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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

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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. 

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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Fatima* and family receiving a food package

Saving Lives Amid Blockades: How Save the Children brought hope to Gaza

Since August 2024, families across Gaza have faced an escalating humanitarian crisis and extreme food shortages. Save the Children International launched an urgent operation to deliver lifesaving food aid to the most vulnerable communities in northern and southern Gaza.

Vepaiamele, 15, walking along the shoreline in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Vanuatu Teen Climate Activist to Address Historic Climate Justice Hearings at the International Court of Justice

Vepaia, a young climate activist from Vanuatu, is heading to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to testify, advocating for the inclusion of children’s rights in the climate justice debate, and calling for an advisory opinion that acknowledges states’ obligations to tackle the climate crisis and protect future generations.

Hiba* (beige shirt), 23, and Rama*, 19, taking a selfie together in Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan.

ONLINE SAFETY: TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR TEENAGERS SAFE

We have worked with Save the Children’s experts in online safety to develop tips for parents, teachers, leaders of children’s clubs, social workers and anyone else who may interact with teenagers to help them stay safe online.

Kateryna*, 6 watches videos during math class at home (Kharkiv region, East Ukraine)

Tips for keeping children under 12 safe online

We have worked with Save the Children’s experts in online safety to develop age-specific tips for parents, teachers, leaders of children’s clubs, social workers and anyone else who may interact with children. You can use these tips to help keep children under the age of 6 and children aged 6 to 12 safe online.

Nurse Omar clips a pulse oximeter device onto a patient.

Pulse Oximeter: The powerful device transforming child healthcare

Pulse oximetry has become an indispensable tool for improving the management of childhood illnesses in Niger. Omar, Chief Nurse at Aikawa Integrated Health Centre since 2018, explains how life-changing this tool has been for children. 

Save the Children staff run recreational activities for children at a collective shelter for displaced families in eastern Lebanon

"I've experienced pain and sorrow before. But not like this." Stories from an aid worker in Lebanon

Baraa Shkeir works with Save the Children in Lebanon. Currently, she is part of Save the Children Lebanon’s ongoing emergency response. Here she shares a testimony of her experiences.

Ahmad*, 12, his sister Dina*, 6, and their mother Amani* look at photos on a phone

Guide: How to help children you know stay safe online

The number of children with access to the internet is on the rise. Although it comes with huge benefits it can also leave children at an increased risk of harm. That's why together with experts in online safety we have develop a new series of  tips to help you keep your children safe online. 

Children are playing educational games on tablets at a Digital Learning Centre (Dnipro Region, East Ukraine)

Online Safety: What Adults Can Learn from Children

Across all cultures and ages, children are suspicious of people they don’t know online, and we see them developing strategies to protect themselves. But it shouldn’t be just their responsibility to stay safe online - they need adults, especially their parents and caregivers, to step up and help.