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22 Oct 2025
What the Ceasefire means for Children in Gaza – and what comes next
The announcement of a pause in hostilities offers a moment of hope for children and families in Gaza. But while it provides a brief respite, it is not enough.
19 Mar 2025
global
Foreign Aid Cuts: The real impact on children and our programmes
Foreign aid funding cuts are putting our lifesaving work under threat globally. Over 40 countries we operate in have been impacted across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Learn more about the real impact of foreign cuts on children and our programmes in this blog.
8 Oct 2025
STAFF ACCOUNT: "I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SURVIVAL HERE AND ENSURING MY LOVED ONES DON'T STARVE THERE": MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DISPLACED EIGHT TIMES IN GAZA
Shurouq, 31, is a Save the Children staff member in Gaza. Since October 2023, she has been displaced eight times after losing her husband in the first weeks of the war. In September 2025, under relentless Israeli bombardment, she left her home in Gaza City with Karmel*, her 3-year-old daughter. In this account, she tells us about the impact of two years of relentless violence and multiple displacements on her and her daughter.
6 Oct 2025
STAFF ACCOUNT: After the Afghanistan earthquake, 'we feel so much pain in our hearts'
Mujib Ur Rehman Hamdard, the head of Save the Children Afghanistan's Kunar Field Office, shares his experience of the Afghanistan earthquake and the initial response one month on from the 6.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated parts of eastern Afghanistan, including Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, on the 1st September 2025.
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STAFF ACCOUNT: FRAGILE HOPE TESTED AS ROHINGYA MARK EIGHT YEARS SINCE SEEKING SAFETY IN BANGLADESH
Shahidul Haque is Save the Children’s Advocacy, Communications and Media Director in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Having worked on the response for six years and living close to the refugee camps himself, he has seen firsthand how worsening conditions—exacerbated this year by recent aid cuts—are affecting a generation of children growing up in the world’s largest refugee camps.
STAFF ACCOUNT - FACING THREATS ON THE FRONTLINES: AN AID WORKERS' FIGHT TO END SUFFERING IN EASTERN DRC
Justin* is a humanitarian worker with Save the Children, focusing on surveillance and health promotion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most dangerous countries for aid workers. Justin works in Goma, a city of about two million people which experienced a major escalation in conflict earlier this year, which further fuelled an already dire humanitarian crisis. For World Humanitarian Day 2025, Justin is sharing his story of fighting for survival and his efforts to end suffering as an aid worker in the DRC.
How does extreme heat impact children?
After a year of record-breaking temperatures, it is important to understand how extreme heat affects children
STAFF ACCOUNT: Afghanistan / Iran border - Families are sitting in the open with no protection from the burning heat and sandstorms
More than half a million Afghans have crossed into Afghanistan from Iran since 1 June. The situation at the border is alarming. Charity Luyaka, Humanitarian Director for Save the Children in Afghanistan explains the horrific situation thousands of families and children are facing right now in this blog.
Staff account from Ukraine: Why I have decided to stay as the frontline moves closer
Lesia* an aid worker running classes for children in the city of Sumy, Ukraine, explains the importance of her work for children's mental health and development, and why she has decided to stay despite the frontline of the war getting closer every day.
Child Account: Speech by Syrian child to the UN Security Council at the CAAC Open debate
Sila, a 17-year-old girl from Syria, addressed the UN Security Council at the CAAC Open debate on 25th June and talked about the consequences of war for the children of Syria. Read her full speech here.
Protecting Children, Securing Europe: Why Gavi Funding Can’t Wait
Vaccination enables children to grow up healthy, go to school, avoid medical debt, and allow communities to thrive. At the global Gavi High-Level Pledging Summit taking place in Brussels on 25 June, the EU and other global health champions must show their commitment to global health and invest in immunization - it is strategic and morally right thing to do.
5 reasons why play is critical for children's development and learning
Play is how children connect with others, how they make sense of their environment, experiences and feelings, how they develop new skills, imagination and confidence, and how they learn. Find out in this blog 5 reasons why you should play more with your children.