan, Sasha Hinde, Ruth Evans, and Hayley Clarke won Save the Children’s Global Media Award for best Local/Regional Coverage on Child Rights for BBC Panorama: Undercover School: Cruelty in the Classroom

Save the Children announces winners of first Global Media Awards marking 100 years of child rights

We are delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural Global Media Awards, which celebrate excellence in journalism focused on child rights and the dedicated journalists who bring these important stories to light. 

Tetiana* (2) was born a month after full-scale war broke out in Ukraine

UKRAINE: HALF A MILLION BABIES BORN INTO FEAR AND VIOLENCE IN 1,000 DAYS OF WAR

New analysis, released on World Children’s Day, shows more than half a million babies have been born in Ukraine between February 2022 and August 2024.

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Pakistan: New climate resilient school opens where more than 2 million children still lack adequate classrooms after 2022 floods

A new climate resilient school built to withstand extreme weather has opened in Pakistan’s Sindh province, where just one in five of the nearly 20,000 schools that were destroyed or damaged in catastrophic flooding two years ago have been or are being rebuilt, Save the Children said.

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Australia’s social media ban for under 16s could put children at greater risk

While Australia’s government’s desire to keep children and young people safe online is welcome, Save the Children Australia said the focus should be on mechanisms to hold social media corporations to account and on responses that would address root causes of harm. 

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CALL TO PROTECT CIVILIANS IN UKRAINE AFTER 2 CHILDREN REPORTED KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN WEEKEND OF ATTACKS

It’s been reported that six children were injured when the southern cities of Odessa and Mykolaiv were attacked.  

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29 Jul 2026

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How are children in Gaza being denied lifesaving aid?

Israel’s 17-year blockade on Gaza meant that even before the war, families struggled to access the basics. Since the war broke out in October, while needs have soared, the movement of aid and goods has plummeted further.

28 Jul 2026

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What is happening in Yemen?

Yemen is back in the news following a recent escalation. But after nearly a decade of conflict, what is the situation on the ground for people in Yemen?

9 Jul 2026

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World hunger: the solution

Hunger is not a lost cause. Malnutrition is treatable and preventable. Low-cost interventions can save children’s lives.

Save the Children is working across the globe, supporting children and their families to overcome hunger. Together, we can end hunger for good. 

3 Jul 2026

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Meet the people keeping children safe

Learn about the people that are keeping children safe around the world

2 Jul 2026

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If you were forced to flee your home, what would you save?

If you were forced to flee your home, what would you save?

1 Jul 2026

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World hunger: the problem

Hunger knows no borders, no boundaries and no limits. As the climate crisis deepens, conflict escalates, global inequality widens, and aid is cut, more and more children face the ever-growing threat of hunger. They can’t learn, play, or grow. Their childhoods slip away.

30 Sep 2024

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UKRAINE: One year of war through the eyes of an aid worker

Narrated by Kateryna, an aid worker from Ukraine, and gathered by talented colleagues and brave children.

9 Dec 2025

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Children's education in the occupied Palestinian territory is under attack

Not just schools but the education system as a whole is under attack in the occupied Palestinian territory, endangering the lives and futures of millions of Palestinian children.

1 Sep 2025

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The High Cost of Hunger: A Visual Chronicle of Rohingya refugees' struggle

In the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,  Rohingya refugees languish in limbo, largely forgotten by the outside world.