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The armed conflict in Northern Mozambique has triggered a severe child rights crisis, leaving 441,721 children and 5,365 teachers in urgent need of humanitarian education support, with 138 schools closed and 82,800 children having their learning interrupted. Despite the critical scale of this emergency, humanitarian education funding has alarmingly declined over the past four years, dropping from 37.5% coverage in 2022 to just 5.1% in 2025, marking the lowest funding level across all humanitarian clusters. Save the Children, alongside its allies, is therefore demanding urgent action from donors, UN agencies, and government stakeholders to demonstrate their duty of care and commitment to reverse this situation, protect the right of conflict-affected children to safe and uninterrupted learning, and prevent long-term, intergenerational impacts resulting from a lack of education.

Syrians returning home full of hope in the year since the conflict ended said they are struggling to rebuild their lives amid destroyed infrastructure, limited access to schools and healthcare, and a collapsing economy, Save the Children said.

Israeli military operations have forced entire communities in areas of the northern West Bank into lockdown in their homes, keeping children out of school, jeopardising family incomes and increasing risk of physical violence and child detention from the Israeli military, Save the Children said.

Record numbers of attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine in the past two months have forced school closures and also disrupted the remote learning that children have relied upon for nearly four years of war, said Save the Children

Children in frontline areas of Ukraine have lost 25% more days of learning due to the war than the world’s longest COVID-19 school closures, as a lack of bomb shelters means it is still too dangerous to for children to attend class, Save the Children said today.

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Over a dozen schools and kindergartens have reportedly been damaged in a deadly attack on Dnipro this morning, with at least two children injured when a train was shelled. The attack came just over 24 hours after a round of drone and missile strikes in Kyiv killed nine people including an 11 year old child, Save the Children said.

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KYIV, 28 May, 2025 – Air raid sirens forced children in Ukraine to miss an average of one in every five school lessons during the past academic year that ends this week with pupils preparing the third consecutive summer under war, Save the Children said.

Huma* (10), who was born with albinism, and her family were among the many affected by the devastating 2023 earthquakes in Hatay, Türkiye. Alongside the widespread destruction, Huma also faced daily challenges due to her visual impairment and the bullying she endured because of her appearance. With the holistic and child-centered support of Save the Children, Huma and her family have not only rebuilt their lives but also regained a sense of safety. Her story highlights the life-changing impact of inclusive humanitarian aid that recognizes and responds to the unique needs of every child.

Hatay’da yaşayan doğuştan albinizmli olan 10 yaşındaki Huma* ve ailesi, 2023 yılında Türkiye’de meydana gelen yıkıcı depremlerin ardından birçok aile gibi hayatlarını yeniden kurmak için büyük zorluklar yaşadı. Huma görme engelinin getirdiği zorlukların yanı sıra, dış görünüşü nedeniyle sürekli olarak zorbalığa maruz kaldı. Tüm bu zorluklara rağmen, onun hikayesi güç, dayanıklılık ve kapsamlı bir insani yardım müdahalesinin dönüştürücü gücünü yansıtıyor. Save the Children’ın ihtiyaçlarına özel olarak sunduğu destekler sayesinde, Huma ve ailesi hayatlarında yeniden bir istikrar ve güven duygusu kazanabildi.

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.

As part of the implementation of the Save the Children Japan's self-fund Project (Support for Education), which began on November 1, 2023 and ends on October 31, 2024. After the attacks of March 24, 2021, two years later, the education sector has faced numerous challenges in terms of materials to guarantee the teaching and learning process and school infrastructures that were also destroyed due to the abandonment of communities in the face of attacks by members of non-state forces. This is where the project comes in to support the education sector, with a view to guaranteeing a safe environment for children so that the teaching and learning process can achieve its objectives.

More than 46,000 children and teenagers are missing the start of their school year in Catatumbo region in Colombia, as a major escalation in violence has forced the government to close schools across 10 districts.

In the context of implementing the Save the Children Japan's self-fund project (Education Support), which runs from 1st November 2023 to 31st October 2024, significant challenges remain in the education sector two years after the attacks of 24th March 2021. These challenges include a lack of materials necessary to ensure the teaching and learning process. The project aims to support the education sector to guarantee that teaching and learning can continue smoothly despite the atypical environment affecting Cabo Delgado province, particularly Palma district.

Explore the impact of technology-assisted learning on marginalized populations through the AGREE project in Bangladesh. This blog evaluates how blended learning, combined with life skills and vocational training, enhances girls' foundational skills and agency, revealing small yet significant gains in decision-making and freedom of movement.

Aid agencies including Save the Children, who work on education in Sudan, warn that the country is on the brink of the worst education crisis in the world

Around one in two out-of-school children and adolescents live in countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, Save the Children analysis finds.

One-third of families surveyed in Yemen have at least one child who has dropped out of school in the past two years

Save the Children press release on cholera in Zambia schools closed